Day: June 18, 2019
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EPHJ: Microtechnology event keeps it simple while using a complicated name
It might have an inexplicably complex name, but the EPHJ-EPMT-SMT event, which just got under way today in Geneva, is a trade show about what is, arguably, one of the simplest forms of technology. By “simplest”, I mean it’s about mechanical technology – gears, springs, and so on – almost exclusively, with computer technology playing…
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ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise expand industrial internet partnership
ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have expanded their partnership in the industrial internet space and say they will “bring scalable connectivity to large industrial customers” by integrating ABB Ability Smart Sensor technology with Aruba Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-enabled access points. ABB and Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, will collaborate to deliver a scalable, high-performance wireless…
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Volkswagen agrees digital transformation roadmap
Volkswagen will be investing up to €4 billion in digitisation projects up until 2023 – mainly in administration but also in production. At least 2,000 new jobs related to digitisation are to be created. This has been agreed by the Board of Management and the General Works Council in their “digital transformation roadmap”. Agile working…
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New Scale Robotics launches its latest gripper for Universal Robots e-Series
New Scale Robotics has launched its newest gripper for the Universal Robots e-Series collaborative robot. The company says its new technology “harnesses UR’s new high-speed communications interface to increase measurement precision and control multiple grippers on one robot”. New Scale Robotics describes the new peripheral as “a precision electric parallel gripper for Universal Robots e…