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When your site is a slow one, you’re usually recommended to use a Content Delivery Network as it’s considered to be one of the most effective ways to speed up websites. However, it’s not the only benefit you’ll get when applying for CDN services.
Today, we’re going to discuss the main reasons to use a CDN and will give you some tips on how to choose the best CDN vendor. [Read more…] about Seven things to pay attention to when choosing a CDN vendor
University marks inauguration of a Leybold Conference and Reception Room at Carnegie Mellon University Nanofabrication Facility
Being at the forefront of university research is very important for innovating next generation vacuum technology products.
As a local partner with Pittsburgh based Carnegie Mellon University, Leybold has been not only a supplier, but also a generous and benevolent sponsor for years.
As an acknowledgement for this close cooperation, the CMU community named one of the new conference center and reception rooms “Leybold” and celebrated this inauguration with a presentation and reception held at the CMU Nanofabrication Facility recently. [Read more…] about Carnegie Mellon names one of its rooms after Leybold
Epson Robots is showcasing a range of new technologies for a wide variety of applications in factory automation at the Automation Technology show, ATX East.
ATX is currently under way, running from June 13-15, and is being held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, in the US. Epson’s booth is number 2405.
Epson’s showcase will feature the new and “revolutionary” Flexion N2 6-Axis robot as well as an assembly demo of an Epson Point of Sale printer built with a high precision SCARA robot and a compact 6-Axis robot. [Read more…] about Epson showcases new Flexion industrial robot and printer built using SCARA robot
By Abdul Montaqim
Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that the tech giant is working on software for self-driving cars, according to Bloomberg.
Cook calls the development effort “the mother of all AI projects”.
Apple has been rumoured to be working on building a driverless car for some time, but the company has never directly confirmed anything. [Read more…] about Apple confirms it’s developing autonomous car technology
Harvest Croo Robotics is field testing an autonomous vehicle designed to help plant and pick strawberries, according to a report on ThePacker.com.
The new vehicle looks rather unlike your typical farm vehicle, and is designed to straddle six strawberry beds as it moves along. It uses GPS navigation, LiDAR vision and carries 16 robots which will do the actual planting and picking of the strawberries.
The robots will use a proprietary vision system which will identify which strawberries are ready to be picked (probably based on colour as robots can’t smell or taste yet as far as we know). Picked strawberries will then be moved to the platform level for further inspection and grading. [Read more…] about Harvest Croo Robotics field tests autonomous strawberry-picking vehicle
SoftWear Automation, an Atlanta-based robotic sewing firm, has received $4.5 million in financing from existing investor, CTW Venture Partners.
The company says funding will accelerate the company’s development of fully automated sewn good worklines specifically for apparel production in the United States.
Additionally, the company plans to add 20 employees to keep pace with growing customer demand. [Read more…] about SoftWear Automation raises another $4.5 million and pledges to help bring back manufacturing to the US
Collaborative robot YuMi was the – arguably oblivious – guest of Robo Global, creator of the world’s first robotics and automaton investor index series
ABB’s YuMi dual-arm, collaborative robot rang the opening bell today at the Nasdaq MarketSite Studio in Times Square in New York City to start the trading day.
YuMi was a guest of Robo Global, which offers The Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index Series, the world’s first benchmark index series to track the global robotics and automation market.
Greg Scheu, president of the Americas region for ABB, joined YuMi and Robo Global executives at the podium for the ceremony. [Read more…] about ABB’s YuMi collaborative robot rings opening bell at Nasdaq stock market
Universal Robots is planning to showcase a range of new technologies and partnerships at ATX East, said to the largest annual design and manufacturing event on the US East Coast.
This year, the keynote speaker at the event will be Steve “Woz” Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and currently chief scientist at Primary Data.
Attendees at UBM’s ATX East in New York City, June 13-15, will be greeted by three collaborative robots from Universal Robots at the expo entrance. [Read more…] about Universal Robots and partners to demonstrate ‘next generation’ collaborative robot technology at ATX East
By Alwyn Scott, Reuters
Boeing is looking ahead to a brave new world where jetliners fly without pilots and aims to test some of the technology next year, the world’s biggest plane maker said in a briefing ahead of the Paris Airshow.
The idea may seem far-fetched but with self-flying drones available for less than $1,000, “the basic building blocks of the technology clearly are available”, said Mike Sinnett, Boeing’s vice president of product development.
Jetliners can already take off, cruise and land using their onboard flight computers and the number of pilots on a standard passenger plane has dropped to two from three over the years. [Read more…] about Boeing to test self-flying plane technology next year
By Alwyn Scott, Reuters
Boeing is streamlining its aircraft production systems at its largest factory – Everett, Washington – trying to cut costs to compete with rival Airbus and chip away at the near-$30 billion deficit created by its 787 Dreamliner.
Dozens of complex robots are replacing humans for such mundane tasks as drilling and riveting, and Boeing is reordering some of its assembly steps to speed up the process.
The savings, part of a long-term cost-cutting drive at the world’s biggest plane maker that also includes substantial staff reductions, comes as Boeing has spent heavily to develop new aircraft models. [Read more…] about Boeing streamlines aircraft production systems at largest factory
