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Alstom’s electric bus Aptis goes on test in Spain

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Alstom is sending Aptis on a six-week roadshow in Spain to be tested, together with local transport companies, in Barcelona, Madrid and Vigo.

The first operational test starts in January in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, before going to Madrid on the 4th of February. The roadshow will then continue in Vigo from 14 to 22 February.

The tests conducted in the customer depots as well as under real operating conditions are designed to evaluate the specific characteristics of Aptis in a new urban setting, its charging system, its autonomy, and its insertion performance in traffic, following the first successful tests in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

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Bosch to assume full control of electric motor manufacturer EM-motive

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Bosch is now assuming full control of EM-motive, one of Europe’s most successful manufacturers of electric motors.

Bosch and Daimler set up EM-motive GmbH as a fifty-fifty joint venture in 2011. Since then, it has manufactured some 450,000 electric motors.

From the establishment of the joint venture, Bosch secured an option to acquire the shares. A complete takeover was thus already an option in the joint venture agreement.

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Universal Robots and VersaBuilt to launch cobot and CNC machine interface

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Universal Robots (UR) and VersaBuilt will launch a new interface, URCap, to allow CNC machines to communicate directly with UR collaborative robots at the ATX West show, February 5-7, in Anaheim, California, USA.

The URCap allows a UR cobot to execute any machining program stored on the CNC directly through the cobot’s own teach pendant. Initially launching for Haas CNC machines, VersaBuilt will develop UR interfaces for other popular CNC makes later this year.

The URCap will soon be available through the UR+ platform, a showroom of products all certified to integrate seamlessly with UR cobots.

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Van production expands for Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi in France

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The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance has added new production capacity in its manufacturing facilities in Maubeuge and Sandouville, France.

Maubeuge serves as Renault’s small van center of excellence and Sandouville is the production center for the Renault Trafic van.

By the end of the strategic plan, Alliance 2022, the Alliance aims to double annual synergies to €10 billion.  [Read more…] about Van production expands for Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi in France

DMG Mori boosts its additive manufacturing offer with Intech deal

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DMG Mori and Intech have sealed a cooperation deal in the field of additive manufacturing. DMG Mori is taking a 30% stake in the Indian software developer, giving it access to key software and technology know-how for generative production.

Intech is considered as a pioneer in metal 3D printing in India. It is committed to additive manufacturing and related software solutions, including machine learning and artificial intelligence for the metal additive manufacturing industry.

It will soon release numerous solutions, aiding users with ease of machine operations and process control, producing quality components at optimised costs.

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Segway Robotics showcases its delivery robot Loomo

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Segway Robotics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Segway-Ninebot Group, has showcased Loomo Go, its autonomous delivery robot for the enterprise market.

It also demonstrated the consumer edition of Loomo, a smart machine that toggles between a fully functional hoverboard and an intelligent robot companion.

The company made the presentations at the recent Consumer Electronics Show, held earlier this month.  [Read more…] about Segway Robotics showcases its delivery robot Loomo

ArcelorMittal commits to ‘ResponsibleSteel’ industry standard

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ArcelorMittal has taken a leading role in forming and committing to ResponsibleSteel, the steel industry’s first multi-stakeholder global certification initiative.

ResponsibleSteel was set up in 2015 as a non-profit organisation to drive a more responsible future for the steel industry.

It will achieve this by building the first global certification program and standard for the entire steel value chain from mining, to production processes, to final stage sales and distribution.

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Johnson Controls and CBRE to test open-source software for building retrofits

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Johnson Controls has entered into an agreement with CBRE, World Resources Institute (WRI) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to test and deploy an open-source, web-based energy analysis tool to identify energy efficient retrofit opportunities in commercial buildings.

The initiative is part of the Johnson Controls and CBRE Innovation Lab, which was established three years ago to evaluate, connect and leverage products, services and energy data to create value for occupiers and investors of real estate.

The initiative also supports the Building Efficiency Accelerator, a public-private collaboration that accelerates local government implementation of building efficiency policies and programs where Johnson Controls serves the role of co-convenor along with the World Resources Institute.

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Denso merges three subsidiaries to form Denso Solution

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Denso Corporation, the world’s second largest mobility supplier, has announced that Denso Sales Japan Corporation, Denso Ten Sales Limited and Denso Ten Service Limited will merge to form a new company called Denso Solution Japan Corporation on April 1, 2019.

With the rapid progress of vehicle electrification and automated driving within the auto industry, Denso has previously announced several organisational changes to increase competitiveness.

The formation of Denso Solution will create new products and services in the automotive aftermarket.

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Australians developing robotic sheep-shearing system

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Australia is facing a human labor shortage in the area of sheep-shearing, just at a time when demand for wool has been increasing. The country has around 73 million sheep and approximately 2,800 shearers.

To try and tackle this problem, the industry association Australian Wool Innovation has been researching and developing robotic sheep-shearing systems. (See video below.)

The organization has been testing delta robots as well as robotic arms. The ones shown in the main picture above were made by Rethink Robotics, which was recently effectively taken over by Hahn Group.  [Read more…] about Australians developing robotic sheep-shearing system

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