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Intelligent City raises $30 million to bring robotics and automation to prefabricated construction sector

July 22, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

With pressure mounting for cities to address affordable housing needs, decarbonize buildings, and meet sustainability goals, housing technology company Intelligent City raised CAD 22 million ($17 million), bringing the total capital invested in the company to CAD 30 million ($23 million).

As one of the first companies in North America to apply automation and robotics to the design and manufacturing of prefabricated mass timber buildings, Intelligent City will use the funding to scale operations, commercialize its Platforms for Life (P4L) building solution, grow factory automation, and expand its footprint across and beyond Canada.

Earlier this year, the company completed testing of its building systems and is now verified to work within the new mass timber high-rise building codes in Canada and the US. [Read more…] about Intelligent City raises $30 million to bring robotics and automation to prefabricated construction sector

Filed Under: Construction, News Tagged With: automation, building, buildings, canada, capital, carbon, city, combination, company, construction, design, developers, emissions, energy, fulmer, funding, greensoil, help, housing, industry, intelligent, life, manufacturing, mass, natural, percent, platform, program, proptech, resources, systems, technology, timber, ventures

Vicor delivers power conversion breakthroughs to fuel a robot revolution

July 3, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

OLogic incorporates advanced, integrated power modules from Vicor Power to ignite a new generation of mobile robots

Innovations in power conversion technology are enabling a transformation in robotics design.

Today’s integrated power modules are addressing the demanding size, weight, power budgets and cost efficiencies required to move robots from factory, residential and commercial applications into a vast new landscape bounded only by the imagination.

We are hitting a tipping point where robots are bringing tremendous benefits to our lives. And OLogic is a big reason for why we see their proliferation. [Read more…] about Vicor delivers power conversion breakthroughs to fuel a robot revolution

Filed Under: Features, Infrastructure, Vicor Power Tagged With: building, construction, dusty, industry, mobile, ologic, power, robot, robotics, robots, vicor

Lenovo opens first European manufacturing facility in Hungary

June 15, 2022 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

Computer giant Lenovo has officially opened the doors to its first in-house manufacturing facility in Europe.

Based in Ullo, Hungary, the factory focuses primarily on building server infrastructure, storage systems and high-end PC workstations used by customers throughout the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

Extending Lenovo’s international manufacturing operations, the investment represents significant economic potential for both the private and public sectors in Hungary, with increased production capacity, greater potential for collaboration with local vendors, and the creation of new job openings. [Read more…] about Lenovo opens first European manufacturing facility in Hungary

Filed Under: Infrastructure, News Tagged With: building, capacity, customers, europe, european, facility, global, hungary, in-house, investment, lenovo, local, location, manufacturing, officially, site

Sustainable Building: Revolutionizing the Future of Construction

June 11, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Standards and Regulations Guiding Sustainable Building Development

Climate change, sustainability, and construction intersect, forming a critical juncture.

Today’s construction managers must implement new policies to achieve sustainability goals. Otherwise, the worsening effects of climate change may be irreversible. Fortunately, new standards have been developed, providing a framework for future projects. 
 [Read more…] about Sustainable Building: Revolutionizing the Future of Construction

Filed Under: Construction Tagged With: bonds, building, construction, design, energy, federal, performance, projects, standards, sustainable, waste

Ensto Building Systems completes factory to build smart electrical solutions

April 21, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Ensto Building Systems, a manufacturer of smart electrical solutions, has completed a new factory in Keila Industrial Park.

With the new factory, the company will double the entire factory area and will be operating in a production unit of 8,200 square meters.

Harju KEK took care of the completion of the construction, which cost more than three million euros. [Read more…] about Ensto Building Systems completes factory to build smart electrical solutions

Filed Under: Infrastructure, News Tagged With: building, companies, company, demand, dementjeva, electric, electrical, ensto, factory, harju, industrial, keila, park, production, smart, solutions, systems, vehicle

Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots to break new ground at new site

April 18, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

In a few weeks, construction will begin on state-of-the-art joint headquarters for Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots in Odense, Denmark.

The building will accommodate up to 600 employees and will be the “world’s largest cobot and autonomous mobile robot hub”. Groundbreaking will take place on 20 April with completion expected at the start of 2024.

The background for building a new joint headquarters is the explosive growth of both MiR and Universal Robots. [Read more…] about Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots to break new ground at new site

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Infrastructure Tagged With: building, employees, headquarters, mir, mobile, odense, robot, robots, universal, work

Nvidia unveils Isaac Nova Orin to accelerate development of autonomous mobile robots

March 26, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Next time socks, cereal or sandpaper shows up in hours delivered to your doorstep, consider the behind-the-scenes logistics acrobatics that help get them there so fast.

Order fulfillment is a massive industry of moving parts. Heavily supported by autonomous mobile robots, warehouses can span 1 million square feet, expanding and reconfiguring to meet demands.

It’s an obstacle course of workers and bottlenecks for hospitals, retailers, airports, manufacturers and others. [Read more…] about Nvidia unveils Isaac Nova Orin to accelerate development of autonomous mobile robots

Filed Under: Computing, Features Tagged With: accelerate, ai, amr, amrs, building, capabilities, compute, help, isaac, modules, nova, nvidia, orin, platform, robots, sensor, software, time

FactoryFix raises $10 million in funding

January 21, 2022 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

FactoryFix, a recruiting platform that helps manufacturing companies hire skilled workers, has announced a $10 million Series A financing.

Grotech Ventures led the round with participation from Capital Midwest, Great North Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Revolution Rise of the Rest, and JFF Labs. The company has raised $16 million to date.

This funding caps off a year in which the company saw revenue grow by more than 400 percent. FactoryFix now helps hundreds of industrial companies in sectors like automotive, food and beverage, packaging, and warehousing. [Read more…] about FactoryFix raises $10 million in funding

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: building, candidates, community, companies, company, delivers, elliott, factoryfix, funding, g&l, great, helps, industry, manufacturing, people, platform, problem, qualified, rahilly, recruiting, responsive, technology, time, tube

How Do Emergency Alert Apps Work?

December 28, 2021 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

There are many things going on in the world today, for example, wars, pandemics, social tensions, and protests. With all of this, it is more important than ever to stay in touch and keep others informed about the latest developments.

This state of affairs has prompted many developers and scientists to pay closer attention to the modern means of communication available to almost everyone – smartphones, smartwatches, and tablets.

The signal coverage area of cellular networks in all developed countries is approaching 100 percent. If you add up the first part of the paragraph and the second, we can conclude that the article is about emergency communication app and the ways to use it. [Read more…] about How Do Emergency Alert Apps Work?

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: alert, alerting, alerts, app, application, apps, article, blackout, building, cases, communication, companies, corporate, emergency, employee, employees, example, fire, help, inform, informed, networks, office, program, quick, residents, safe, second, send, sensors, situation, things, users, ways

Prefabricated construction startup to establish $30 million automated factory to build sustainable homes

December 17, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Plant Prefab, which says it is the first Certified B Corporation building technology company dedicated to sustainable design, materials, and operations, has signed a long-term lease to open America’s “first automated factory devoted to efficiently and sustainably building multifamily developments and custom single-family homes”.

The new 270,000-square-foot facility will be situated on 17 acres in the Tejon Ranch Commerce Center 25 miles south of Bakersfield, California, and will serve as Plant Prefab’s third factory.

Slated to break ground in January 2022, the facility will be purpose-built to efficiently manufacture custom-prefabricated panelized and modular building components. [Read more…] about Prefabricated construction startup to establish $30 million automated factory to build sustainable homes

Filed Under: Infrastructure, News Tagged With: building, company, facility, housing, hub, plant, prefab, production

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