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Siemens leads industry to the next level of digital transformation

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At Hannover Messe, Siemens is presenting numerous additions to its Digital Enterprise portfolio for the next level of digital transformation in the discrete and process industries.

At the centre of its booth, Siemens is using a model for the automotive industry to show how the unique portfolio of industrial software and automation technology seamlessly connects the virtual and real worlds.

Using cloud and Edge-based data analyses together with other future-oriented technologies, such as additive manufacturing and autonomous manufacturing systems, creates new possibilities in the areas of efficiency and flexibility.

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Volkswagen chooses Siemens for its industrial cloud

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Siemens technology group is to be the integration partner for the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud.

Siemens will play a key role in ensuring that machinery and equipment of different manufacturers at the 122 Volkswagen plants are networked efficiently in the cloud.

The resulting data transparency and analysis will lay the technological foundations for productivity improvements at Volkswagen plants.

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Springer Nature publishes its first ‘machine-generated’ book

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Publisher says its innovative book prototype provides a “compelling machine-generated overview” of the latest research on lithium-ion batteries, automatically compiled by an algorithm developed in collaboration with the Applied Computational Linguistics Lab of Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Springer Nature has published its first machine-generated book in chemistry. The book prototype provides an overview of the latest research in the rapidly growing field of lithium-ion batteries.

The company says the content is “a cross-corpus auto-summarization” of a large number of current research articles in this discipline.

Serving as a structured excerpt from a huge set of papers, the innovative pipeline architecture aims at helping researchers to manage the information overload in this discipline efficiently.  [Read more…] about Springer Nature publishes its first ‘machine-generated’ book

Tetra Pak launches connected packaging platform

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Company to turn cartons into ‘full-scale data carriers and digital tools’

Tetra Pak has launched what it calls its “connected packaging platform”, which the company says will “transform milk and juice cartons into interactive information channels, full-scale data carriers, and digital tools”.

Driven by the trends behind Industry 4.0, and with code generation, digital printing and data management at its core, the connected packaging platform will bring new benefits to food producers, retailers, and shoppers.

For producers, the new packaging platform will offer end-to-end traceability to improve the production of the product, quality control, and supply chain transparency.  [Read more…] about Tetra Pak launches connected packaging platform

Zivid to show high precision colour 3D camera for robotic inspection

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Zivid, a 3D machine vision camera company, will exhibit at Automate for the very first time with newly appointed imaging solutions partner MoviMED.

The company will showcase the Zivid One 3D colour camera integrated with a UR5 Universal Robot in a live demonstration of high-speed part inspection and quality control.

Using an advanced technique of time-coded structured light projection, Zivid’s real-time, high definition, colour 3D cameras capture high-quality point cloud XYZ and RGB data to equip Industry 4.0 robotic and industrial automation systems with a human-like vision capability.

With a 2.3 MPix image size, an acquisition rate of 13 Hz and unique HDR capabilities the cameras produce vivid high definition 3D colour images of challenging semi-shiny, partly reflective and dark objects.

Complementing the live demonstration, Zivid will also be featured in the Automation Solutions & Innovations track of the exhibition conference.

In a joint session, ‘The Latest Advances in 3D Vision’, on Monday, April 8, 2:30pm-4:30pm, Zivid’s VP of Sales and Marketing, Americas, Raman Sharma will give a presentation entitled, ‘Robot Automation Using Human-Like 3D Vision’.

Sharma’s 30-minute presentation will reveal how Zivid’s ground-breaking approach to 3D image capture effectively removes long-endured compromises between system accuracy and speed.

And designed to match the specific needs of a broader spectrum of robotic and industrial automation systems, the company’s new Zivid One Plus (Small, Medium and Large) camera range will also be reviewed.

Comau launches exoskeleton for factory workers

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Comau has released the first Muscular Aiding Tech Exoskeleton – MATE, which is a lightweight, passive, portable upper-limb exoskeleton.

Released in China, it was developed in collaboration with ÖSSUR, an Icelandic leading non-invasive orthopedic company, and IUVO, a spin-off company of the Italian BioRobotics Institute specialized in wearable technologies.

MATE can reproduce shoulder movement with joint axes parallel to the user’s shoulder axes, providing effective gesture support and stable movement assistance to reduce the burden of repetitive tasks.

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Schmalz presents new gripping and handling technologies at Hannover

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At the Hannover Messe 2019, J. Schmalz GmbH is presenting innovations for vacuum generation, gripping and smart handling. The solutions represent an important step forward in terms of efficient energy use and automation.

As in the past, integration, digitisation and networking continue to be the main drivers for technological advancement.

Integrated Automation, Motion & Drives (IAMD) will present components and system solutions for the factory of the future at the Hannover Messe from April 1 to 5.

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Brain Corp debuts autonomous supply chain robot

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Brain Corp, a San Diego-based artificial intelligence company specializing in robotics, has launched a new delivery robot which it calls “AutoDelivery”. (See video below.)

AutoDelivery appears to be designed to operate within warehouses and stores, or facilities where it will generally be alongside human staff, rather than make deliveries to consumers’ addresses.

The proof-of-concept robot is powered by BrainOS, the company’s commercial operating system for the production, installation, and support of autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs.

BrainOS currently powers multiple machines within the robotic floor care industry, including those made by Tennant, Minuteman, ICE, and SoftBank Robotics.  [Read more…] about Brain Corp debuts autonomous supply chain robot

Robotics Business Review forms ‘strategic alliance’ with Peerless Media

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Robotics Business Review has agreed what’s being described as a “strategic alliance” with Peerless Media, a publisher in the materials handling, logistics, supply chain, and engineering markets.

RoboticsBusinessReview.com is a website in a similar market to RoboticsAndAutomationNews.com, and is published by the Robotics Group, which also organizes RoboBusiness Events.

Brian Ceraolo, CEO of Peerless, says: “Robotics is having a significant impact on each of our markets.  [Read more…] about Robotics Business Review forms ‘strategic alliance’ with Peerless Media

German Chancellor and Swedish PM visit ABB ‘factory of the future’ in Hannover

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German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven were given a glimpse into the factory of the future by ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer

Mr Spiesshofer explained how a production cell would work in the factory of the future, where robots will collaborate with humans.

They were shown how two-armed YuMi robots together with single-armed YuMi put together wristwatches individually with unparalleled precision, using the transport system from ABB’s newly formed Robotics & Discrete Automation business.

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