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Siemens and Xsens develop super-advanced motion-capture technology

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Siemens and its partner company Xsens have developed a new technique which makes “lab quality motion capture a reality in the workplace”. 

The companies they achieved this through “a deeper integration, improved anthropometric avatar matching, and significantly improved tracking accuracy”, which further empowers enhanced ergonomics analysis outside of the lab.

Xsens is a specialist developer of professional 3D motion tracking technology.  [Read more…] about Siemens and Xsens develop super-advanced motion-capture technology

Cloud CAD app Onshape launches ‘Enterprise’ edition

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Cloud-based computer-aided design application Onshape has launched an “Enterprise” edition. 

Onshape is online software which is popular with designers of components and mechanical systems.

It was probably the first or at least one of the first to provide online 3D CAD capabilities to engineers and other users.  [Read more…] about Cloud CAD app Onshape launches ‘Enterprise’ edition

Opinion: The intersection of paperless work instruction and IIoT cobots

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By Randy Blaylock, VP of sales for eFlex Systems

Interoperability has arrived and the ability of machines, devices, sensors, and people to connect and communicate with each other via the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is no longer conceptual.

It is practised every day on plant floors worldwide. Information systems can create a virtual copy of the physical world by enriching digital plant models with sensor data.

This requires the aggregation of raw sensor data to higher-value context information.  [Read more…] about Opinion: The intersection of paperless work instruction and IIoT cobots

CHL Systems becomes authorized Fanuc integrator

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CHL Systems is now an “Authorized System Integrator” for Fanuc America.

Fanuc is a global leader in automation for manufacturing, and is estimated to have the largest number of industrial robotic arms installed around the world.

As a leading manufacturer and integrator for the past 60+ years, CHL Systems says it provides “a unique level of expertise for primary and secondary material handling solutions for general foods, meat, poultry, baking, confectionery, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals”.  [Read more…] about CHL Systems becomes authorized Fanuc integrator

Growing use of biometrics and optoelectronics in building access systems

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Biometrics, beyond fingerprinting, will drive the next generation of mobile and office security

When it comes to optoelectronics technology in today’s biometrics, a lot of attention has been on its role in security – particularly its use in access control systems, for instance, in industry or at immigration checks. 

Optoelectronics refers to technology that uses light, or optics, and electronics.

With increasing numbers of users managing sensitive transactions, such as online banking and shopping, on mobile devices, user authentication is becoming essential.  [Read more…] about Growing use of biometrics and optoelectronics in building access systems

Co-founder and CTO of Universal Robots wins Engelberger Award

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Esben Østergaard (main picture), co-founder and chief technology officer of Universal Robots, a market leader of collaborative robots, has been awarded the automation industry’s most prestigious honour, the Engelberger Robotics Award.

Singapore, May 28, 2018: The American Robotic Industries Association (RIA) announced Esben Østergaard as the recipient of the Engelberger Robotics Award 2018.

Østergaard spearheads the development of Universal Robots’ collaborative robot arms (cobots) representing one of the most significant technology breakthroughs coming out of the robotics community in decades.  [Read more…] about Co-founder and CTO of Universal Robots wins Engelberger Award

Universal Robots in central role in JVC electronics factory

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Universal Robots is gaining market share in south-east Asia’s most populous nation, Indonesia. 

PT JVC Electronics Indonesia says it has enhanced productivity, output quality and workers’ wellbeing with Universal Robots’ cobots, while saving over $80,000.

Universal Robots is, by unit sales, the leading collaborative robotics company.  [Read more…] about Universal Robots in central role in JVC electronics factory

Festo invests in artificial intelligence

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Festo has bought IT enterprise company Resolto Informatik GmbH, which offers solutions including high-performance artificial intelligence for real-time applications in industrial companies.

Resolto solutions allow data to be interpreted in the field, and in close proximity to machines. This makes it possible to save energy, shorten cycle times, decrease the number of machine failures and minimise production scrap rates.

“We’ve been able to gain a leading company in the field of artificial intelligence for industry applications with Resolto”, said Dr Frank Melzer, Member of the Management Board Product and Technology Management at Festo.

[Read more…] about Festo invests in artificial intelligence

Infineon invests $2 billion in new semiconductor factory in Austria

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Infineon Technologies says it is preparing for long-term growth by investing €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) in a new 300-millimeter chip factory in Villach, Austria.

Infineon says its new factory for power semiconductors will consolidate its position as the “market and technology leader” in this segment, and will create the foundation for long-term, profitable growth.

A fully automated chip factory for manufacturing 300-millimeter thin wafers will be constructed at the Villach location in Austria alongside the existing production facility.  [Read more…] about Infineon invests $2 billion in new semiconductor factory in Austria

Plus One Robotics exits stealth mode, launches picking system and enters funding round

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Plus One Robotics, a 3D vision and controls developer for robotic automation in the logistics and e-commerce markets, has exited stealth to announce the commercial release of the PickOne Perception system, an integrated 3D vision solution for imaging parcels and generating robot pick points.

Plus One Robotics has partnered with leaders in robot manufacturing, system integration, and e-commerce to develop this technology for the order fulfillment and parcel shipping markets.

Rising consumer demand for shorter delivery times has increased the need for improved efficiency in sortation, induction, and singulation of the millions of packages which must be handled each day.  [Read more…] about Plus One Robotics exits stealth mode, launches picking system and enters funding round