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Archives for July 9, 2019

StoreDot and BP fully charge an electric vehicle in five minutes

July 9, 2019 by Anna

StoreDot and BP have demonstrated a live, full-charge of a two-wheel electric vehicle (EV) in just five minutes.

An electric scooter equipped with StoreDot’s charging battery demonstrated that this technology can charge an electric vehicle in only five minutes.

This proof-of-concept is a major milestone for ultra-fast charging battery technology and its game-changing potential to accelerate the adoption of EVs.

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Filed Under: News, Transportation Tagged With: adoption, battery, bp, charge, charging, demonstrated, electric, electric vehicle charging, ev, evs, key, minutes, potential, storedot, technology, times, two-wheel, ultra-fast, vehicle

Cleveron robots go to work at Decathlon

July 9, 2019 by Anna

Retail click-and-collect company Cleveron’s lockers and parcel robots have been deployed by Decathlon in Hungary.

According to Decathlon Hungary’s Online Marketing Director Gergely Román, the total number of parcels ordered via their online store has grown by 40 per cent in one year.

Decathlon uses Cleveron 402 and two Cleveron 301’s to hand out online orders. Customers who have placed an online order come to the store, insert their order code at the parcel robot and retrieve their parcel.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: cleveron, click and collect, company, customers, decathlon, hungary, online, order, parcel, retail, retailer, robots, román, store, total, year

BMW highlights application of virtual and augmented reality in production

July 9, 2019 by David Edwards

Automotive giant BMW is providing an insight into its application of virtual and augmented reality in the company’s production system.

The company says the “fast and flexible” planning of new workstations in production is made possible by virtual reality and digitized 3D factory data.

It’s still a learning process but augmented reality technologies is making it possible to design training courses without any coding knowledge.

It also enables comparison between the camera image and CAD models for fast, straightforward quality checks of parts and vehicles. 

Full story below… 

[Read more…] about BMW highlights application of virtual and augmented reality in production

Filed Under: Manufacturing Tagged With: application, applications, ar, assembly, augmented, bmw, cad, data, group, image, images, participants, parts, planning, plant, process, production, quality, reality, staff, system, tablet, time, tool, training, virtual, vr

Renault opens new design center in Shanghai

July 9, 2019 by Mai Tao

Global automotive brand Renault has opened a new design center in the Chinese city of Shanghai.

The new design center in Shanghai will support Groupe Renault’s expansion strategy in China, which has been the world’s number-one car market since 2009.

China was Groupe Renault’s fourth-largest market in 2018, and the country is one of the key pillars of the automaker’s “Drive the Future” strategic plan. [Read more…] about Renault opens new design center in Shanghai

Filed Under: Design, News Tagged With: center, design, groupe, renault, shanghai

AMP Robotics and Ryohshin partner on automation for construction recycling

July 9, 2019 by Anna

AMP Robotics, a pioneer in artificial intelligence and robotics for the recycling industry, and waste management technology company Ryohshin are to make and sell AI-driven industrial robotics for material recovery in the Japanese construction and demolition market.

The companies also announced the commercial launch of a high-performance construction and demolition robotic systems now available in Japan.

Ryohshin and AMP have co-developed a robotic system using the AMP Neuron AI platform to guide high-performance robots that recognise, sort, pick and process construction and demolition debris for recycling. The two robotic systems are called “AI-Benkei” and “AI-Musashi”.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: amp, amp robotics, construction, data, demolition, material, neuron, processing, recycling, robotic, robotics, ryohshin, system, systems

ZF and Foton open joint facility in China to produce automated commercial vehicles

July 9, 2019 by Mai Tao

German automotive components giant ZF Friedrichshafen and Chinese commercial vehicles manufacturer Foton have jointly opened a facility to produce automated commercial vehicles.

The joint plant in Jiaxing will produce automatic commercial vehicle transmissions for the Chinese market, and the partners say they see “excellent market potential for automated commercial vehicles in the next five years”.

At the end of 2016, ZF entered into two joint ventures with Foton, a Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer, to produce and sell commercial vehicle transmissions. [Read more…] about ZF and Foton open joint facility in China to produce automated commercial vehicles

Filed Under: Manufacturing, News Tagged With: automated, china, chinese, commercial, foton, heavy, jiaxing, joint, market, produce, production, transmission, transmissions, traxon, vehicle, vehicles, venture, zf

Cowen and MassRobotics agree to collaborate in robotics and artificial intelligence

July 9, 2019 by Sam Francis

Cowen, a provider of data and information to investors, and tech startup incubator MassRobotics have agreed a partnership to bring together their extensive market knowledge to advance research into the emerging robotics and artificial intelligence industry.

Based in the Boston area, MassRobotics is a global hub for robotics, and the collective work of a group of engineers, rocket scientists, and entrepreneurs focused on the needs of the robotics community.

Jeffrey Solomon, CEO of Cowen, says: “The robotics and artificial intelligence industry is a rapidly expanding market, and one that will define the advancement of manufacturing and services on a global basis. [Read more…] about Cowen and MassRobotics agree to collaborate in robotics and artificial intelligence

Filed Under: Industry, News Tagged With: advance, artificial, bring, capital, collective, companies, cowen, emerging, global, growth, industry, intelligence, knowledge, market, markets, massrobotics, provide, robotics, support

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