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Contract manufacturer New Kinpo Group says it has implemented a “significant industry 4.0 portfolio expansion” to its business.
As part of the new offering, the company has established a new brand, New Era AI Robotics.
New Kinpo says New Era is “designed to extend its combined additive manufacturing and robotics leadership and presence in North America”. [Read more…] about New Kinpo Group unveils AI robotic factory and service solutions at IMTS 2018
Techman Robot has launched several new industrial automation systems – including the new TM12 and TM14 robots – at the International Manufacturing Technology Show, currently taking place in Chicago.
The company boasts that its Techman robot is “the most intelligent collaborative industrial robot in the world” and recently signed a partnership with industrial automation giant Omron.
Techman Robot has a built-in visual system and “innovative” user interface. The company says it has become one of the industrial robots with “the fastest sales growth in the global market”. [Read more…] about Techman Robot launches new industrial robot systems at IMTS
Supply chain robotics specialist Geek Plus is launching a new generation of material handling solutions at the China International Industry Fair, scheduled for later this month.
The new technologies include an automatic forklift alongside a full-process intralogistics automation solution.
Geek Plus Robotics is one of the leading robotics companies in China, and probably the top company in the warehouse automation space. [Read more…] about Geek Plus launches autonomous forklift and ‘new generation of material handling solutions’ at CIIF
The US is a founding member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation organisation, better known as Apec, along with 11 other countries which have coastlines on the world’s largest ocean.
However, given the current American president’s apparent aversion to all trade blocs, being a founder is no guarantee that the US will continue to be a member.
US President Donald Trump has already taken America out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, and now seems busy dismantling – or renegotiating – the North American Free Trade Agreement, or Nafta. [Read more…] about Apec: An overview of the Asia-Pacific trade bloc
Nidec, the Japanese maker of industrial machinery components such as motors, is planning to buy five German robotics companies, according to a report on Nikkei.
Nidec recently reported record profits for its most recent quarter and is apparently flush with cash, and looks to have decided to spend it on acquisitions.
According to Nikkei, the first of the five acquisition targets is MS-Graessner, which makes speed-reducing gearboxes which fit into the joints of robotic arms. [Read more…] about Nidec looking to ‘buy five German robotics companies for $450 million’
Nidec is already one of the world’s largest suppliers of components for industrial robots and machinery, and it’s expanding rapidly.
The company says it has just recorded its “highest-ever quarterly operating profit” for its appliance, commercial and industrial product segment.
And the company says it is planning to “further strengthen” these segments and its industrial motor division. [Read more…] about Nidec records ‘highest-ever profit’ as it expands industrial motor division
Japanese supply chain technology provider Ground Inc is partnering with HIT Robot Group to develop what the companies describe as a “next-generation logistics platform”.
HRG, one of China’s leading manufacturer of industrial robotics and automation systems, and Ground demonstrated their new solution technology recently, and say it is aimed at “establishing a next-generation logistics platform linking major cities under the One Belt One Road Initiative”.
The so-called One Belt One Road Initiative is the communist Chinese government’s ambitious plan to create a giant, integrated logistics network that spans the entire Eurasian region – about half the world. [Read more…] about Ground Inc partners with HIT Robot Group to develop ‘next-generation logistics platform’
Electronics giant LG is planning to showcase its new exoskeleton or, as the company calls it, its “wearable robot” at IFA, a consumer electronics event in Germany.
The powered suit looks similar to the exoskeleton other companies have been bringing out – namely, Comau, Atoun, Ekso Bionics, Roam Robotics, and Sarcos, among others.
LG says it is focused on becoming a leading developer of service robots in the next decade. [Read more…] about LG Electronics to show off its new exoskeleton or ‘wearable robot’
Is there no escape from robots anywhere on Earth? Is there nowhere you can go to get away from these infernal machines?
Of course not, and those are rather naïve questions. When it comes to robots, you can run, but you can’t hide.
Nepal, home to the world’s highest mountain and one of the largest mountain ranges, is largely remote, icy, cold and quiet. [Read more…] about Robots have found their way to Nepal
Automotive systems supplier Denso has invested $270 million in JOLED, a developer of printed organic light-emitting diode displays.
The investment accelerates JOLED’s development and mass production of in-vehicle OLED displays, which are used for human-machine interfaces in car cockpits to deliver key driving information to the driver quickly and accurately.
Compared to conventional HMIs, which use thin-film transistor liquid crystal displays, JOLED’s OLED displays are claimed to offer higher-definition images, more vivid colors, and are designed to be thinner, lighter, and bendable– making them easier to install and produce more optimized light output for improved HMI functionality. [Read more…] about Denso invests $270 million in OLED display developer
