New Study Shows U.S. is World Leader in Robotics Automation - With $732 Billion of Robots; Larger Than Economy of Switzerland
-Study from CEBR and Redwood Software shows U.S. investment in robots more than doubled since hitting low in 2009
-U.S. investment in robotics rose 30% between 2011 and 2015
-Investment in robotics offers better long-run value for money than investments in financial services, real estate or transportation
-Robotics investment contributed around 10% of GDP per capita growth in OECD countries from 1993 to 2016
-Global robotics investment reached 18 year-peak in 2015
-There is a clear economic rationale backing the fact that humans and robots in the workplace are not mutually exclusive
ABB launches industry-leading digital solutions offering, ABB Ability™
ABB today commercially launched ABB Ability, its industry-leading portfolio of digital solutions, at ABB Customer World in Houston.
Infineon invests S$105 million in Smart Factory
Calvin Hui for Channel News Asia: German semiconductor Infineon Technologies will invest S$105 million over the next five years into building a Smart Factory at its Singapore manufacturing facility.
This is part of Infineon’s push to implement what it calls a Smart Enterprise Programme, encompassing horizontal, vertical and digital integration.
For instance, it has introduced robots like automated guided vehicles, to facilitate the transportation of chips across different parts of the facility.
Senior engineer Foo Say Wee, said: “For the lots delivery, it used to be carried out manually by the operator who has to search the lots and carry the lot and hand it to the equipment. But today, employing automation, the lot will be automatically delivered to the operator and after that we have robotic vehicles that automatically come over and transport the lots to the equipment."
The company manufactures chips used in things like cars and electronic identification such as passports. Cont'd...
ABB AbilityTM Smart Sensor for motors ready to provide health checks for motors
Based on smart sensing technology, the pioneering technology solution paves the way for condition monitoring for millions of low voltage (LV) motors. It will be available as of April in Europe, and in the US soon after.
Talking AUTOMATE 2017 with ATI Industrial Automation
We will feature four live robotic demonstrations and a variety of products on display in our booth. Our knowledgeable account managers will be on site as well to help with your specific applications.
Talking AUTOMATE 2017 with Ken Wyman of Allied Motion
This is Allied Motions inaugural exhibition at Automate. So visitors will see, many for the first time, our capabilities and products for automation industry solutions.
SCHUNK - SHS Manual Tool Change System
The new SCHUNK SHS manual tool change system is perfect for flexible production with a large range of products, where reliable, manual tool changing is required.
Integration Objects' KNet Analytics Latest Release: Go Beyond Classic Alarm Management
Integration Objects announced the release of its latest version of KnowledgeNet Analytics, also known as KNet Analytics. Integration Objects is a world-leading software solutions provider specialized in operations and manufacturing intelligence, Big Data analytics, plant automation, command and control systems.
Grocery 4.0: Ocado reshapes retail with robotics and automation
Jon Excell for The Engineer: Online grocer Ocado is establishing a reputation as a major technology player. Jon Excell reports
If prompted to name a UK company at the cutting edge of robotics and automation, few of us would cite one of the country’s best-known grocery retailers.
But, as The Engineer learned on a recent visit to one of its key facilities, online supermarket Ocado is establishing a reputation as a major technology player: harnessing and developing machine-learning systems, Internet of Things concepts and robotic hardware to a degree that leaves many traditional engineering businesses in the shade. Full Article:
Integration Objects' KNet Analytics Latest Release: Go Beyond Classic Alarm Management
Integration Objects announced the release of its latest version of KnowledgeNet Analytics, also known as KNet Analytics. Integration Objects is a world-leading software solutions provider specialized in operations and manufacturing intelligence, Big Data analytics, plant automation, command and control systems.
The factory of the future is coming, courtesy of EIT Digital
EIT Digital's Digital Industry Action Line is launching a new activity, iLEVATOR, which will develop a modular and plug-and-play platform for intralogistics designed to enhance human-robot collaboration.
Physik Instrumente acquires ACS Motion Control
Physik Instrumente (PI), a long-established provider of specialist motion control and nanopositioning systems, has announced the recent acquisition of ACS Motion Control, an Israeli developer and manufacturer of high-end controllers and drives for multi-axis systems.
Multimedia and Personal Devices Driving Need for Denser Storage Solutions
New technologies offer massive performance improvements - but at what cost?
The optimist's guide to the robot apocalypse
Sarah Kessler for Quartz: Machines, you may have heard, are coming for all the jobs.
Robots flip burgers and work warehouses. Artificial intelligence handles insurance claims and basic bookkeeping, manages investment portfolios, does legal research, and performs basic HR tasks. Human labor doesn’t stand a chance against them—after the “automation apocalypse,” only those with spectacular abilities and the owners of the robots will thrive.
Or at least, that’s one plausible and completely valid theory. But before you start campaigning for a universal basic income and set up a bunker, you might want to also familiarize yourself with the competing theory: In the long run, we’re going to be just fine. We’ve been here before. Cont'd...
RTOS 101: Performance Analysis with Tracealyzer
When developing firmware using a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS), how do you measure the software performance?
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