Day: July 26, 2021

  • Koch Industries’ OnPoint Digital and AWS collaborate to develop industrial engineering platform

    Koch Industries’ OnPoint Digital and AWS collaborate to develop industrial engineering platform

    OnPoint Digital Solutions, a subsidiary of Koch Engineered Solutions, has agreed a collaboration with Amazon Web Services to co-develop an intelligent process optimization platform (IPOP). The platform – designed to enable OnPoint’s solutions – will utilize cloud and edge digital infrastructure to provide advanced machine learning and industrial computing capabilities for OnPoint’s connected ecosystem, enabling…

  • SVT Robotics’ develops SoftBot connector for RightHand Robotics

    SVT Robotics’ develops SoftBot connector for RightHand Robotics

    SVT Robotics, a developer of software for industrial robotics, has designed a new SoftBot Platform connector for RightHand Robotics, a specialist in autonomous robotic picking solutions. SVT Robotics worked with RightHand Robotics to develop the pre-built connector between SVT’s SoftBot Platform and the RightPick 3 item-handling robot system, the company’s newest generation of the RightPick…

  • Comau’s exoskeleton producing ‘significant, measurable benefits’ at Pintarelli

    Comau’s exoskeleton producing ‘significant, measurable benefits’ at Pintarelli

    Comau’s wearable exoskeleton with its news model, the MATE-XT, aims to satisfy the special needs of those working in harsh conditions in industry, other sectors and even outdoors. Comau’s MATE exoskeleton is the first and still the only exoskeleton in the world to be EAWS (Ergonomic Assessment Work-Sheet) certified. This confirms its effectiveness in reducing…

  • Toyota Research Institute reaches ‘new technical milestones in robotics’

    Toyota Research Institute reaches ‘new technical milestones in robotics’

    Toyota Research Institute (TRI) says it has reached “new technical milestones in robotics”. The company has unveiled new robotics capabilities aimed at solving complex tasks in home environments. Specifically, TRI roboticists were able to train robots to understand and operate in complicated situations that confuse most other robots, including recognizing and responding to transparent and…

  • Advanced Intelligent Systems launches UV light disinfection robot

    Advanced Intelligent Systems launches UV light disinfection robot

    Advanced Intelligent Systems (AIS), a Canadian custom robotics engineering firm, has launched an ultraviolet light robot to destroy harmful bacteria and viruses in healthcare facilities and combat the spread of infectious diseases in public spaces. The development was made possible by a grant from Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen). Jayson Myers, CEO, NGen, says: “At…

  • Google research reveals ‘what’s needed for AI acceleration in manufacturing’

    Google research reveals ‘what’s needed for AI acceleration in manufacturing’

    By Dominik Wee, managing director manufacturing and industrial, Google Cloud While the promise of artificial intelligence transforming the manufacturing industry is not new, long-ongoing experimentation hasn’t yet led to widespread business benefits. Manufacturers remain in “pilot purgatory,” as Gartner reports that only 21% of companies in the industry have active AI initiatives in production. However,…

  • IDS introduces AI-complete industrial vision solution: ‘Even more functions thanks to free upgrade’

    IDS introduces AI-complete industrial vision solution: ‘Even more functions thanks to free upgrade’

    The recently released software update for the IDS NXT platform provides users of the all-in-one AI solution IDS NXT ocean with many new features. It extends the system’s AI capabilities to include object detection, offers turnkey solutions with vision apps and, with a new development environment, ensures that users can program their own image processing…

  • GeicoTaikisha chooses ADAMOS and Software AG to digitise automotive painting process

    GeicoTaikisha chooses ADAMOS and Software AG to digitise automotive painting process

    Software AG (see video below) is to provide industrial internet of things solutions to GeicoTaikisha, one of the world’s leading designers and builders of automated auto body paintshops. The companies say the agreement will help GeicoTaikisha to digitalise the entire painting process for its customers’ vehicle production plants. GeicoTaikisha needed to connect its facilities, collect…

  • Nvidia unveils Jetson AGX Xavier industrial module

    Nvidia unveils Jetson AGX Xavier industrial module

    Chipmaker Nvidia has unveiled the Jetson AGX Xavier industrial module. The company says the new ruggedized module is engineered to bring artificial intelligence to harsh, safety-critical environments. From factories and farms to refineries and construction sites, the world is full of places that are hot, dirty, noisy, potentially dangerous — and critical to keeping industry…

  • Cascade Orthopedic selects inVia Robotics to upgrade distribution center

    Cascade Orthopedic selects inVia Robotics to upgrade distribution center

    Cascade Orthopedic Supply has selected inVia Robotics to upgrade its US West Coast distribution center. inVia’s technology will be deployed to automate picking, replenishment, cycle counting and management of returns through autonomous mobile robots. inVia’s modular automation system, which includes a fleet of inVia Picker robots and its AI-driven inVia Logic software, will bring machine…