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If you have a construction business, then these 7 hi-tech technologies can grow your business without burning the midnight oil.
We know that technologies are changing virtually every facet of modern-day life.
The construction industry, which is continually being upgraded and updated with the most advanced technology, is one such example of this. [Read more…] about 7 advanced technologies in the construction industry you were desperate to know about. You can thank us later
In this webcast, Étienne Lacroix, CEO of Vention, provides an overview of the digital manufacturing platform that recently raised $17 million in financing.
Lacroix says the overall market in digital manufacturing is estimated at several billion dollars. And Vention is trying to make the process from design to delivery of manufactured product much faster and more affordable.
In this webcast, Professor Dieter Fox, senior director of robotics research at Nvidia, provides an insight into the company’s new Seattle robotics lab. (See video below.)
Also, in the interview, Fox talks about the “big challenges” in the field of robotics, both in the area of software as well as hardware.
“One of the key challenges,” he says, “is really on the software side, developing the algorithms that have learning abilities and perceptual capabilities.” [Read more…] about Webcast: Professor provides insight into plans for Nvidia’s robotics research lab
The “MADE” Competence Centre, spearheaded by the Polytechnic of Milan, has been launched in Italy.
Comau – a member of the FCA Group and leader in the field of industrial automation – is a partner company, with a place on the MADE Board of Directors.
MADE is a public-private partnership formed by 39 partners from the business and academic world.
[Read more…] about Comau supports ‘Made’ Industry 4.0 centre in Italy
Sick AG is one of the world’s largest suppliers of sensors. The company was founded by Erwin Sick in 1946 and today suppliers innovative and award-winning sensors.
As part of a partnership with Robotics and Automation News, Sick Sensor Intelligence has released a white paper on the subject of safe automation in factory environments.
The document is entitled Safe Robotics: Safety in Collaborative Robot Systems, and we encourage you to download using the method of your choice.
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The Hahn Group, an international automation and robotics technology firm, has strengthened its portfolio and service offering by acquiring robotic technology from US robotic pioneer Rethink Robotics, which shut down in October.
Hahn Group has acquired all patents and trademarks of Rethink Robotics as well as its software platform “Intera5”.
Using the Intera software platform, which enables users to intuitively program industrial robots, Rethink Robotics has been the leader in the industrial deployment of collaborative robots, or “cobots.”
[Read more…] about Hahn Group acquires Rethink Robotics technology
Vention, a next-generation digital manufacturing platform for custom factory equipment, has completed a $17 million Series A financing round led by Bain Capital Ventures.
The company also released its second major platform upgrade since its founding in 2016.
Bain Capital Ventures joins Vention’s previous investors White Star Capital, Bolt, and Real Ventures. [Read more…] about Digital manufacturing platform Vention raises $17 million for growth plans
Aisin Seiki, Advics, JTEKT Corporation and Denso Corporation have formally agreed to form a new company to develop integrated control software that will be used for automated driving, vehicle motion control, and other related functions.
The new company, J-QuAD DYNAMICS, will be established in April 2019. In August 2018, the four companies announced their basic agreement to establish a joint venture. Denso will take an almost two-thirds stake in the new company.
To achieve safe, secure, and widespread automated driving, a more sophisticated integrated vehicle control system is required to coordinate sensors, brakes, and steering systems.
[Read more…] about Denso to form Japanese joint venture for automated driving control software
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