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XCMJ shows off massive 2,000-ton crawler crane
XCMG has been showcasing the power of its new, massive crane. XCMG’s 2,000-ton XLC26000 crawler crane has successfully completed the hoisting and installation of a 603-ton carbon dioxide stripping tower for the construction project of the largest green fertilizer plant in Bangladesh in this month. The XLC26000 is the largest ever tonnage crawler crane that…
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Teknic ClearPath servos power Guinness World Record domino robot
Teknic’s ClearPath servos were used to power a much-talked-about robot called “the Dominator”, a Guinness World Record setting robot, made by Mark Rober (main picture). In just over 24 hours, the Dominator placed more than over 100,000 dominos to create a Super Mario Brothers mural. (See video below.) Teknic’s all-in-one servos were used to power…
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Safety for Workers, Here is What You Should Know
Safety within the construction industry and beyond this is vital for the reputation of your business and the welfare of your workers. It may begin with ensuring that they have the correct training for the job, as well as ensuring that you check drivers license status on all new workers. However, safety now goes beyond…
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Why Technology Has Been So Important In The Past Year
The past 12 months or so have been completely unprecedented. Life as we know it was flipped completely upside down, all around the world. Not a single life hasn’t been touched by what has happened and it has been something that none of us has ever seen, or are likely to ever see again. One thing…
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Mitsubishi Electric selling collaborative robots at half price
Mitsubishi Electric is selling its collaborative robots at half their normal price, according to a report on the Nikkei Asian Review website. The giant industrial conglomerate has installed dozens of its own collaborative robots at production facilities around the world, and is targeting sales of 1,000 cobot units per year. Mitsubishi has named its collaborative…
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Foxconn moving operations out of China
Foxconn, one of the most well known Chinese manufacturing companies as a result of its status as main supplier for Apple, is moving significant parts of its operations outside of China. The company, which according to TechSpot reported almost $800 million net profit for the quarter ending in June, has already moved an additional 5…
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Advanced Navigation raises $13 million to ‘transform’ robotics and self-driving cars
Robotics and artificial intelligence sensor developer Advanced Navigation has raised $13 million in a Series A funding. The investment round was led by Main Sequence Ventures’ CSIRO Innovation Fund, alongside US venture firms Brick & Mortar Ventures and In-Q-Tel. The round will fund a significant global expansion for Advanced Navigation and accelerate research and development…
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Škoda opens new $200 million paint shop featuring 66 robots
Škoda Auto has opened a new automotive paint shop at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav, in the Czech Republic, featuring 66 industrial robots configured for applying the paint. Up to 168,000 car bodies will be coated with paint there each year, taking the plant’s total annual painting capacity up to 812,000 vehicles. Škoda Auto…
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ThyssenKrupp to provide 155 lifts and 22 escalators to Beijing airport base
As the sole lift supplier to China Southern Airlines’ new Beijing airport base, Thyssenkrupp Elevator is to deliver 155 elevators and 22 escalators to Beijing Daxing Airport, which is currently under construction. China Southern Airlines has moved to the new mega airport in the south of Beijing as part of its ‘two-hub’ strategy, alongside its…
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Daimler Trucks sets up global organisation for highly automated driving
Daimler Trucks is establishing the Autonomous Technology Group as a global organisation for automated driving, bringing together its worldwide expertise and activities, as of June 1. The main tasks of the new unit comprise overall strategy and implementation of the automated driving roadmap, including research and development as well as setting up the required operations…