Day: May 9, 2019
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GM confirms discussions to sell Lordstown Complex to Workhorse
General Motors has confirmed that it is in discussions with Workhorse Group and an affiliated, newly formed entity to sell the company’s Lordstown Complex in Lordstown, Ohio. The move – which was informally announced by US President Donald Trump earlier – has the potential to bring significant production and electric vehicle assembly jobs to the…
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5 Technologies That Would Change Waste Management Industry
Today’s waste management system can’t deal with the tons of trash that are generated every single day. Automating the procedure of trash disposal or sorting, by using artificial intelligence for smart waste management and recycling, is expected to be better garbage disposal method to recycle. Do you remember the story of the sci-fi movie, Wall-E,…
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Mitsubishi Electric takes a stake in Realtime Robotics
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has taken an equity stake in Realtime Robotics, Inc. a U.S. technology startup that develops and commercialises motion-planning technologies. Motion planning is the process of calculating and determining the optimised path that a robot should take to reach a goal without colliding with any obstacle. Realtime Robotics’ motion path planning solution performs…
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OnRobot opens Singapore office for its robot end-of-arm tools
OnRobot, the Danish end-of-arm tooling specialist, is opening regional headquarters in Singapore. OnRobot says it will closely focus on the growing demand of end-of-arm-tooling (EOAT) in robotics automation in Southeast Asia. OnRobot specializes in EOAT for collaborative applications, where machines and humans come together to automate, for faster and cost-effective production.
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Workhorse might be taking over GM’s massive facility in Ohio
Workhorse, the electric vehicle developer, could be about to take over General Motors’ Lordstown, Ohio facility in a deal which may see the two companies form a joint venture. This is according to a tweet by US President Donald Trump, whose comments appear to have pre-empted the deal and caught the two companies by surprise.…
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ABB powers tourists to the Niagara Falls with first US-built all-electric vessels
Visitors to Niagara Falls will soon be able to experience one of the US’s top landmarks emission-free. Two new Maid of the Mist passenger vessels will be powered entirely by high-capacity battery packs, becoming the first all-electric vessels ever built in the US. The new vessels will benefit from ABB’s zero-emission technology when they start…
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Samsung Electronics expands SAIT AI Lab Montreal
Samsung Electronics is to expand the ‘Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) artificial intelligence (AI) Lab Montreal’ in Canada. The lab will help the company strengthen its fundamentals in AI research and drive competitiveness in system semiconductors. The lab is located in Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (Mila).