Articles & News on Design & Simulation
ABB and Covariant announce partnership to deploy integrated AI robotic solutions
- March 3, 2020
- News
ABB, a supplier of industrial robots, and Silicon Valley AI start-up, Covariant, announced a partnership to bring AI-enabled robotics solutions to market, starting with a fully autonomous warehouse order fulfilment solution.
Local Learning: Gruhn to speak on safety, HMIs, more
- by Renee Bassett
- February 18, 2020
- Feature
ISA past president Paul Gruhn, PE, CFSE, will be presenting at local meetings around the country during the first quarter of 2020. As a global functional safety consultant with aeSolutions, Gruhn has gained extensive experience consulting with sites around the world.
Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) announces acquisition of AECm Architects | Engineers
- February 17, 2020
- News
This strategic initiative is intended to expand Wunderlich-Malec’s services including Civil and Structural Engineering and enhance their capacity for Architectural and MEP services.
VDMA Robotics + Automation starts development of OPC UA Companion Specification for joining technologies
- February 14, 2020
- News
The initiative "Industrial Joining Technologies (IJT)" describes all joining technologies used for manufacturing processes such as riveting, welding, gluing and tightening. The scope of the specification was developed with the help of DIN 8580 and shows which joining processes can be classified under Industrial Joining Technologies (see figure).
Purdue University announces opening of SOL4CE Cyber/Cyber-Physical Laboratory
- February 13, 2020
- News
The SOL4CE (Scalable Open Laboratory for Cyber Experimentation) is a collaborative initiative between CERIAS, the interdisciplinary cyber/cyber-physical security research institute, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories.
RobotWorx announces strategic partnership with OCTOPUZ
- February 12, 2020
- News
The collaboration will allow RobotWorx to expand its service offerings into offline robot programming with a software creator. OCTOPUZ enables path-sensitive, complex robot applications to be programmed without disruption to the manufacturing process.
HANNOVER MESSE announces entries open for 2020 HERMES Award
- February 5, 2020
- News
When judging entries for the award, the emphasis will be on the following criteria: degree of technological innovation, benefit for industry, environment and society, economic viability and readiness for implementation.
Cimetrics announces start of Secured by Cimetrics Early Access Program
- February 3, 2020
- News
The Secured by Cimetrics Early Access Program (SbC-EA) is designed to deploy BACnet/SC and the Secured by Cimetrics (SbC) security management framework to the building automation industry.
Festo partners with MassRobotics to enhance robotic development
- April 23, 2020
- News
Festo has entered into a strategic partnership with MassRobotics, based in Boston, to further global market growth and innovation initiatives dedicated to the development of the next generation of robotics.
Overcoming the Challenges and Taking Advantage of Hybrid Cloud Environments
- by Neil Miles
- April 17, 2020
- Opinion
By Neil Miles
Whether it’s increased flexibility, scalability or cost efficiency - the advantages of a hybrid cloud approach are many. However, companies can only benefit from a truly hybrid IT approach, if they prepare for the inherent complexity.
Mobile Industrial Robots announces five certified system integrators to global network
- April 15, 2020
- News
US-based JMP Solutions, Iris Custom Solutions, Flex-Line Automation, Advanced Handling Systems, as well as Nordika Brazil in Sao Paulo, Brazil, all have specific MiR robot, software and application expertise to support end users with large and complex implementations.
BioTelemetry announces Dr. Andrei Stoica as Chief Technology Officer
- April 13, 2020
- News
Dr. Stoica will lead the company’s global technology and product development operations, reporting to Joseph H. Capper, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Yokogawa announces acquisition of Grazper Technologies
- April 9, 2020
- News
Grazper has developed artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for analyzing images, and Yokogawa aims to leverage these technologies within its various existing businesses and to develop new industrial AI solutions.
Matrox Imaging announces work-from-home support in response to COVID-19
- April 7, 2020
- News
Matrox Imaging is offering provisional software licenses to support existing users, allowing them to continue development efforts while away from the workplace.
Rockwell Automation boosts TAE Technologies' efforts for nuclear fusion energy
- April 7, 2020
- News
While designing upgrades to the vacuum, the TAE Technologies team determined simulation wasn’t necessary, although they did need an understanding of the system limits to know what’s possible. They chose a solution they’re familiar with and turned to their partners at Rockwell Automation.
CoVent-19 Challenge Asks Millions of Designers and Engineers to Respond to the Ventilator Crisis
- April 2, 2020
- News
The CoVent-19 Challenge is open to teams and individuals anywhere, and finalists will work directly with Stratasys 3D printing experts and the CoVent-19 Challenge team to turn their designs into prototypes for testing.
Industrial Internet Consortium announces newest edition of Journal of Innovation
- April 1, 2020
- News
The latest issue delves into the topic of intelligent transport systems (ITS). In this edition, experts discuss important issues for ITS, including over-the-air updates, security and logistics.
Bentley Institute Press announces “Inside MicroStation CONNECT Edition” ebook
- March 31, 2020
- News
The three-volume set focuses on developing a strong understanding of the basics of MicroStation and follows a step-by-step approach that includes exercises and real-world examples complete with illustrations.
German student uses igus products to design functional furniture
- October 25, 2019
- Case Study
Vysozki’s furniture piece, called Frida, has a soft-padded design on the upholstered sofa with two backrests and an armrest. A plate integrated in the armrest can be converted into a writing desk. She used igus products for bearing and adjustment on the table.
Bentley Systems announces digital cities intiatives
- October 25, 2019
- News
Digital twin cloud services provide an intuitive and immersive 4D environment converging digital context and digital components with digital chronology for “evergreen” infrastructure digital twins over asset lifecycles. For infrastructure professionals, BIM and GIS are effectively advanced through 4D digital twins.
How Viable is Additive Manufacturing?
- October 17, 2019
- Feature
By Mark Howard, EU Automation Additive manufacturing (AM) is drastically altering a range of industries, from manufacturing to the medical sector. But what are the limitations of the technology? This article shares some insights behind the manufacturing and legal issues surrounding additive manufacturing.
Collegiate Inventors Competition names 2019 finalists
- September 27, 2019
- News
Established in 1990, the Collegiate Inventors Competition is a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and is sponsored by the USPTO, Arrow Electronics (People’s Choice Award), Merck, Hologic and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
The Digital Twin – Enabling Realtime Closed Loop Manufacturing Optimization
- September 17, 2019
- Feature
By Bill Lydon, Automation.com The Digital Twin has become one of the most powerful concepts of Industry 4. 0. The implementation of model-based, real-time, closed-loop monitoring, control, and optimization of the entire manufacturing and production process, the Digital Twin concept is helping organizations achieve real-time integrated manufacturing.
Industrial Internet Consortium announces IIC Accelerator Program
- September 12, 2019
- News
The IIC Accelerator Program encompasses several initiatives for users of IoT technology who want to discuss challenges with their peers, get advice from IIC experts, or seek guidance to solve complex technical problems.
Creating Agile Process Control
- September 5, 2019
- Feature
By Josh Eastburn, Opto 22 For process control systems, improved hardware and software options can make system operations more effective and offer new methods for end users to access and monitor equipment. Here are some of the ways that standard process automation products and practices are transitioning to encourage more agile and capable systems.
ESMERA announces second open call for European SMEs robotics applications funding
- September 3, 2019
- News
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.
Schneider Electric announces investment in SE Ventures global investment fund
- September 3, 2019
- News
SEV has invested in category leaders such as AutoGrid, Claroty, Element Analytics, and Sense. They recently closed on investments with Titan AES, a novel Li-ion battery management system, and Synapticon, a motion control platform for industrial robots, and anticipate investing in 10 or more new startups annually.
Semcon announces partnership with EDRMedeso with focus on digital twins
- August 23, 2019
- News
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.
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