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Why Artificial Intelligence is Digital Marketing’s Future
When it comes to business, marketing is the area where many experts widely predict that enormous change will occur due to artificial intelligence. Moreover, beyond sales, studies have found this single function where the technology is likely to have the most impact financially. What this means is that marketers who aren’t leveraging the power of…
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Buy and Sell Automation Components with Automa.Net
Finding the right industrial automation parts and components can be time-consuming, which can lead to losses, especially if the part you’re looking for is an emergency replacement. Instead of manually searching for suppliers and distributors in search of the parts you need, you can quickly access millions of parts from hundreds of distributors at Automa.Net…
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Benefits of Induction Hardening
Case hardening process used to increase wear resistance, surface hardness and fatigue life through creation of a hardened surface layer while maintaining an unaffected core microstructure. Induction hardening is used to increase the mechanical properties of ferrous components in a specific area. Typical applications are powertrain, suspension, engine components and stampings. Induction hardening is excellent…
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Stratom launches platform to enable faster development of autonomous systems in complex terrain environments
Stratom, a developer of autonomous ground vehicles and robotic systems for logistics and operational applications, has launched its Summit Off-Road Autonomy Platform, which it describes as “a highly configurable modular software system that can be easily customized for various unmanned vehicles, applications, operations and environmental conditions”. Leveraging Stratom’s proven off-road and complex terrain capabilities, Summit…
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Comau unveils new software for ‘easy programming of complex robotic applications’
Comau has unveiled what it describes as a “powerful software program” based on artificial intelligence algorithms that makes man-machine communication easier while optimizing industrial operations. The industrial automation company says its MI.RA/Dexter reflects Comau’s “commitment to simplified automation”. MI.RA/Dexter is a metalanguage that makes aims to make robotics more accessible for companies of all sizes…
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Automation and the Fashion Industry: A Quiet Revolution
Many believe that we have recently entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is characterized by new modes of design, production and marketing. Being one of the world’s largest and most innovative industries, fashion is at the center stage of this shake-up. This is not surprising, since fashion is big business. In the UK, for example,…
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Celanese suggests replacing metal parts in robots with polymers
Choosing materials is one of the most important decisions when designing and building a machine such as a robot, particularly one that moves around, like an autonomous warehouse robot or an automated guided vehicle. Most of the machines this website features in its articles and advertising use metals for the vast majority of their components.…
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Comau unveils new ‘lightweight, ruggedized’ version of its exoskeleton
Comau Robotics has unveiled a new “lightweight, ruggedized” version of its exoskeleton. The new Mate-XT wearable exoskeleton “fully accommodates the specific needs of workers in demanding industrial, non-industrial and open-air environments”, says Comau. Featuring a slim, lightweight carbon fiber structure and an intuitive regulation system, the water, dust, UV-light and temperature resistant design can be…
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SICK launches ‘ready-made, very versatile’ quality control system
SICK’s newly-developed MQCS (Modular Quality Control System) is an “off the shelf”, multifunctional machine vision system, and is sold as a ready-to-use package of hardware and pre-written software. Suitable for code reading, 2D or 3D inspection duties, the MQCS reduces cost and development time needed to set up automated quality inspection and logistics applications. Originally,…
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Handling large, heavy and bulky objects with Morello equipment
Large construction and engineering projects almost always feature particular requirements in transportation and handling of big, heavy and often awkwardly shaped objects. Most people are used to seeing trucks and cranes on the roads and on work sites. But when it comes to handling materials inside, for example, warehouses or other confined spaces, more specialized…