Day: April 2, 2019
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Brain Corp debuts autonomous supply chain robot
Brain Corp, a San Diego-based artificial intelligence company specializing in robotics, has launched a new delivery robot which it calls “AutoDelivery”. (See video below.) AutoDelivery appears to be designed to operate within warehouses and stores, or facilities where it will generally be alongside human staff, rather than make deliveries to consumers’ addresses. The proof-of-concept robot is…
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Robotics Business Review forms ‘strategic alliance’ with Peerless Media
Robotics Business Review has agreed what’s being described as a “strategic alliance” with Peerless Media, a publisher in the materials handling, logistics, supply chain, and engineering markets. RoboticsBusinessReview.com is a website in a similar market to RoboticsAndAutomationNews.com, and is published by the Robotics Group, which also organizes RoboBusiness Events. Brian Ceraolo, CEO of Peerless, says:…
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4th AI & Robotic Process Automation World Summit 2019
The next step on your automation journey starts here Running from 4-7 June 2019 Düsseldorf, Germany, the AI & Robotic Process Automation World Summit will showcase automation solutions to develop high-quality AI and robotic processing. Robotic process automation experts will come together to exchange knowledge, ideas and real-world strategies for the competitive automation industry. Standard…
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German Chancellor and Swedish PM visit ABB ‘factory of the future’ in Hannover
German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven were given a glimpse into the factory of the future by ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer Mr Spiesshofer explained how a production cell would work in the factory of the future, where robots will collaborate with humans. They were shown how two-armed YuMi robots…
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Hannover Messe highlights smart factory technologies and artificial intelligence
The world’s leading industrial technology event, Hannover Messe, is this year highlighting smart factory technologies and artificial intelligence. The organizers of the show have decided on the theme of “Industrial Intelligence”, which probably encapsulates the trends perfectly. However, its always going to be difficult to summarise what is going on such a large trade fair,…
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Festo says its VTEM automation platform speeds up tyre production
With a global production volume of 1.8 billion car tyres per year, the focus is very much on efficiency and productivity. This is where the Festo Motion Terminal VTEM comes in: it digitises pneumatics, thereby speeding up processes and reducing costs, for example when transferring the rubber layer to the tyre building machine. Before the…
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Renault pilots large-scale vehicle-to-grid charging from electric vehicles
Groupe Renault is beginning the first large-scale pilot schemes in vehicle-to-grid charging, also called reversible electric charging. A fleet of fifteen Zoe vehicles with vehicle-to-grid charging will be introduced in Europe over the course of 2019 to develop the company’s future portfolio in reversible charging and lay the groundwork for future standards. These pilot schemes…