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New report on opportunity to extend life of off-grid solar

Manufacturer's Monthly

Batteries were the most common source of repair issues,” said Dr Shanil Samarakoon, co-author of the report from the School of Humanities & Languages. “So, Manufacturers largely control product repairs using in-country centralised workshops rather than allowing distributors or third-party technicians to conduct them.

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Making it easier to compare robot manipulation research

Robotics Business Review

Source: UMass Lowell, Brooke Coupal Everyday tasks for humans, like simply picking up a water bottle, are still a huge challenge for robots. The program is called the Collaborative Open-source Manipulation Performance Assessment for Robotics Enhancement (COMPARE). Robotic arms in the NERVE Center can perform a variety of tasks.

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Manufacturing is the answer to improving Australia’s falling complexity ranking

AU Manufacturing

The Harvard index systematically ranks 133 countries by their ability to manufacture and export diverse and complex things and has been a global benchmark of a nation’s global impact since 1995, when Australia ranked 55 on the index.

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At CVPR, NVIDIA offers Omniverse microservices, shows advances in visual generative AI

Robotics Business Review

Sources: NVIDIA, Fraunhofer IML (right) NVIDIA Corp. It set a new record on a benchmark for object pose estimation. Source: NVIDIA JeDi model shows how to simplify image creation at CVPR Creators typically use diffusion models to generate specific images based on text prompts.

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Increasing Productivity with Digitalization and AI

Modern Machine Shop

Source: Multi-Axis Technologies LLC While the company has a broad base of customers, with the founders’ experience in aerospace and contacts in that world a lot of what they are currently creating are parts that revolve around space, turbine components, blisks, impellers and satellites.

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Saturation of the Maintenance Parc and the Growing Influence of the Independent Aftermarket (IAM) Push Global Passenger Vehicle OEMs to Innovate their Customer Service Ecosystems

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

To learn more, please access: Growth Opportunities from Benchmarking Global Passenger Vehicle OEMs’ Customer Service Channels , Growth Opportunities from Digital Retail Initiatives for New Electric Vehicles in Europe, North America, and China , or contact sathyanarayanak@frost.com for information on a private briefing.

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SMMT Sustainability Report 2023: How the industry is reducing its emissions

SMMT

The group is therefore on target to meet its commitment to global production with 100% bio-sourced, renewable or recycled materials by 2050, with an interim target of 40% for 2030. The committee is currently developing a new Energy Management Framework, which will benchmark UK sites against an industry standard.