Tag: consortium
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Fabulos completes autonomous public transport pilot project in Greece
An autonomous public transport pilot project in Greece, led by an Estonian consortium called the Future Automated Bus Urban Level Operation Systems (Fabulos), has now successfully ended. After two months and 1,930 km driven in the streets of the municipality of Lamia, nearly 400 people used autonomous bus “Iseauto”. The bus has been developed in…
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Autonomous local public transport introduced in southern Germany
Autonomous local public transport is being introduced in southern Germany through a research project funded with €7 million. The RABus project is one of the implemented measures of the strategic goals for automated and networked mobility in the southern German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Winfried Hermann, Minister of Transport of Baden-Wuerttemberg, handed over the notice…
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Five robotic technology innovations move to final phase of Esmera competition
Five robotic technology experiments have moved into the final phase of a competition run by Esmera, the European Union-funded project set up to develop innovative technologies. The five entrants are: Nix; Minotaur-R (energy sector); Reflect; Wire Cobots (manufacturing); and Cobolleague (construction). They have all been selected to move into the second phase of Esmera, which…
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Omron developing robotic suitcase with AI to assist visually impaired people
Omron has joined a consortium which is developing a robotic suitcase with artificial intelligence to assist visually impaired people. As well as Omron, the consortium includes companies such as IBM Japan, Mitsubishi Motors, and Shimizu Corporation. The AI suitcase is described as an integrated solution that will help the visually impaired to get around town…
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Autoware aims to make advanced AI available to small manufacturers
Autoware says it aims to make advanced AI and related technologies available to small- and medium-sized enterprises that would otherwise not be able to afford or implement it. The EU-funded project calls its offering “cognitive manufacturing”, which includes the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies. Basicaly, Autoware is a research and development project that helps manufacturing…
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New consortium to develop a common computing platform for autonomous vehicles
A group of leading companies from the automotive and computing industries have formed collaborative effort toward making fully self-driving vehicles a reality. The new Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium (AVCC), officially launched recently at Arm TechCon in San Jose, brings together industry leaders from automotive, automotive supply, semiconductor and computing to serve as the leading organization…
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Industrial Internet Consortium launches series of challenges
The Industrial Internet Consortium has launched a series of “IoT Challenges” aimed at solving real problems and advancing the validation of industrial internet applications and solutions. The current Challenges are co-organized with the Trusted IoT Alliance. In an interview with Robotics and Automation News, Dr Richard Soley, executive director of the IIC, provides an overview…
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Challengers in Esmera robotics competition in line to receive €200k each
In the context of the European robotics project Esmera, 12 experiments have now started to solve industry challenges by developing new robotics solutions. The Esmera consortium has chosen the best twelve experiments from 32 proposals that were handed in during the first Open Call in 2018. The solution design by the experiments will be carried…
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Industrial internet technical standards groups form alliance
Two of the leading industrial internet technical standards groups have formed an alliance which is likely to accelerate the development of technologies in the sector. The Industrial Internet Consortium and the Edge Computing Consortium have signed a partnership agreement – technically a memorandum of understanding – to advance the industrial Internet and edge computing. Under…
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Wipro joins Industrial Internet Consortium
Wipro has joined the Industrial Internet Consortium, the global, member-supported organization that promotes the accelerated growth of the Industrial Internet of Things. This membership provides Wipro opportunities to engage and innovate with multi-partner testbeds and adopt best practices to drive digital transformation for customers. Wipro has significant actitivties in the Internet of Things space, leveraging connected…