Market trends and business perspectives
by Sam Francis
ABB’s latest financial report shows the strength of the industrial giant’s robotics division, according to CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer.
The company is reporting an increase in revenues of 4 percent, and puts it down to “strong growth in robotics and motion”.
ABB also singled out its industrial internet of things platform, ABB Ability, saying it currently “drives growth across all divisions”. [Read more…] about Latest ABB financial report shows strength of robotics division
by Anna
Universal Robots (UR) has launched Robotic Vision Technologies Inc.’s (RVT) Vision Factory (VF) software suite for promotion on its UR+ certified third-party solutions catalogue.
This marks a major step in the adoption of Vision Factory into the collaborative robot ecosystem and the beginning of a Robot-as-a-Service model for the company.
The addition of Vision Factory to UR+’s catalogue brings 3D vision to a significant user base for the first time.
[Read more…] about Vision Factory receives UR+ software certification
by Anna
Samsung Electronics, Cisco and Orange unveiled two promising industrial 5G applications – a drone and an industrial robot, at the MWC19 in Barcelona, Spain, in the last week of February.
The 5G drone, carrying a very low latency, high-quality video system was piloted from the Orange booth at the Fira de Barcelona.
The drone, which was located outdoors at an Orange datacentre, carried a 5G router (CPE) that was used to transfer commands to the drone and transmit a high-quality video feed with low latency.
[Read more…] about Samsung, Cisco and Orange demonstrate 5G-powered drone and industrial robot
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