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Archives for April 2, 2019

Brain Corp debuts autonomous supply chain robot

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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 powered by BrainOS, the company’s commercial operating system for the production, installation, and support of autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs.

BrainOS currently powers multiple machines within the robotic floor care industry, including those made by Tennant, Minuteman, ICE, and SoftBank Robotics.  [Read more…] about Brain Corp debuts autonomous supply chain robot

Robotics Business Review forms ‘strategic alliance’ with Peerless Media

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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: “Robotics is having a significant impact on each of our markets.  [Read more…] about Robotics Business Review forms ‘strategic alliance’ with Peerless Media

4th AI & Robotic Process Automation World Summit 2019

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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 information management processes are no longer able to sustain the workload they are put under.  [Read more…] about 4th AI & Robotic Process Automation World Summit 2019

German Chancellor and Swedish PM visit ABB ‘factory of the future’ in Hannover

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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 together with single-armed YuMi put together wristwatches individually with unparalleled precision, using the transport system from ABB’s newly formed Robotics & Discrete Automation business.

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Hannover Messe highlights smart factory technologies and artificial intelligence

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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, let alone distill it into two words.  [Read more…] about Hannover Messe highlights smart factory technologies and artificial intelligence

Festo says its VTEM automation platform speeds up tyre production

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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 green tyre is produced in the tyre building machine, the incoming rubber plies are imprinted with different patterns so as to prepare the tyre material perfectly for the tyre-building machine.

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Renault pilots large-scale vehicle-to-grid charging from electric vehicles

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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 began in Utrecht (the Netherlands) in an ecosystem developed by We Drive Solar and on Porto Santo Island, in Madeira, Portugal, with Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira. More pilot schemes will be introduced in France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark.

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