Tag: programme
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Virtual reality robotics solution joins Universal Robot’s UR+ Ecosystem
Virtual reality tech startup Extend Robotics has had its virtual reality robotics solution certified by Universal Robots on its UR+ programme. Extend Robotics was founded in 2019 by Dr Chang Liu. The tech startup uses consumer Virtual Reality (VR) technology to make it easier for individuals to control robotics hardware remotely. Dr Liu aims to…
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BitcoinX Review: A Comprehensive Guide to the App that has Gone Viral
BitcoinX is an app that allows you to trade and make profit but what else? Read to learn more! The cryptocurrency market is very volatile and there are a lot of risks involved. For traders to stay on top of the market, they need to be able to react quickly to price changes and make…
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Hexagon unveils automated platform to accelerate autonomous robotic quality assurance
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, which supplies smart manufacturing technologies to giants from Volkswagen to Boeing, has unveiled its HxGN Robotic Automation, which it describes as a “pioneering robotic programming and control software” that enables non-specialist quality professionals to program industrial robots to perform fully automated quality inspection. The platform enables manufacturers to equip greenfield factories…
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Fugro autonomous submarine completes geohazard site investigation activity off the coast of Suriname
Fugro has finalised fieldwork on a site investigation programme for TotalEnergies off the north-west coast of Paramaribo in Block 58 of the Guyana-Suriname Basin, just off the coast of Suriname. The company used its autonomous submarine for the task. The project sits approximately 150 km offshore in water depths ranging from 60 m to 2100…
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US military selects Parrot as new supplier of drones
Parrot, a drone manufacturer, has been selected to take part in the Blue Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) programme by the US Army and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The DIU is a Department of Defense organisation that accelerates commercial technology for national defense. The Blue sUAS programme is a spin-off of the Short-Range Reconnaissance…
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Airbus adds new satellite to its SpaceDataHighway constellation
Aerospace company Airbus has added a new satellite to its SpaceDataHighway constellation. The company says its EDRS-C satellite, the second node of Airbus’ SpaceDataHighway constellation, has completed its commissioning tests and is now ready to start operational services. Following its successful launch in August 2019 and manoeuvring to its geostationary orbital slot at 31 degrees…
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Airbus unveils autonomous helicopter
Aerospace giant Airbus has unveiled an autonomous helicopter. The prototype of Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 unmanned aerial system has performed its first free flight. The VSR700 performed a 10-minute flight at a drone test centre near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France. The company says this is a “significant step” in the programme following the first…
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Mirka launches project to develop robotic surface finish solution for industrial customers
Surface finishing technology company Mirka has launched what it says is the world’s first patent pending Automated Industrial Programme to develop robotic orbital sanding systems. The initiative is being launched globally by Mirka in April 2020, and is spearheaded by the Mirka Airos. The aim is to build an “innovative, electric Automated Industrial Random Orbital…
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BMW establishes its ‘Startup Garage’ to gain early access to pioneering innovations
The BMW Startup Garage – part of the company’s Research, New Technologies and Innovations unit – has been tracking down the most innovative startups in the business for four years now, allowing the BMW Group to tap into their potential quickly and directly. So far, more than 50 up-and-coming technology companies have completed its startup…
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Airbus and Siemens collaborate on hybrid-electric propulsion
Representatives of Airbus and Siemens attended the recent Bauhaus Luftfahrt Symposium “Ambition 2050”, bringing together science, industry, and politicians to tackle how to meet the EU Flightpath 2050 goals, aviation’s challenging environmental targets. Topics explored included operations, alternative fuels, as well as energy technologies and power systems, which are at the heart of the work…