Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 12, 2023
When I went to school, the IT class was new. Brand new. It was so new that once you moved beyond touch typing, which was what you learned in Year 7, there was not much else left for you to learn.
Manufacturer's Monthly
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Energys Australia is leading the way in hydrogen fuel cell generators with some of the first rolling off the production line in Victoria to some major clients and to support regions particularly vulnerable to power outages. Energys has proudly unveiled the first of five cutting-edge Hydrogen Fuel Cell Generators being manufactured for Telstra as part of an alternative energy backup pilot program.
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The Fabricator
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Hot-rolled coil steel prices have been on a roller-coaster ride in 2023. That is likely to continue in 2024, but the swings won’t be as dramatic.
Cisco Smart Manufacturing
DECEMBER 13, 2023
For State, Local, and Education (both Higher Ed and K-12) (SLED) entities the Security Operations Center (SOC) is a required tool in the toolbox and a necessity for Cyber Insurance.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
The Guardian Manufacturing
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Gita Gopinath says global economy’s fragmentation into power blocs risks wipeout of trillions of dollars in GDP The world economy is on the brink of a second cold war that could “annihilate” progress made since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a senior International Monetary Fund official has warned. Gita Gopinath, the IMF’s first deputy managing director, said the accelerating fragmentation of the world economy into regional power blocs – centred around the US and China – risked wiping out tri
Design World
DECEMBER 15, 2023
ABB Robotics and XtalPi have entered a strategic partnership to produce a range of automated laboratory workstations in China. The new, automated laboratories will boost the productivity of R&D processes in biopharmaceuticals, chemical engineering and chemistry, and new energy materials. “Our collaboration with XtalPi marks another milestone for ABB’s collaborative robots in the life sciences… The post ABB Robotics partners with XtalPi to build intelligent automated laboratories appear
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Gary Mintchell
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Many people express concern about where the development of artificial intelligence will take human society. This thought piece comes from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society with some suggested guardrails. Certainly worth thinking about. Artificial intelligence (AI) is being rapidly developed for a wide variety of applications including: a) Recommendation systems for consumers; b) Generative AI systems that create images, audio, video, and text; c) Systems that take on tasks or portions of
E&T
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The state-owned China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGN) has stopped making payments to fund nuclear plant Hinkley Point C amid high tensions between the UK and China, a Bloomberg report has claimed.
Design World
DECEMBER 15, 2023
New research from Schneider Electric has revealed that almost half (45%) of industrial companies believe digitalization will be the primary reason that new operational technology (OT) job roles will be created in the next three years. The research, commissioned by Schneider Electric and carried out by global research leader Omdia, polled 407 industrial companies ranging… The post Digitalization is creating technology jobs, new Schneider Electric report shows appeared first on Design World.
Automation World
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Learn about IoT platforms, how they're applied across different industries, what operations technology professionals need to be aware of during IoT platform assessments and lessons to be learned from industries that have a high level of IoT platform adoption.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
Gary Mintchell
DECEMBER 14, 2023
If Generative AI is one word of the year for 2023, Sustainable is the other. This news concerns “Tech For Good” digital solutions from Atos. Paris, France, and Dubai, UAE – December 6, 2023 – Atos today announces the launch of a new global offering designed to help enterprises reach their CSR goals. With 57% of enterprise IT’s carbon footprint attributable to workplace devices, this service offering represents a major step forward in providing clients with access to new sustainable I
Manufacturing Management
DECEMBER 15, 2023
A South West engineer is helping the world’s best Formula 1 and motorsport teams shave valuable milliseconds off their lap times, while also enabling automotive manufacturers to develop new vehicles more efficiently.
Design World
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions are rarely executed in controlled laboratory environments — quite the opposite. The platforms — from airborne drones to terrestrial and underwater remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) — that carry ISR payloads are often deployed in the harshest conditions and connected to users and operators over wildly inconsistent communication networks.
Automation World
DECEMBER 11, 2023
With manufacturers’ initial investments in digital transformation behind them, they’ll soon be looking to mature their systems to derive even more value using AI, the cloud, containers and cyber-physical risk management.
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As engineers push the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking hardware products, their success depends largely on the speed and efficiency of production. The challenge? Manual processes and disparate systems lead to multiple versions of documents, incomplete records, and duplicated work, creating a chaotic system of records that is difficult to manage.
Gary Mintchell
DECEMBER 14, 2023
As I noted in my last post, the two key words for 2023 are Generative AI and Sustainable. This news concerns the release of more Copilots. These are from SymphonyAI. The company claims that generative and predictive AI are enhancing efficiency by 30%, reducing maintenance costs by 50%, and expediting decision-making by 70%. (I don’t know how they can measure the last one and the first two are huge numbers.
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Adam Sobieski, regional president APAC at Universal Robots The Fourth Industrial Revolution brought about a wave of automation in the manufacturing industry, leading to increased efficiency, productivity, and profitability. While we are currently living in Industry 4.
Design World
DECEMBER 11, 2023
POSITAL has announced a major upgrade to its family of 36 mm kit encoders for motion control applications. For these new devices, introduced as part of the company’s NEXTGEN initiative, upgrades include higher resolution and refined packaging that provides more compact form factors, better protection from solid particles, and simpler installation procedures.
Automation World
DECEMBER 11, 2023
As the manufacturing industries continue to face an ongoing worker shortage, addressing Gen Z’s concerns about industry could go a long way toward reducing the problem.
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70% of digital transformation projects fail (BCG, 2020). In an industry where most large software implementations falter, we recognize the importance of planning, optimization, and execution. With over 25 years of industry experience and countless successful implementations, MASS Group is opening the vault of tips and tricks to provide a complimentary step-by-step guide in implementing a Work-In-Progress (WIP) tracking software.
Gary Mintchell
DECEMBER 13, 2023
I wrote to a friend last night to tell him that Mike Bryant was retiring as secretary of the OPC Foundation as of the end of the year. “Wow, the end of an era,” he replied. These tribute columns are pretty rare. Many CEOs aren’t around long enough for me to learn how to spell their names. I’ve known Mike Bryant for about 25 years. I point people to his example of how to lead organization boards.
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 10, 2023
With Amazon aiming to make 10,000 deliveries with drones in Europe this year and Walmart planning to expand its drone delivery services to an additional 60,000 homes this year in the states, companies are investing more research and development funding into drone delivery. But are consumers ready to accept this change as the new normal?
Design World
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company, announces the new Genie Nano-10GigE M8200 and C8200 cameras, based on Teledyne e2v’s 67M monochrome and color sensors, have now entered full production. The new Genie Nano-10GigE 67M cameras are the smallest 10GigE Vision models in the industry achieving full resolution image transfer at up to 14 fps.
Automation World
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Small and mid-sized manufacturers comprise the bulk of manufacturing companies nationwide and they often need help assessing the application of robotic automation. The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute is public-private group designed to help with this.
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
Gary Mintchell
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Most of us are still familiar with the variety of Fluke meters we grew up with. The company made a few acquisitions and developed the Fluke Reliability business unit. They do some cool stuff. Here is the latest news from them in the maintenance and reliability front. Fluke Reliability has launched the VibXpert 3 Balancer , a next-generation smart field balancing tool that can diagnose and correct rotational unbalance in the field or on the floor.
Plastics Today
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Buyers took advantage of year-end discounts, as benchmark Prime polyethylene prices dropped a half cent and even sharper deals became available for off-grade materials and railcars.
Design World
DECEMBER 14, 2023
HMS Networks has signed a binding agreement to buy Red Lion, a U.S.-based industrial automation solutions provider, for $345 million in cash, on a debt-free basis. Red Lion has a premium brand and a unique product portfolio. This acquisition will reinforce HMS’ presence in North America and boost cross-selling opportunities for both companies through their… The post HMS Networks acquires Red Lion Controls expanding its presence in North America appeared first on Design World.
Modern Machine Shop
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Photo Credit: Getty Images Hey, kid! You’re probably reading this because you’re under the age of 16 and your mom or dad or teacher or maybe your weird uncle sent the link to you. You have things to do so I’ll keep this short. You should probably know that at some point soon, you’re going to be asked to decide something big. You’re going to be asked to make a decision so big that most kids your age won’t be able to do it.
Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive
We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.
Gary Mintchell
DECEMBER 11, 2023
I’ve had many conversations with Arlen Nipper of Cirrus Link, co-developer of MQTT, and Benson Hougland of Opto 22, early adopter of MQTT and Sparkplug, at the Inductive Automation Ignition Community Conference over several years about the demand for lightweight communications. OPC UA has a place in the toolbox, but many engineers desired a lightweight alternative.
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 15, 2023
The car selling industry has long been characterized by traditional practices that often lacked efficiency and fairness. However, the landscape is shifting dramatically with the introduction of groundbreaking platforms like EpiCar. This article explores how EpiCar is setting new standards in the car selling industry by combining efficiency, fairness, and advanced technology.
Design World
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Brightpick unveiled new details about the proprietary world-class machine vision and AI that are critical for the seamless operation of its Brightpick Autopicker robots. The technologies are used for everything from scanning totes (bins) to create 3D models for future picking of items, to determining ideal picking angles for both totes and individual items.
E&T
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The UK government has confirmed £2bn in funding for 11 “major projects” to produce green hydrogen and has confirmed that suppliers will receive a guaranteed price for the clean energy they supply.
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Next-gen manufacturers are redesigning factories to enable agility at every stage of production. From more timely communication between engineers and technicians to technologies that empower real-time collaboration, they’re getting ahead by making iterations and improvements during a build, across the production line at scale. This level of flexibility means they can develop more quickly than their legacy counterparts.
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