Tag: centres
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European retail giant Otto Group to install more than 100 Covariant robots at fulfilment centres
Otto Group, one of the largest online retailers in Europe, is entering into a long-term strategic partnership with Covariant, an AI robotics company. Covariant’s AI-powered robots will be used to automate a wide range of manual fulfilment activities that require hand-eye coordination and object manipulation – supporting Otto Group to enhance services for its customers…
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Internet industry group ECO reveals best practices for green data centres
The European internet industry group ECO has unveiled what it says are “best practices” for environmentally friendly information technology infrastructure. The new study by ECO shows best practices in the field of energy-efficient data centres formulates technological development potentials as well as policy recommendations. CO2 emissions from data centres have been declining in Europe for…
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ABB pilots automation solution for data centres
A colocation data centre provider is piloting ABB‘s new data centre automation cloud solution, which aims to meet challenges faced by the rapid growth of data centres. Optimisation of data centre performance, increased tenant retention, agile communications between operations and upper management, and reduced costs are some of the benefits claimed for the new ABB…
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Oceaneering selected to ‘digitally’ transform Pacific Drilling’s global fleet
Oceaneering International, Inc., and Pacific Drilling have entered into a five-year Digital Services Package agreement to provide Pacific’s customers with better reliability and improved throughput enabling streaming video and real-time data. This will allow the provision of emerging services such as remote ROV piloting, surveying, and automation aboard Pacific Drilling’s high-specification drillship fleet. As a…
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Groupe PSA carries out autonomous driving tests in L3Pilot project
Since the start of April, Group PSA’s vehicles equipped with level 3 autonomous driving functions have been operating on open roads in France as part of the European L3Pilot project. Six to eight vehicles will undergo intensive driving tests to validate autonomous functions on dual carriageways. The project is strengthening Groupe PSA’s expertise in the…
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Honeywell unveils automated robotic unloader for distribution centres
Honeywell has announced a new automated robotic solution for unloading packages from truck trailers and shipping containers at distribution centres. The robotic unloader uses artificial intelligence to operate fully autonomously inside of a trailer, which significantly reduces the manual effort required to operate receiving docks for retail merchandise and parcel distribution centres. It drives into…