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Rockwell Automation Signs Agreement to Acquire Clearpath Robotics.

Gary Mintchell

Here is the actual rationale: Transporting parts and materials to assembly lines and between manufacturing cells is one of the industry’s most complex and inefficient tasks, often resulting in production bottlenecks. It is subject to customary regulatory approval and is expected to close in the first quarter of Rockwell’s fiscal year 2024.

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Review: SMMT Global Trade Conference

SMMT

As supply chain bottlenecks ease, global trade is increasingly on the agenda for boosting automotive sales and the delivery of low emission technologies – but with automotive products subject to geopolitical, environmental and industrial policies, navigating business across multiple time zones is as complex as ever.

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From Europe to Asia: Global Trends, Supply Chains and the Role of Used Industrial Robots

i4.0 today

Pandemic-induced supply chain bottlenecks for established manufacturers are leading to a slow clearing of full order books – one of the reasons why Chinese robot manufacturers are in higher demand than ever before. The automotive industry remains a major consumer of industrial robots, with Germany standing out. Germany ranks fourth.

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Altair at Hannover Messe 2024

Dinesh Mishra

At Hannover Messe 2024, Altair will present technologies, methods, and examples of how companies can succeed in their quest for digital transformation by applying simulation, data analytics, AI, and high-performance computing (HPC). The post Altair at Hannover Messe 2024 appeared first on Machine Insider.

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Everywhere All At Once: ChatGPT to find use in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Retail, and In-Vehicle Experiences in the Automotive Industry

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Data security and privacy remain major concerns as automakers move to embrace ChatGPT across the automotive value chain. Generative AI-powered Large Language Models (LLM), most prominently ChatGPT, are disrupting the automotive industry. Where will it be used? We see four key areas where ChatGPT will have an immediate impact.

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Back In Action: An MCMT Special

Dinesh Mishra

India is among the world’s biggest metal-cutting machine tools markets, with sectors like automotive, general engineering, energy, and aerospace being the major demand drivers. Demand from automotive customers is growing post the pandemic and is envisaged to touch of pre-pandemic levels of 2018-19.

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Welding, Welding Automation, Robotics & Industrial Automation, Tube & Pipe

Fabricating & Metal Work

FANUC’s new M-800 i A/60 high-accuracy robot equipped with an LS3D i -A Scanner will pass over an automotive panel to perform laser welds on coupons. Novarc developed the collaborative SWR to minimize and help eliminate this bottleneck in construction by enabling welders to be more productive and efficient. www.norvarctech.com.