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Archives for May 22, 2019

Flying taxis set to take off

May 22, 2019 by Anna

With traffic jams a common occurrence in the world’s cities, frustrated drivers sometimes find themselves looking to the heavens for a little help from above. A few years from now, the skies could in fact offer a tangible solution.

The Boston Consulting Group predicts that people around the world will take 1 billion flights in air taxis in 2030, once sharing services have also established a presence on fixed routes above the ground.

What is more, most of those air taxis will be capable of operating without a pilot.

[Read more…] about Flying taxis set to take off

Filed Under: News Tagged With: air, bosch, cities, flights, flying, flying taxi, market, sensor, sensors, set, taxis, vehicles, years

355 welding robots at new Byton car plant in China

May 22, 2019 by Anna

Byton, the electric vehicle maker, has announced it will complete its Round C fundraising in mid-2019 with support from multiple investors and shared further details of its Nanjing factory.

Construction of the plant, which started in September 2017, is nearing completion and trial production of the M-Byte SUV will start in the third quarter of 2019.

The installation and commissioning of key equipment has already begun in the five major workshops: stamping, paint, welding, battery, and assembly.

[Read more…] about 355 welding robots at new Byton car plant in China

Filed Under: News, Transportation Tagged With: aluminium, automotive, battery, Byton, car, china, electric vehicles, equipment, kuka, leading, m-byte, maker, manufacturing, nanjing, paint, plant, production, robots, shop, stamping, standards, start, technology, welding, year

Houston Mechatronics unveils underwater transforming robot ‘Aquanaut’

May 22, 2019 by Anna

Houston Mechatronics (HMI) unveiled Aquanaut at the NASA Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, one year after the announcement of the platform concept.

Aquanaut is a revolutionary multi-mode transforming all-electric undersea vehicle. The vehicle is capable of efficient long-distance transit and data collection in ‘AUV’ (autonomous underwater vehicle) mode.

After transforming into ‘ROV’ (remotely operated vehicle) mode the head of the vehicle pitches up, the hull separates, and two arms are activated so that Aquanaut may manipulate its environment.

[Read more…] about Houston Mechatronics unveils underwater transforming robot ‘Aquanaut’

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aquanaut, assembly, final, hmi, houston, houston mechatronics, mechatronics, mode, team, transforming, underwater, vehicle, year

US Postal Service testing driverless trucks from TuSimple

May 22, 2019 by Sam Francis

The US Postal Service is testing driverless trucks from TuSimple in a two-week pilot program.

TuSimple, a self-driving truck company, says the USPS has awarded it a contract to perform five round trips during the trial, hauling USPS trailers more than 1,000 miles between the Postal Service’s Phoenix, Arizona and Dallas, Texas distribution centers.

The truck will have a safety engineer and driver on board for the duration of the pilot to monitor vehicle performance and to ensure public safety. [Read more…] about US Postal Service testing driverless trucks from TuSimple

Filed Under: News, Transportation Tagged With: american, arizona, autonomous, company, driver, driverless, driving, pilot, postal, safety, self-driving, service, texas, truck, trucks, tusimple, usps

Honda Aircraft Company to invest $16 million into expanding US production facility

May 22, 2019 by Sam Francis

Honda Aircraft Company says it plans to expand its global headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina by investing an additional $15.5 million in a new 82,000-square-foot facility on its 133+ acre campus in Greensboro.

This will bring the company’s total capital investment in its North Carolina facilities to more than $245 million.

Scheduled to break ground in July 2019, the building will house a new wing assembly process for the HondaJet Elite. [Read more…] about Honda Aircraft Company to invest $16 million into expanding US production facility

Filed Under: Manufacturing, News Tagged With: aircraft, aviation, carolina, company, expanding, expansion, facility, greensboro, honda, industry, investment, north, production, region

HPE to acquire supercomputer manufacturer Cray for $1.3 billion

May 22, 2019 by Sam Francis

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has reached an agreement to acquire Cray, the manufacturer of supercomputing systems.

HPE says the acquisition will cost $35 per share, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion, net of cash.

Antonio Neri, president and CEO, HPE, says: “Answers to some of society’s most pressing challenges are buried in massive amounts of data. [Read more…] about HPE to acquire supercomputer manufacturer Cray for $1.3 billion

Filed Under: Computing, Features Tagged With: billion, company, computing, cray, customers, data, exascale, expected, growth, high-performance, hpc, hpe, opportunities, solutions, supercomputing, technology

Marvell to acquire Avera Semi for $740 million

May 22, 2019 by Sam Francis

Marvell, a computer networking technology supplier, has reached an agreement to purchase Avera Semi, the chip design business of Global Foundries.

Marvell will initially pay $650 million in cash and an additional $90 million over the next year or so, depending on the performance of the business.

Marvell says the acquisition brings together Avera Semi’s “leading custom design capabilities with Marvell’s advanced technology platform and scale”, creating a “leading application specific integrated circuit supplier for wired and wireless infrastructure”. [Read more…] about Marvell to acquire Avera Semi for $740 million

Filed Under: Computing, News Tagged With: avera, business, custom, design, infrastructure, leading, marvell

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