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Geek Plus Robotics to showcase advanced warehousing robotic solutions at LogiMAT

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Geek Plus Robotics has released what it says is the “world’s first interweaving robot sorting system” with the latest version of its Geek Picking System at LogiMAT 2019, the international trade fair for intralogistics solutions, to be held in Stuttgart, Germany from February 19 to 21.

Geek Plus says it is now a leading artificial intelligence-driven robotic solution and service provider – and China’s top supplier of warehousing and logistics robotics.

Now it is bringing its award-winning solutions “Geek Sorting System” to Stuttgart for LogiMAT. Its wide range of automated and intelligent devices is capable of handling the material – pallets, boxes, and single pieces – from goods receipt, unloading, put-away, to picking, packing and order shipment.  [Read more…] about Geek Plus Robotics to showcase advanced warehousing robotic solutions at LogiMAT

Electric limos transport WEF delegates to Davos

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Participants at this year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland were the first to be able to travel by road between Zurich International Airport and Davos, in an environmentally sustainable way.

Fifty Audi e-tron sedans charged in a matter of minutes at a total of 31 fast-charging stations provided by global market leader ABB in Kemptthal, Heidiland, Küblis and Davos.

The charging infrastructure is operated by IONITY, a joint venture between leading automotive manufacturers. The three partners are using the project to underscore the crucial importance of e-mobility for the advancement of sustainable transport.

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Airbus adds new service Verde to its precision farming portfolio

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Airbus has launched an innovative service called Verde that delivers detailed crop analytics from satellite imagery, perfectly clipped to the field and accurately de-clouded.

Served as plug and play API to any precision agriculture portal, Verde provides reliable and quantified measures of the vegetation, consistent over time and space, whatever the satellite used.

The new service primarily addresses in-season monitoring, to help anomalies detection, optimise field scouting, irrigation, seeding, fertilisation, and crop protection.

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European Space Agency now offers satellite-driven car parking services

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The European Space Agency is now offering satellite-driven car parking services as a result of a partnership with a startup company called Parkbob.

Parkbob teamed up with ESA Business Applications to develop an architecture for satellite-driven availability parking services in smart cities.

Their collaboration through an ESA Kickstart activity as part of the Integrated Applications program, will demonstrate the added value that satellite brings in the context of advanced digital last-mile solutions.  [Read more…] about European Space Agency now offers satellite-driven car parking services

Denso takes a stake in semiconductor processor startup quadric.io

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Denso Corporation, the world’s second largest mobility supplier via its subsidiary NSITEXE, Inc., has taken a stake in quadric.io, a startup company based in Burlingame, California.

NSITEXE designs and develops semiconductor IP cores  and the investment will help quadric.io’s development of edge processing units (EPUs), which are high-performance semiconductors that could be used as a foundation for enabling automated driving technology.

Denso established NSITEXE in 2017 to design and develop next-generation, high-performance semiconductor devices to advance automated driving solutions.

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Universal Robots partners with Bharat Fritz Werner in India

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India is emerging as one of the fastest growing economies in the new millennium and the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) segment is expected to play a significant role in this growth.

Universal Robots is aiming to penetrate the sector with new and affordable automation solutions with a collaboration with Bharat Fritz Werner (BFW), India’s largest machine tool manufacturer, and integrate collaborative robots in manufacturing processes.

The partnership aims to disrupt the MSME segment with top-notch automation solutions and for CNC machines.

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Teradyne acquires Lemsys SA

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Teradyne, Inc.has acquired the privately held Lemsys of Geneva, Switzerland. The 21-person company will remain in Geneva with current management and staffing.

Lemsys is a leading global provider of test equipment for the high power semiconductor industry, serving the emerging and growing power discrete device and module market aligned to electric vehicles, wind and solar power generation, and high power industrial applications.

“Lemsys is the market leader in the emerging high power discrete segment of the semiconductor test market and we are very excited to have Lemsys join Teradyne,” said Greg Smith, President of Teradyne’s Semiconductor Test Division.

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Yanu raises $1 million for its robotic bartender

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Startup company Yanu has raised $1 million in funding for its artificial intelligence-powered robotic bartender. 

This is the company’s second seed investment round.

Yanu says the robot bartender will appeal to anyone who has ever waited at the bar more than a few minutes for a drink.  [Read more…] about Yanu raises $1 million for its robotic bartender

Estone offering review samples of rugged tablet computer

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Estone Technology is offering review samples of its ruggedized tablet computer, the industrial or field-service grade Android MJ-100 10”.

Samples of the tablet are fully functional and represent the final manufactured version of the device.

The MJ-100 is Estone Technology’s latest device intended for use in rugged industries.  [Read more…] about Estone offering review samples of rugged tablet computer

Dematic to introduce automated buffer system for meat processor

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Dematic, supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services for the supply chain, plans to implement an automated meat buffering and storage solution in a meat processing facility for the Australian Lamb Company.

The new Dematic system will be used to buffer meat products in a chilled and frozen environment and prepare shipments of meat products going to hotels, restaurants, butchers, and supermarket chains. It is scheduled to start up during the second quarter of 2019.

The Dematic Meat Buffer storage and handling solution will provide better visibility of product flow and accuracy, as well as improvement in efficiency at the meat processing facility.

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