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Leuze electronic claims it has launched the industry’s smallest camera-based sensor.
The IPS 200i is designed for compartment fine positioning with high-bay storage devices in single-depth storage.
Leuze says the sensor has some “powerful advantages”, particularly its fast commissioning and simple alignment. [Read more…] about Leuze launches ‘smallest’ camera-based sensor for fine positioning in warehouse storage applications
Intelligent sensor gives utilities more choices as part of a connected data acquisition platform
Landis+Gyr is expanding its distribution sensor product portfolio by adding a cellular communication option to its S610 Line Sensor.
The S610 is used for detecting and locating faults quickly, monitoring power flows, and improving grid reliability.
The new cellular model provides the same line monitoring functions as the RF Mesh S610 Line Sensor, but uses a cellular radio to communicate directly with utility Scada or other types of grid management systems. [Read more…] about Landis+Gyr adds cellular option to line sensor products
The sixth annual TDK Sensors Developers Conference is currently under way in Santa Clara, in the US.
Keynote speaker at the event is Jenelea Howell, director of IoT and connectivity at IHS Market.
Sensors often presented as the backbone of the Internet of Things (IoT), measuring and collecting data that enables any IoT application. [Read more…] about TDK launches new sensor range as it hosts industry event
Apple has updated one of its patents which outlines the design of a sensor which would enable cars to communicate with each other, according to a report on CNBC.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the company is developing autonomous systems, but did not say whether it would build a car of its own.
The new sensor could be integrated into Apple’s in-car information and entertainment console, CarPlay, which is already in some new cars on the market. [Read more…] about Apple patents sensor to enable cars to communicate with each other
Framos, an image sensor distributor, and Pyxalis, a advanced custom image sensor supplier, have extended their collaboration.
Framos has been working with Pyxalis for several years and, after a very productive relationship, have entered into a formal agreement.
This partnership provides Framos partners with fully customized, high performance sensors, including sensor specification elaboration support, sensor architecture, design, prototyping, validation, industrialization and manufacturing. [Read more…] about Framos and Pyxalis expand partnership on custom image sensors
Even for Apple, selling 60 million units of anything would be a big deal. For most small and medium sized companies, just six units might be the start of a wonderful voyage in the world of enterprise.
For Hillcrest Labs, the journey started more than a decade ago, and over that time, the company has reached the milestone of having sold 60 million units.
Having started out selling software, the company moved into bundling that software into chips, which have become more elaborate over time and found an increasing number of applications.
In an exclusive interview with Robotics and Automation News, Chad Lucien, senior vice president of business development at Hillcrest Labs, tells the company’s story. [Read more…] about Smartphones have created a whole new world of opportunities, says Hillcrest Labs boss
By Mark Donovan
The next industrial revolution is arriving on a shore near you. It’s called Industry 4.0, and like its three predecessors, it’s about to bring sweeping changes to manufacturing that will globally affect everyone.
Industry 4.0, and the resulting manufacturing changes that are coming with it, have spawned a new type of production plant called the smart factory.
Central to the smart factory is the prolific use of autonomous and collaborative robots that work symbiotically with each other and alongside human beings to yield a more productive and efficient manufacturing plant. [Read more…] about Innovative sensors are empowering the smart factory robot, says AMS
Hillcrest Labs has a new sensor system which the company says is “four times better” than competitor solutions.
Hillcrest says its new FSM300 delivers industrial-grade sensor fusion accuracy at prices suitable for consumer products with “four times greater accuracy versus competitor solutions in some tests”.
The FSM300 is what’s called a attitude and heading reference system, which is a sensor system, and an inertial measurement unit, which like a gyroscope. [Read more…] about Hillcrest Labs launches ‘industrial grade sensor for consumer products’
The World Economic Forum, the global nonprofit foundation whose annual meeting in Davos is attended by global leaders from business and politics, has published a list of companies which it considers to be the most pioneering in the field of technology.
In publishing its Technology Pioneers 2017 list, WEF has chosen 30 different companies to highlight from a variety of industries including biotechnology, agriculture, energy, transport, as well as a number of companies from the robotics and automation sector.
One of them is Horizon Robotics, a Chinese company which develops computer infrastructure to enable artificial intelligence computing and real-time decision-making, mainly aimed at enhancing self-driving vehicle safety. [Read more…] about World Economic Forum selects robotics and automation companies in its ‘Technology Pioneers 2017’ list
Seiko Epson president Minoru Usui says sensor technology the company has developed could change the way robots are used.
In an interview with Reuters, Usui says he wants the company to increase its robot sales worldwide by more than five times what they are now.
And the Micro Piezo force sensor could help to achieve at least some of that growth.
Currently, Epson Robots is one of the top 10 industrial robot makers in the world, according to a list compiled by RoboticsAndAutomationNews.com. The company is placed ninth, with 55,000 industrial robots installed worldwide. [Read more…] about Epson boss says company’s advanced sensor could change the way industrial robots are used
