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· Feb 27
Gonzalez joins ABB’s B&R from Rockwell Automation
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Gonzalez joins ABB’s B&R from Rockwell Automation - Drives&Controls
ABB has appointed Susana Gonzalez as chief sales officer in the Machine Automation Division of its B&R Industrial Automation subsidiary. Until recently, Gonzalez led Rockwell Automation’s sales in the...
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· Feb 27
Platform transforms data from robotic inspectors into actions
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#robots
#inspection
#assetmanagement
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Platform transforms data from robotic inspectors into actions - Drives&Controls
ANYbotics, the Swiss specialist in AI-driven robotic inspection systems, has launched an asset management platform that allows businesses to exploit the data collected by its ANYmal four-legged mobile...
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· Feb 26
AI chatbot helps users to specify low-cost robotic systems
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#industrialautomation
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AI chatbot helps users to specify low-cost robotic systems - Drives&Controls
The German engineering plastics and automation specialist igus has added an AI chatbot to its RBTX.com online robotics market. The digital assistant helps users with little experience to put together ...
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· Feb 26
‘First’ digital strainwave gears with built-in sensors need no extra space
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#strainwave
#conditionmonitoring
#sensors
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‘First’ digital strainwave gears with built-in sensors need no extra space - Drives&Controls
The German cycloidal gear specialist Nabtesco Precision Europe has announced a digital strainwave gearbox which integrates smart sensors into a housing that is the same size as a standard gearbox. It ...
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· Feb 26
Test facility aims to make UK a leader in rotating machines @TheAMRC
#machinery
#electricmotors
#testing
#UKindustry
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Test facility aims to make UK a leader in rotating machines - Drives&Controls
A system for testing high-performance electrical and rotating machinery – the first of its kind in the UK – is being installed at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (...
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· Feb 26
Deal means that humanoid robots could build themselves
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#robots
#manufacturing
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Deal means that humanoid robots could build themselves - Drives&Controls
Apptronik, the US developer of humanoid robots that recently received a $350m cash injection, has announced a collaboration with the contract manufacturer Jabil, under which Jabil will build Apollo hu...
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· Feb 25
Analyser helps to identify power-guzzling drives and motors
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#powermeters
#instruments
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Analyser helps to identify power-guzzling drives and motors - Drives&Controls
The German control and measurement specialist PCE Instruments has launched a power meter for precise recording of current and voltage values in applications such as electric motors and drives. The PCE...
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· Feb 25
UK start-up says that its modular humanoid robots will cut costs
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#robots
#automation
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UK start-up says its modular humanoid robots will cut costs - Drives&Controls
A UK-based AI and robotics startup is aiming to develop the world’s leading, commercially scalable, and safe humanoid robots. London-based Humanoid (also known as SKL Robotics), founded in 2024 by ser...
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· Feb 25
Tiny sensor tracks and monitors items through entire supply chains
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#tracking
#monitoring
#inventory
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Tiny sensor tracks and monitors items through supply chains - Drives&Controls
US-based SmartSense has unveiled a technology that provides real-time visibility, control and tracking of assets as they move through entire supply chains. Its Voyage platform delivers continuous moni...
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· Feb 21
End-of-arm laser system ensures safe cobot collaboration
#robots
#cobots
#safety
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End-of-arm laser system ensures safe cobot collaboration - Drives&Controls
The German sensor-maker Sick has teamed up with the Danish cobot-builder Universal Robots to develop a technology that ensures safe, collision-free and close collaboration between robots and humans. T...
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· Feb 20
Europe’s industrial automation sector ‘risks losing global competitiveness’
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#Europeanmanufacturing
#industrialautomation
#robots
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Europe’s automation sector ‘risks losing global competitiveness’ - Drives&Controls
VDMA Robotics +Automation (VDMA R+A), the German-based organisation that represents 415 automation companies across Europe, is calling for action to halt the sector’s loss of global competitiveness. “...
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· Feb 19
UK GaN pioneer secures $32m of funding to drive global growth
#powerelectronics
#galliumnitride
#energyefficiency
#powersemiconductors
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UK GaN pioneer secures $32m of funding to drive global growth - Drives&Controls
A British developer of high-efficiency gallium nitride power electronic devices, Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD), has raised $32m in Series C funding which it plans to use to expand its operations in Camb...
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· Feb 18
CNC specialist enters robot market with ‘disruptive’ technology
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#CNC
#manufacturing
#precision
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CNC specialist enters robot market with ‘disruptive’ technology - Drives&Controls
The CNC machinery specialist Danobat has entered the robot market with a family of precision robots that, it says, set new benchmarks in accuracy and efficiency, combining the flexibility of a robot w...
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· Feb 14
US humanoid robot developer raises $350m from backers including Google
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#robots
#AI
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US humanoid robot developer raises $350m from backers including Google - Drives&Controls
A US developer of humanoid robots, Apptronik, has raised $350m of Series A funding from a group of investors that include Google. The company says that the funding marks “a pivotal moment” and will he...
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· Feb 14
Schneider patents the use of AI to reduce industrial hazards
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#AI
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Schneider patents the use of AI to reduce industrial hazards - Drives&Controls
Schneider Electric has been granted a patent on using artificial intelligence (AI) to help identify potential hazards and protective measures in industrial processes. The technique analyses the hazard...
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· Feb 12
Wireless IO-Link gateway is ‘the easiest way to make sensors and actuators cable-free’
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#wireless
#sensors
#actuators
#industrialacommunications
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Wireless IO-Link is ‘easiest way’ to make sensors and actuators cable-free - Drives&Controls
The German sensor-maker Sick has announced an IO-Link wireless gateway that, it says, is the easiest way to make sensors and actuators wireless. It adds that the gateway will cut installation costs, a...
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· Feb 10
Honeywell to spin off its $18bn automation business
#industrialautomation
#buildingautomation
#USindustry
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Honeywell to spin off its $18bn automation business - Drives&Controls
Honeywell has announced plans to spin off its automation and aerospace technologies businesses, following an review of its portfolio that it began a year ago. The announcement follows pressure from a ...
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· Feb 5
$6.7m boost for vision of integrated autonomous factories from quotes to inspection
#manufacturing
#industrialautomation
#CNC
#3Dprinting
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$6.7m boost for vision of autonomous factories from quotes to inspection - Drives&Controls
A Swiss engineering specialist has raised $6.7m to accelerate its concept of autonomous factories that integrate various stages of manufacturing, from initial quotes to 3D printing, machining and insp...
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· Feb 5
UK axial-flux motors will power French cargo-carrying airships
#electricmotors
#airships
#aerospace
#transport
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UK axial-flux motors will power French cargo-carrying airships - Drives&Controls
Evolito, a UK developer of axial-flux electric motors, is supplying motors to Flying Whales, a French aerospace start-up, to propel an airship capable of transporting loads of up to 60 tonnes. Evolito...
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· Feb 3
Demo shows how secondary encoders can enhance cobots
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#encoders
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Demo shows how secondary encoders can enhance cobots - Drives&Controls
On its stand at the recent SPS exhibition in Germany, the encoder-maker Heidenhain was demonstrating how secondary encoders can not only improve the accuracy of cobots (collaborative robots) but also ...
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· Feb 3
Drives-maker develops Linux-based runtime environment
#industrialcontrols
#variablespeeddrives
#Linux
#industrialsoftware
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Drives-maker develops Linux-based runtime environment - Drives&Controls
The German drives and automation specialist Baumüller has developed a new runtime environment for its control platforms, enabling faster engineering, shorter cycle times and greater flexibility. The e...
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· Jan 31
Virtual PLCs could open up new applications @beckhoff
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#industrialcontrols
#Linux
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Virtual PLCs could open up new applications - Drives&Controls
Beckhoff Automation has announced the availability of real-time control as a virtual PLC, which it says will open up more application possibilities for virtualised distribution of its TwinCat applicat...
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· Jan 31
Software-based machines ‘will define the factory of the future’
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#industrialsoftware
#índustrialautomation
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Software-based machines ‘will define the factory of the future’ - Drives&Controls
At the recent SPS exhibition in Germany, SEW-Eurodrive used a software-defined machine model to showcase it vision of the future of digital transformation. The company has collaborated with Germany’s ...
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· Jan 31
PNO declares that its Single Pair Ethernet connector is ‘a step into the future’
#industrialcommunications
#ethernet
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PNO declares that its SPE connector is ‘a step into the future’ - Drives&Controls
PNO – the Profinet User Organisation – has submitted a design for a Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) plug connector for international standardisation. It describes the development as “an important milestone...
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· Jan 31
Rockwell Automation opens research laboratory in Prague
#industrialautomation
#research
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Rockwell opens research laboratory in Prague - Drives&Controls
Rockwell Automation is opening a research laboratory in the Czech Republic to help it deliver new products and services, as well as advancing automation through links with the standards and academic c...
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