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  • ESMERA announces second open call for European SMEs robotics applications funding

    ESMERA announces second open call for European SMEs robotics applications funding

    The challenges come from the areas of Manufacturing, Energy, Construction, Agriculture, Food Processing, Retail, Healthcare and Emergency Response. Until December 2nd, European SMEs can now apply to solve one or more of these challenges by developing a robotics application and receive funding of up to 200,000 Euros.
    03 September, 2019 | 1 minute
  • Semcon announces partnership with EDRMedeso with focus on digital twins

    Semcon announces partnership with EDRMedeso with focus on digital twins

    The partnership in digital twins was launched in June 2019 and is part of Semcon’s increased focus on digital services. The goal is to start the first project with EDRMedeso during the autumn.
    23 August, 2019 | 1 minute
  • Going From a Crisis to a Competition: How the US turned around its manufacturing sector

    Going From a Crisis to a Competition: How the US turned around its manufacturing sector

    By Mark Howard, United States Country Manager, EU Automation Even though the US economy is the largest in the world by nominal GDP, it was a crisis in the manufacturing sector that prompted the US Government to act to save the industrial sector over the last decade. This article investigates how the US has turned it around.
    22 August, 2019 | 3 minutes
  • Balluff introduces online Machine Vision configurator tool

    Balluff introduces online Machine Vision configurator tool

    Users start by inputting basic physical parameters including working distance and image size and the configurator filters selections of cameras, lenses, filters, lighting devices and accessories to only those tested and proven to work together.
    20 August, 2019 | 1 minute
  • Bentley Systems announces finalists for Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards program

    Bentley Systems announces finalists for Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards program

    The annual awards program honors the work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. Twelve independent jury panels of distinguished industry experts selected the 54 finalists from 571 nominations submitted by more than 440 organizations in more than 60 countries.
    08 August, 2019 | 5 minutes
  • Steps to Accessing the Value of the Digital Twin

    Steps to Accessing the Value of the Digital Twin

    By Eric Green, Dassault Systèmes Across all industries, there is increasing discussion regarding the benefits of implementing a digital twin. At its simplest, a digital twin is a virtual model of a process, product or service -- but not just a static model.
    08 August, 2019 | 4 minutes
  • Inside Bosch Rexroth’s Factory of the Future Experience

    Inside Bosch Rexroth’s Factory of the Future Experience

    By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Continuous manufacturing improvement is fundamental to remain competitive. Understanding new technologies, methods, and what these technologies and methods make possible is important for manufacturers to prosper in the new wave of manufacturing digitalization.
    06 August, 2019 | 4 minutes
  • HANNOVER MESSE announces second iteration of Industrial Pioneers Summit

    HANNOVER MESSE announces second iteration of Industrial Pioneers Summit

    Some 500 participants from around the world are expected to attend the event on 22 April 2020 being staged under the tagline “Industrial Transformation”. Toby Walsh, international expert on artificial intelligence, to give keynote address.
    05 August, 2019 | 1 minute
  • University of Surrey team announces applications filed for inventions generated solely by artificial intelligence

    University of Surrey team announces applications filed for inventions generated solely by artificial intelligence

    The AI inventor, named “DABUS” by its creator Stephen Thaler, relies upon a system of many neural networks generating new ideas by altering their interconnections. A second system of neural networks detects critical consequences of these potential ideas and reinforces them based upon predicted novelty and salience.
    02 August, 2019 | 2 minutes
  • Game4Automation introduces 3D CAD drawings for virtual commissioning

    Game4Automation introduces 3D CAD drawings for virtual commissioning

    The original data of the manufacturers is based on the eCATALOGsolutions technology by CADENAS and can be integrated directly into Game4Automation as a free development framework for visualization, virtual commissioning, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in automated environments.
    31 July, 2019 | 1 minute
  • "Regulate Me!" - Artificial Intelligence Comes of Age

    "Regulate Me!" - Artificial Intelligence Comes of Age

    By Laura Sallstrom, Access Partnership Regulation should be targeted at actions and human behavior, not at a type of technology. Regulatory approaches that take this into account – like the ethics by design concept – are a good way forward.
    30 July, 2019 | 3 minutes
  • The Need for Green in 3D Printing

    The Need for Green in 3D Printing

    By Ben Smye, Matmatch It has been 35 years since the first instance of what we now think of as additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing. Lauded for its rapid production speed and minimal waste, the process is becoming a staple of product prototyping. However, there is still room to improve the sustainability of this process.
    29 July, 2019 | 2 minutes
  • Automating a Workforce with Augmented Reality

    Automating a Workforce with Augmented Reality

    By Seth Patin, Founder and CEO, LogistiVIEW AR technology ensures consistency, so an unskilled workforce can think and behave in the same way as those workers with years of experience. Workforce technology is all about efficiency, consistency, repeatability, and safety, regardless of the person performing the task.
    26 July, 2019 | 3 minutes
  • Siemens helps Mazda enhance electronic design software

    Siemens helps Mazda enhance electronic design software

    The Capital automated generative design flow helps Mazda automotive design teams manage design complexity and changes across the entire vehicle platform.
    23 July, 2019 | 1 minutes
  • BelAZ and ZYFRA partner to jointly develop robotization technologies for the mining industry

    BelAZ and ZYFRA partner to jointly develop robotization technologies for the mining industry

    The strategic partnership agreement was signed on July 10 at the Innoprom-2019 international exhibition in Yekaterinburg by Petr Parkhomchik, CEO of BELAZ-HOLDING, and Igor Bogachev, CEO of ZYFRA.
    17 July, 2019 | 2 minutes
  • AspenTech announces acquisition of Mnubo

    AspenTech announces acquisition of Mnubo

    These acquisitions are intended to enable AspenTech to accelerate the distribution of embedded AI in both its existing and future solutions.
    12 July, 2019 | 1 minute
  • WebNMS announces partnership with HMS Networks to focus on Industrial IoT Solutions

    WebNMS announces partnership with HMS Networks to focus on Industrial IoT Solutions

    The strategic collaboration will leverage the potential of the IOT platform vendor to achieve data driven digital transformation in manufacturing industry.
    10 July, 2019 | 1 minute
  • SensorThink announces Tom Martin as Vice President of Engineering

    SensorThink announces Tom Martin as Vice President of Engineering

    Martin is implementing a digital platform that combines IoT, automation and data analytics to deliver solutions to the warehousing and distribution industries.
    10 July, 2019 | 1 minute
  • Microchip Technology announces opening of Chennai, India research and development center

    Microchip Technology announces opening of Chennai, India research and development center

    The new center will focus on IC design, physical design, Computer-aided Design (CAD), application and software development. It will also catalyze the development of the local ecosystem for integrated circuit design and specialized embedded systems development.
    09 July, 2019 | 1 minute
  • Yokogawa Electric selected by ExxonMobil to establish Open Process Automation Test Bed

    Yokogawa Electric selected by ExxonMobil to establish Open Process Automation Test Bed

    ExxonMobil and Yokogawa are members of The Open Group Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF), an international forum of end users, system integrators, suppliers, academia, and standards organizations who are working together to develop the specifications for utilizing OPA technology in next generation process control systems.
    09 July, 2019 | 2 minutes
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