Day: May 18, 2020
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ABB offers customized digital tools and start-up service as world gets back to work
ABB is offering “customized digital tools and start-up services” as the world gets back to work after weeks and months of lockdown as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. ABB says it is offering a “support package” to help restart production lines to support customers’ resumption of operations. ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business has…
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Engineering procurement platform Kreatize enters new market with Austrian investors
Kreatize, which claims to be Germany’s largest procurement platform for mechanical engineering, has received a joint investment from Austrian company B&C Innovation Investments (BCII) and the industrialist Martin Ohneberg. Kreatize says the new investment – which is described as being in the “mid single-digit million” euro range – will enable it to expand its business…
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Facilities management leaders call for strategic partnerships to drive robotics and innovation
With cleaning robots increasing in number and being installed in many types of buildings, a study about the future of facilities management has been published. In the survey, it was found that the vast majority of facilities management leaders across the EMEA region believe that technology suppliers should offer performance-based contracts in order to improve…
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NXP launches new bluetooth devices for automotive and industrial markets
NXP Semiconductors has launched new devices within its KW3x range of microcontrollers (MCUs). The new KW39/38/37 MCUs add Bluetooth 5.0 long-range capabilities and expanded Bluetooth advertising channels. These enhancements are made while offering seamless migration with hardware, software and tools compatibility with the previous generation of devices, KW34/35/36. The connectivity MCUs allow Bluetooth LE devices…
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Boston Dynamics provides its canine robot in the fight against coronavirus
Boston Dynamics has modified its canine robot to make it more helpful in the fight against coronavirus. In a blog post, the company says: “We have spent the last six weeks building and testing a payload and application architecture that would enable our robot, Spot, to help reduce exposure of frontline healthcare workers to the…