Day: November 11, 2020
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Robots help fight the war against infectious disease
The threat of the spread of viruses is not something new, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has sparked many responses, socially, medically, and technologically. Managers of large, public buildings are under increasing pressure to disinfect ‘high-touch’ areas more deeply, often, due to the virus, with minimum staffing levels. The need to do more to stop…
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Locomation completes autonomous truck test involving three states
Locomation, a startup company providing autonomous trucking technology, has completed an on-road test that involved three different states in America. The pilot program is intended to showcase autonomous trucking technology for the SmartBelt Coalition (SBC), a collaboration of five transportation agencies and seven research and academic institutions, located throughout Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Over the…
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Techman Robot Collaborates with the Taipei City Department of Education and Siemens
Techman Robot has entered into a Collaboration with the Taipei City Department of Education and Siemens to Cultivate Industry 4.0 Talents from Technical Senior High Schools Techman Robot, the Taipei City Department of Education, and 7 technical senior high schools has signed an industry-academia collaboration MOU, where over TWD 5.7 million worth of software and…
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AI Enabled Robots are Coming
By Michael Frankland, Business Consultant – Factory Automation, Pivot Search We’ve entered a new age of automation: the artificially intelligent robots are coming. When AI enabled robots hit the manufacturing mainstream, the implications will be huge. With the right combination of hardware, robotics will have an application in manufacturing for nearly every industry. Processes will…
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Einride and Oatly reveal results of logistics test with electric trucks and freight mobility platform
Autonomous and electric truck developer Einride and large-scale drinks manufacturer Oatly have revealed the initial results of the two companies’ joint logistics operations. Einride had integrated its vehicles into Oatly’s transport routes at its production sites and warehouses in the Swedish cities of Helsingborg, Landskrona, and Småland’s Tingsryd. Oatly is one of the first companies…
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Trumpf enters the world of automated arc welding
Industrial machine tools company Trumpf has released its first automated arc welding system. The TruArc Weld 1000 comes with a collaborative robot, also known as a “cobot”. After the operator has manually guided it over a component, the cobot then automatically carries out the weld. It is significantly more efficient than would be possible manually.…