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ams partners with Ibeo Automotive Systems and ZF Friedrichshafen to advance solid-state LiDAR technology for use in autonomous driving
LiDAR is an optical sensing technology that measures distance and direction of the surrounding objects by illuminating them with a laser beam and detecting the reflection of the object -
Emerson to enhance control for Nebraska water/wastewater facility
Emerson will install 68 Ovation controllers to control and monitor various utility processes including high-voltage breakers; gas distribution network flow and pressure; water treatment plant control; water well level monitoring; and wastewater lift station monitoring. -
KPM Analytics announces acquisition of Sensortech Systems
Headquartered in Oxnard, CA USA, Sensortech joins KPM as provider of real-time moisture measurement and solutions that automates quality control. Sensortech further expands KPM’s core NIR technology portfolio while adding RF to KPM’s technology mix. -
IFR Report: After Brexit, UK sees robot sales down 3%
The European Union´s recent sales numbers are still positive - up 12 percent. This is according to the preliminary results of the World Robotics Report 2019, published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). -
KPM Analytics announces acquisition of Sightline Process Control
Sightline Process Control is a company specializing in 3D color vision and automated inspection systems for the food production process. -
Rockwell Automation Announces Addition of Five Companies to PartnerNetwork Program
The PartnerNetwork program allows companies to face automation challenges together by providing access to a network of suppliers, distributors, system integrators and OEMs. -
Servitization for Sensors: Is S2aaS a viable business model?
By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation The rapid pace of change in North American manufacturing is causing a dramatic increase in the servitization of products. The reason for this spike? Sensors. -
Nikon Metrology announces strategic partnership with Pixelink
As part of this collaboration, Nikon Metrology NV will distribute Pixelink cameras as stand-alone solutions or integrated with Nikon NIS-Elements Microscope Imaging Software. -
Thorlabs announces acquisition of Cirtemo
The acquisition includes two technologies: Multivariate Optical Elements for spectroscopic chemical analysis and Nanopatterning Tools known as MagAssemble, which were originally developed by MagAssemble, LLC and are used to “3D print” photolithography masks using nanoparticles. -
Senseye announces Peter Livaudais as director of French operations
At Senseye, Peter will be responsible for managing relationships with key customers in France and finding opportunities across the region with large-scale organizations in sectors such as automotive, energy and heavy industry. -
Radiant Vision Systems announces opening of Detroit office
This location allows Radiant to provide local support to its automotive customer base, with direct resources to enable measurement solutions development for displays, lighting, head-up displays (HUD), and a range of automated visual inspection applications. -
HorizonScan Study: Global Food Safety Issues Increasing for Manufacturers
For manufacturers, the stakes have never been higher. Under FSMA regulations, failure to implement an effective supply chain risk management program could subject food companies and their officers to significant liability and even criminal charges. -
3 Reasons Routes for Predictive Maintenance Programs May Be Dead
By Brett Burger, National Instruments With automated data collection, SMEs will spend more time focused on the risky asset of the day, as reported by the automated data collection, and less time focused on manual data collection. -
Rotork actuators to boost wireless functionality for UK crude storage hub
Rotork IQ3 multi-turn actuators have been commissioned for two Navigator Terminals road fuel and crude storage tanks at its North Tees hub in Middlesbrough. -
What Do Your Motors Really Do?
By Markus Brettschneider, ABB Food and Beverage This article explains how food plant managers can add a similar level of connectivity to retrofit most motors with smart sensors to bring their plants to the digital age. -
SICK announces partnership with AutoCoding Systems (ACS)
This partnership will enable SICK to provide customers with a combined package of SICK’s sensor technology and ACS’s software platform. -
AIA Report: Machine vision market hits record numbers for sixth straight year
North American sales of machine vision components and systems that provide vision intelligence to robots and other machines reached $2.874 billion in 2018, an increase of 9.2 percent over 2017 -
ABB Customer World Wrap-Up: ABB positioning for industrial digitalization
By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Traditional automation suppliers are clearly positioning themselves, through investments or partnerships, to supply the software and hardware for manufacturing customers to be able to achieve the higher productivity and profitability promised through Industrial Digitization/Industry 4.0. -
Improving Manufacturing Productivity with Autonomous Machine Vision
By Nir Zamir, Inspekto Having a happy workforce may be the first step to improving productivity, but proper tools and advanced technologies will take productivity significantly further, particularly for industrial manufacturers. This article explains how manufacturers can improve productivity with Autonomous Machine Vision systems. -
Siemens announces acquisition of Noise, Vibration, and Harshness (NVH) quality testing business of Saab Medav
The NVH quality testing solutions offered by Saab Medav are in the domain of end-of-line quality testing of combustion engines, transmissions, electric motors and motor driven components and systems.
