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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

has demonstrated fixed-wing cargo-carrying capability in a point-to-point flight between two airbases using a specially modified Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. For many airlines, cargo represents up to one-third of revenue. kg) payload.

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Latest IIC publication discusses role of IoT in future of supply chains

Automation Mag

The Role of IoT in Shaping the Future of Supply Chains edition of the JoI includes the following articles: Enhancing Supply Chain Operations Using IoT and Digital Twin – Explores IoT and digital twin technologies to improve supply chain operations.

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Molder Emphasizes Circularity in Molding, Extrusion, Automation and AM

Mold Making Technology

” This is exemplified through injection molding, extrusion, reaction process machinery, automation and additive manufacturing focusing on the circular economy and reducing the CO 2 footprint. Source | KraussMaffei KraussMaffei comes to NPE2024 with the motto “Make plastic green — with high quality and efficiency.”

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What Mold Buyers Look for in Mold Builders

Mold Making Technology

Collaborative Mold Design To me, the golden rule of mold design is the collaboration among the customer, part designer, moldmaker, molder and anyone impacted by its design and construction, including the often-overlooked need for automation or secondary operations. However, the key to a successful project isn’t just the mold.

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Modernizing SCADA vessel control systems with Ignition

Control Engineering

The vessels are equipped with on board systems including navigation, cargo management, vibration monitoring, engine monitoring and more. They chose the Ignition SCADA software from Inductive Automation with MQTT and Sparkplug modules from Cirrus Link.

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Rotor Technologies propels advances in autonomous helicopters

Robotics Business Review

Pilots fly into wires, get disoriented in inclement weather, or otherwise lose control, and almost all of these accidents can be prevented with automation. We have a very careful approach to automation, but we also retain a highly skilled human expert in the loop,” Xu said. “We Xu explained.

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PLC module coordinates real-time data in coal shipping application

Control Engineering

Integrating programmable logic controllers (PLC) to business systems to manage operations used to be a manual process, but module technologies can help coordinate them and become more automated. Changing conveyor routes and cargo train conditions. Not only is it less complex, it requires no coding, programming or servers.