Tag: efforts
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Realtime Robotics raises $9.5 million in additional funding
Realtime Robotics, a developer of collision-free autonomous motion planning for industrial robots, today announced that it has secured an additional $9.5 million in funding from Shinhan GIB and Kyobo Life Insurance. Driven by the strong response to its RapidPlan industrial robotics motion control and collision avoidance software, Realtime will use this additional investment to drive…
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SoftBank to halt production of Pepper and reduce its robotics business, says Reuters
SoftBank, the Japanese telecommunications giant which has in the past few years become a huge force in the robotics market, is set to halt production of Pepper, the humanoid robot, according to a report by Reuters. The news agency cites sources and documents to say that “production of the humanoid Pepper… was stopped last year”,…
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AMS launches new position sensors for high-speed electric motors to ‘improve car industry’s electrification efforts’
AMS, a supplier of high performance sensor solutions, has introduced new position sensors that it says lower system cost and enhance electrification of safety-critical vehicle functions such as power steering, active damper control, and braking for safer, smarter, and greener cars. The two new position sensors – the ams AS5147U and the AS5247U – bring…
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Manufacturing industry turning to robotics and AI in challenging economic landscape, says Deloitte
The manufacturing industry is turning to robotics and artificial intelligence as well as a range of other strategies to navigate an increasingly challenging economic landscape, according to a report by Deloitte. The management consultancy says that, as the risk of a global economic downturn grows, the industrial manufacturing industry faces a challenging landscape in 2020…
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Hyundai reorganises R&D centre structure to streamline vehicle development
Hyundai Motor Group has begun a series of sweeping changes to its R&D organisations and development processes, enabling greater responsiveness to the changing future mobility technology landscape. Promoting a keener focus on customer needs, the new approach will also streamline the decision-making and development processes to achieve efficiencies and cost optimisation. Through reorganisation under Architecture-Driven…
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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…