Day: June 6, 2019

  • Deliver: Cost-effectively navigating the last mile is crucial to e-commerce growth

    Deliver: Cost-effectively navigating the last mile is crucial to e-commerce growth

    The second and final day of the Deliver event has seen sponsors and attendees ask each other many questions about the future of e-commerce, or rather “e-logistics”. And some of the most crucial questions concern the critical last mile of the journey a product makes before it reaches the customer’s door. The answers appear to…

  • B&R expands its library of HMI widgets

    B&R expands its library of HMI widgets

    The new Skyline widget from B&R‘s mapp View HMI software package displays a clear overview of extensive manufacturing systems. The widget can also be linked to an alarm system. With important information about their machines available at a glance, plant operators are able to react promptly to error messages. This prevents downtime and increases the…

  • Arrow Electronics, Infineon and Arkessa partner on connectivity for IoT devices

    Arrow Electronics, Infineon and Arkessa partner on connectivity for IoT devices

    Arrow Electronics has announced a global agreement with Infineon and Arkessa that will further extend Arrow’s ability to support customers with cellular communications for the Internet of Things (IoT). Security remains one of the top concerns for organisations for connected devices. Infineon provides the secured hardware controllers based on GSMA’s Embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM)…

  • Fanuc demonstrates cobots at Amazon’s re:MARS Conference

    Fanuc demonstrates cobots at Amazon’s re:MARS Conference

    Fanuc America, supplier of robotics, CNCs and Robomachines, has expanded its line of collaborative robots to include six models, on display at  re:MARS Tech Showcase 4-7 June 4-7 in Las Vegas. The series of power and force limiting collaborative robots can handle 4-35 kg payloads and a 550-1813 mm reach. The cobots are equipped with…