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Panasonic has established a new company for its North America operations.
Panasonic Corporation today announced the establishment of Panasonic System Solutions North America Company as a division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Panasonic’s Newark, New Jersey-based subsidiary.
The new company will be formally established on April 1, 2018. [Read more…] about Panasonic to establish new company to strengthen factory solutions business in North America
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $37.7 billion for the month of November 2017, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
The above figure represents an increase of 21.5 percent compared with the November 2016 total of $31 billion and 1.6 percent more than the October 2017 total of $37.1 billion.
The SIA, a US industry organisation monitoring, says all major regional markets posted both year-to-year and month-to-month sales increases in November, with the Americas market leading the way. [Read more…] about Global semiconductor industry breaks monthly sales record and edges closer to $400 billion annual sales
Nachi-Fujikoshi, one of the world’s largest industrial robot manufacturers, is believed to have increased its profits by 44 per cent.
The industrial robots segment is said to have grown by more than 50 per cent and now accounts for more than 10 per cent of sales.
Nikkei says the earnings jump was due to growing demand for factory automation equipment, especially from China. [Read more…] about Nachi-Fujikoshi profits increase by 44 per cent, led by strong demand for industrial robots
By Jane Zavalishina, chief executive officer, Yandex Data Factory
2018 will be the year of practical artificial intelligence adoption.
AI is all too often associated with “futuristic” applications like self-driving cars or robots.
As a consequence, many business leaders view AI as a risky, capital-intensive innovation where return on investment is not guaranteed. [Read more…] about If AI ruled the world: Yandex Data Factory boss’ predictions for 2018
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Moreover, thanks to the fact that there is a huge variety of robotic toys available in the stores like Dealslands.co.uk at an affordable rate, kids are getting abundantly habituated with this concept.
The study further revealed that the children in the age group of five and 18 years old states that they expect to become friends with a robot in the future. [Read more…] about Research says: Kids will be best of friends with robots in future!
eInfochips, a product engineering services firm, had signed an agreement to fully transfer and merge its business with Arrow Electronics.
Arrow Electronics is a technology design, manufacturing support, and supply chain services company.
Following the merger, eInfochips will become a fully owned subsidiary of Arrow Electronics. [Read more…] about Arrow Electronics acquires eInfochips
Hyundai Motor and Aurora, a developer of autonomous vehicle technology, have formed a strategic partnership with the aim of bringing self-driving Hyundai vehicles to market by 2021.
This partnership will incorporate Aurora’s self-driving technology into Hyundai vehicles starting with models custom-developed and launched in test programs and pilot cities.
Over the longer term, Hyundai and Aurora will work to commercialize self-driving vehicles worldwide. [Read more…] about Hyundai partners with Aurora to develop autonomous vehicles
STMicroelectronics, a semiconductor company, and USound, an audio wearables company, are launching the first silicon micro-speakers resulting from their technology collaboration announced last year.
Engineering samples are now with lead customers, and trade demonstrations will take place during CES 2018, in Las Vegas. (Main picture shows previously launched technology – not the new product.)
These extremely small speakers, expected to be the thinnest in the world and less than half the weight of conventional speakers, enable wearable tech such as earphones, over-the-ear headphones, or augmented reality and virtual reality headgear to become even more compact and comfortable. [Read more…] about STMicroelectronics and USound to launch ultra-small speakers at CES
By Edward Tse, Gao Feng Advisory
The Chinese vehicle market is not only the largest in the world (sales of 28 million units in 2016) but it also offers the highest number of brands (130).
More and more new players – most of them local producers – are entering the field.
Globally China is establishing itself not only as the leading market for new-energy vehicles, but also for connectivity, autonomous driving and totally new mobility concepts. [Read more…] about David v Goliath in Chinese car market: Nio’s powerful slingshot
2018 looks all set to be a bumper year for sales of industrial robot arms across all categories – from the large, heavyweight class right down to the small desktop variety.
With established robot makers expanding their range, and with new startups launching innovative new models, the market is more dynamic than ever.
Oversupply may be a problem going forward, especially as Chinese robot manufacturers step up their production, but even including the new companies entering the market, the number of industry-standard robot makers worldwide is relatively small. [Read more…] about 30 industrial robot manufacturers to watch
