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Tekniker unveils robotic metrology system combining collaborative robots and digital measurement at BIEMH 2026

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The combination of collaborative robotics and in-process digital metrology represents a strategic convergence for the manufacturing industry and factories of the future.

On the one hand, collaborative robots make it possible to automate handling and assembly tasks flexibly and safely without the need for physical barriers and, on the other hand, digital metrology integrated into the process means that components can be measured and checked directly in the production line with high precision.

In this context, Spain’s Tekniker technology centre, member of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) partnership, with extensive expertise in this set of technologies, will present a solution that brings together automation, high-precision measurement and digitalisation in industrial environments at the next edition of the Biennial International Machine Tool Exhibition (BIEMH). [Read more…] about Tekniker unveils robotic metrology system combining collaborative robots and digital measurement at BIEMH 2026

Foxconn and Intrinsic launch joint venture to build AI ‘factory of the future’

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Intrinsic, an Alphabet company that makes AI robotics software, and Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, have launched a multi-phased joint venture designed to build the intelligent, flexible and scalable “factory of the future”.

By combining the strengths of Intrinsic’s AI platform and Foxconn’s Smart Manufacturing platform, this new partnership aims to develop and deploy adaptive, intelligent robotics solutions across Foxconn facilities in the US, unlocking new levels of flexibility and productivity in manufacturing.

“In working with Intrinsic, we are able to tap their deep expertise in AI-driven robotics,” said Young Liu, chairman and CEO of Foxconn. “This synergy complements our global manufacturing leadership, enabling us to collaboratively unlock the factory of the future.” [Read more…] about Foxconn and Intrinsic launch joint venture to build AI ‘factory of the future’

GMI and AINEXXO form strategic alliance to launch ‘self-aware and self-protecting factory’

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G.M. International (GMI), a provider of intrinsic and functional safety hardware for Operational Technology (OT), and AINEXXO, a deep-tech pioneer in AI-powered OT, have announced a strategic alliance to deliver a transformative industrial innovation: the “Self-Aware and Self-Protecting Factory”.

This alliance fuses GMI’s SIL-certified safety hardware with AINEXXO’s cognitive AI stack, laying the foundation for a new class of safety-embedded, self-aware industrial systems that redefine the future of operational resilience. [Read more…] about GMI and AINEXXO form strategic alliance to launch ‘self-aware and self-protecting factory’

ABB creates CO2-neutral and energy self-sufficient factory of the future

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ABB’s commitment to combating climate change includes limiting the environmental impact of its own operations.

At its site in Lüdenscheid, Germany, ABB is showing how a sustainable energy transition can succeed with digital energy management.

After a two-year design and construction phase, as part of its “Mission to Zero” project, ABB has opened its first CO2-neutral and energy self-sufficient production site in the world, with the commissioning of a solar power plant at a factory of its subsidiary Busch-Jaeger.

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