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Industrial computer maker Advantech has outlined its European growth strategy as it enters its next phase of IoT development.
One of the company’s main targets is the generation of revenues of €350 million across Europe by 2025.
Advantech is accelerating the establishment of branch locations throughout the region, to “better leverage its 25 years of local industry experience”, says the company. [Read more…] about Advantech aims for revenues of €350 million in Europe by 2025
North Korea is often referred to as a hermit kingdom of sorts, or the last bastion of communism remaining in today’s largely capitalist world.
But it’s probably more accurate to think of it as a militaristic nation which has been on a war footing ever since the 1950s when it was the battleground for forces from the US, UN and China, as well as its own.
So, for the past 70 years, the country’s population of 25 million have had to live on food rations provided by the communist government. [Read more…] about Country Insight: The potential for development in communist North Korea
It could be time for international carmakers to consider changing partners in China. While the Chinese government has encouraged partnerships in the hope that local companies will learn and become global, new electric and autonomous technologies seem to offer better opportunities. Article by Edward Tse, Gao Feng Advisory
On April 17th China’s National Development and Reform Commission announced the elimination of foreign equity restrictions on special-purpose vehicles and new energy vehicles in 2018, on commercial vehicles in 2020 and on passenger vehicles in 2022.
In addition to the opportunity to own their own manufacturing ventures, foreign automakers are no longer restricted to having only two joint ventures in China.
The 50:50 joint venture equity rule dates back to 1994. The government hoped a domestic industry would emerge whereby the Chinese domestic companies would learn from their partners and eventually emerge as successful global automakers in their own right. [Read more…] about Opinion: Chinese automakers are better off innovating in electric and autonomous technology
Hitachi helps ferry operator Stena Line to increase business performance while maintaining its commitment to sustainable shipping operations
Hitachi has partnered with Stena Line, one of the largest shipping companies in Europe, to implement artificial intelligence technology on ships to reduce fuel consumption costs and become an important tool in the company’s efforts to minimise environmental impact.
The partnership will see a team of Hitachi experts from across its business units review the existing digital architecture, in close collaboration with Stena Line, and advise the ferry company as it aims to become the world’s leading cognitive shipping company by 2021.
Controlling fuel consumption is vital to Stena Line’s business since it is a major part of their total cost base. [Read more…] about AI, captain! Hitachi partners with Stena Line to implement digital technology in shipping
Join Re•Work later this month to discover the latest advancements in AI and robotics at the Deep Learning for Robotics Summit, from 28th to 29th June, San Francisco.
Global experts will explore where AI meets the real world through human-robot interaction, imitation learning, skill embedding, robot perception, progressive neural networks, robotic grasping and many other areas.
The organisers are offering an exclusive discount for Robotics and Automation News readers: Use code RA20 for 20% off your ticket. [Read more…] about Win a $1,000 ticket to Re-Work’s Deep Learning for Robotics event in San Francisco
Collaboration in south-eastern Michigan to make the first deployment in Downtown Detroit possible
Getting around in crowded city streets of America is about to get a little easier. May Mobility, an Ann Arbor, Michigan startup building self-driving shuttles, has partnered with Magna, a mobility technology company and one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, to retrofit and scale up May Mobility’s unique fleet of self-driving shuttles set to enter the US market.
This partnership is an industry-first, with Magna retrofitting low-speed self-driving micro transit electric vehicles from the chassis up. (See video below.)
The initial fleet of vehicles will debut on June 26, 2018 with May Mobility’s first commercial deployment which will take place in Detroit, Michigan. [Read more…] about Magna partners with May Mobility to develop self-driving shuttles
Hypertherm has launched a new version of its Robotmaster software, claiming it enables process experts to program without robotics or CAD/CAM expertise. (See video below.)
Hypertherm says Robotmaster V7 is a task-based robot programming platform built from scratch on a completely new architecture.
Robotmaster V7 caters to process experts to make robot programming “easy and intuitive, even for first-time robot users”, adds Hypertherm. [Read more…] about Hypertherm launches new version of Robotmaster software
Deep Learning for Robotics Summit
28th to 29th June • San Francisco
Join RE•WORK later this month to discover the latest advancements in AI and robotics at the Deep Learning for Robotics Summit.
Global experts will explore where AI meets the real world through human-robot interaction, imitation learning, skill embedding, robot perception, progressive neural networks, robotic grasping and many other areas.
We are offering an exclusive discount for Robotics and Automation News readers: Use code RA20 for 20% off your ticket. [Read more…] about Deep learning: Creating the next generation of smart robots
Many years ago, there was an animated film called A Bug’s Life which made the line “Don’t look at the light” famous. It was uttered by some sort of flying insect as a warning to a fellow flying insect who was gravitating towards a lamp which would inevitably harm it. The line was mainly funny because of the response, which was: “I can’t help it.”
This exchange could be said to be at the heart of the film Bright, which was released towards the end of last year and stars Will Smith as a cop in some sort of futuristic nightmare world called Los Angeles, which is full of street gangs and what look like genetically modified humanoids called Orcs and Elves.
Oh, that’s what Los Angeles looks like now? I see. As with many films like this, “futuristic” is either a relative or irrelevant term. [Read more…] about Film review: Don’t look at the ‘Bright’ light. I can’t help it
You probably know the winner without looking – I’ve chosen The Terminator, the 1984 movie when Arnold Schwarzenegger was in his prime and when films still required good stories and plot twists and could not rely entirely on special effects to wow audiences.
There are probably others on the list you can guess, but that is the nature of such collections – most of us can agree on them.
There are probably no surprises, but then surprises are probably overrated, especially in a world where the word “surprise” is often deliberately or unwittingly substituted for “trauma” or “shock” and expected to be laughed off by people who may or may not know the difference. [Read more…] about Top 10 most memorable films and TV shows with robots in them
