Market trends and business perspectives
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 more flexibly,” says the company. [Read more…] about Kollmorgen starts shipping new ‘smaller, more powerful’ servo motors
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 supporting gigabit throughput rates for TSN standards and other industrial protocols in a specific subsystem, Sitara AM6x processors are built for the convergence of both Ethernet and real-time data traffic on a single network. [Read more…] about TI claims ‘first’ multiprotocol gigabit TSN-enabled processors for cyber-physical systems
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 or may not have accounted for the success of open-source software in general.
ROS, which itself is open source, is not actually an operating system, it’s what’s called “middleware”, which acts as a bridge between the actual operating system and the applications. [Read more…] about Robot Operating System market forecast to expand almost 9 per cent a year because of its ‘user friendly nature’
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 new mobility paradigm for society.
The global auto industry is undergoing a once-in-a-century shift that will fundamentally reshape transportation.
[Read more…] about Denso shifts strategy to craft the core technologies for the future of mobility
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 looking forward to expanding our facilities here in Oakland County to keep pace with the growing demand for automation.”
[Read more…] about Robot helps Fanuc America break ground on new facility in US
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 products and services.
Supporting a standard classification system can allow Teamcenter users to standardise design, procurement, storage, production, and distribution activities in and between companies – across sectors, countries and languages.
[Read more…] about Siemens’ Teamcenter now supports eCl@ss Standard to streamline data exchange
