Month: October 2018
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Kollmorgen starts shipping new ‘smaller, more powerful’ servo motors
Industrial components supplier Kollmorgen has started shipping its new servo motors, which the company says are “smaller and more powerful”. One of its early customers, Micromech, says it is looking forward to the new servo motors. “This is a very good combination with which we are now able to equip machines for increased productivity and…
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TI claims ‘first’ multiprotocol gigabit TSN-enabled processors for cyber-physical systems
Texas Instruments has launched what it says is the industry’s first multiprotocol gigabit time-sensitive networking-enabled processor range. The new, highly integrated Sitara AM6x processor family provides industrial-grade reliability, with quad and dual Arm Cortex-A53 core variants built to meet the rapidly evolving needs of Industry 4.0 in factory automation, motor drives and grid infrastructure. By…
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Robot Operating System market forecast to expand almost 9 per cent a year because of its ‘user friendly nature’
The global market based on the Robot Operating System is likely to grow at an “exponential rate”, according to the report by Transparency Market Research, which estimates the expansion to be almost 9 percent to more than $400 million by 2026. The researcher says the success will be because of ROS’ “user-friendly nature”, which may…
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Denso shifts strategy to craft the core technologies for the future of mobility
Denso, the world’s second largest mobility supplier, has made recent changes that represent one of the largest shifts in business strategy in its 70-year history – expanding into software-based solutions in addition to its hardware expertise. The company says that the strategy pushes the company beyond a vehicle-centric focus in order to help create an…
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Robot helps Fanuc America break ground on new facility in US
Fanuc America Corporation, supplier of robotics, CNC systems, robomachines and Industrial IoT solutions held a ground breaking ceremony on 23 October to mark the start of construction of its new North Campus facility in Auburn Hills, MI, USA. “Robotics and automation are key drivers of manufacturing competitiveness,” said Mike Cicco, president & CEO, Fanuc America. “We’re…
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Siemens’ Teamcenter now supports eCl@ss Standard to streamline data exchange
Siemens has announced that the Teamcenter portfolio, the world’s most widely used product lifecycle management software, will now support the eCl@ss Standard for classification and product description. eCl@ss has established itself internationally over 18 years as the only ISO/IEC-compliant industry standard, and has become the worldwide reference-data standard for the classification and unambiguous description of…
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Schnuck to expand integration of Simbe Robotics’ shelf-auditing robot to ‘at least 15 stores’
Schnuck Markets and Simbe Robotics have agreed to expand the integration of Tally, the autonomous shelf-scanning robot, to at least 15 select Schnucks’ stores. Schnucks and Simbe kicked off a pilot in July 2017, when Tally began capturing deeper, real-time insights into on-shelf operations in three Schnucks locations. As a result of the initial pilot’s…
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MSNBC’s Michael Rogers to join Intelligent Automation Week Austin
Intelligent Automation Week Austin has announced Michael Rogers from MSNBC as its keynote speaker. His address, titled “Taking the Fear out of Man and Machine”, will discuss how new technology is impacting the workforce and the employee change management initiatives that should be developed in order to avoid any fear or disruption. Rogers’ address will…
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Alibaba and Cainiao open China’s ‘largest’ robot-operated warehouse
Supply chain robotics company Cainiao has installed 700 robots at China’s largest robot-run warehouse to process orders on Singles Day, according to a report on CNBC. The warehouse, located in Wuxi, near Shanghai, is owned by e-commerce giant Alibaba, which is also majority-owner of Cainiao, and Singles Day is said to generate more than $25 billion in…
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Nvidia says its deep learning research is putting robotic picking within reach
Picking the right items from a disparate range of objects is a difficult challenge for a robot, but Nvidia says it is making progress. As another step toward enabling robots to work effectively in complex environments, robotics researchers from Nvidia says it has developed a novel deep learning-based system that allows a robot to perceive…