RENESSE, Netherlands (AP) — You can always count on a robot for perfect timing. When Shaosong Hu saw robotic waiters serving food in China last fall, he knew exactly what he wanted for his restaurant in the Dutch beachside town of Renesse. He just didn’t have a clue how useful they would prove. The coronavirus pandemic has turned a whimsical idea into perhaps a win...
In this interview, we focus on collaborative robots. Esben Hallundbæk Østergaard, co-founder of Universal Robots, gives his insights into 20 years of innovations in robotics, including the birth of cobotics, which his company very much encouraged. 20 Years of ROBOTICS with Universal Robots Universal Robots is a Danish robot manufacturer founded in 2005 by three eng...
In this interview, we focus on robotics. Dr. Susanne Bieller, General Secretary of the International Federation of Robotics gives her insights into 20 years of innovations in robotics. 20 Years of ROBOTICS with the International Federation of Robotics The International Federation of Robotics is a non-governmental organization based in Germany and established in 198...
The 50,000th cobot came in a special delivery as Jürgen von Hollen, president of Universal Robots, personally handed over the cobot to VEMA technische Kunststoffteile GmbH and VEMA Werkzeug- und Formenbau GmbH located in Krauchenwies-Göggingen, Germany, at a ceremony held at VEMA. “We have worked very hard in the past 15 years to develop an entirely new market segmen...
Ansys, the world specialist in digital simulation has just released a series of studies including a simulation of the spread of droplets that can pass on the virus. Their digital models show that social distancing measures are insufficient in order to be truly effective. We spoke to Thierry Marchal, Global Industry and Healthcare Director at Ansys to find out. Digita...
This new app aims to help slow the outbreak by learning how fast it is spreading, where the highest-risk areas are and who is most at risk. The app is now available in the US. Part of a non-profit initiative by King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, in partnership with health data science company ZOE, the free app was launched in the UK on March 24....
The 2019-nCoV coronavirus epidemic that appeared in China last December has killed 1,357 people, becoming more deadly than the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic, which killed 774 people worldwide between 2002 and 2003. “While the economic impact of the outbreak will be dependent on how long it ultimately lasts, its impact on technology markets across the ...
01. The drone patrol Soon after people were confined to the outbreak’s epicenter, the authorities have started deploying drones to provide medical follow-up for them. Equipped with thermal imaging cameras, those drones can monitor the temperature of people without direct human contact. The inhabitants who are called in are placed on their balconies so that their body ...
And they want it to be easy for the users, whether it is for their home of their office building. SAM won the ‘best broadband partnership for connected services’ at the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam last October. Their advisory board includes Intel, ADT, Blumberg, Nightdragon and Team8. In light of the company’s recent win, we spoke to Chief Revenue Officer P...
Siemens is expanding its portfolio for industrial communication networks. With the IE/PB Link HA gateway, which is optimized for use in the process industry, highly redundant infrastructures can be implemented based on the open Profinet Industrial Ethernet standard. This ensures uninterrupted system operation, not least because changes can be made to the configuration du...
Background: Wind power is the conversion of the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Wind energy is a clean and pollution-free renewable energy source, and it is inexhaustible. For coastal islands, grassland pastoral areas, mountainous areas and plateaus that are lack of water, fuel and inconvenient transportation, it is very suitable and promising to use wind...
Coca-Cola European Partners is the local licensed bottling partner, responsible for all production, distribution, sales and trade marketing of the brands in the Coca-Cola portfolio in Sweden. Coca-Cola European Partners has a continuous focus on innovation and technology that is both efficient and sustainable. This step is also in line with the DLF transport initiative t...
King Pigeon Provide BMS IoT Solutions for BMS Battery Remote Monitoring System, It can real-time monitoring single battery cell voltage, temperature, and the battery group voltage, currents.if any abnormal occurrence,can send SMS,Voice Call to alert, also supports MQTT, Modbus TCP Protocol to cloud, it supports KPIIOT Cloud Platform, provides battery managements,maps,rea...
Having recently unveiled its ELO constellation of nanosatellites in Low Earth Orbit, dedicated to the Internet of Things, Eutelsat has taken further steps towards its ambition to become a leading satellite IoT company through the launch of Eutelsat IoT FIRST: a fully integrated IoT connectivity service operating in Ku-band via Eutelsat’s geostationary satellites. Targete...
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a system that can accurately locate a shooter based on video recordings from as few as three smartphones. When demonstrated using three video recordings from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and hundreds wounded, the system correctly estimated the shooter's actual location—the north w...
At first glance, the concept of industry 4.0 seems far from the mining industry. But the digital revolution is underway. The French group Eramet has teamed up with drone manufacturer Delair to produce the first digital twins for its sites. Welcome to mining 4.0. When we talk about the digital revolution and industry 4.0, we automatically think of manufacturing, a...
One of the largest food manufacturers recently found itself battling to save its reputation (not to mention its biggest customers), following undercover footage that showed poor food hygiene processes and inadequate scrutiny of its food safety procedures at one of its largest sites. The scandal revolved around the handling of poultry on the production line, with worke...
In the process of fermentation in wine-making, a colorless, odourless by-product is usually generated as well: carbon dioxide. Normally wine is protected from air during fermentation by the blanket of carbon dioxide produced. Due to the fact that carbon dioxide is heavier than air, when it overflows during fermentation and slowly falls on the ground inside the cellar or ...
Poor air quality is a subtle threat to health but has been shown to harm the health and development of adults, not to mention children. According to WHO, an estimated 4.2 million premature deaths are associated with air pollution. Children are sensitive to air pollution and face special risks since their lungs and immune systems are growing and they have more respiratory...
In industrial scenes, as the operating time of mechanical equipment, such as an industrial boiler, becomes longer during operation, the temperature will increase continuously. Therefore, the need of using an industiral temperature sensor to monitor the temperature of the equipment in time can detect problems early and prevent safety accidents. For more info, you can c...
Nowadays, forest fires often cause serious threats to the environment and produce real emergency situations and natural disasters. How long do you want to wait to know there is a fire in the forest? Most of the times, when someone notice about the fire, it is too late because the fire has spread already. Thus, the enhancement of forest fire detection system by CO2 (carbo...
Did you know 70% of freshwater resources are used by agriculture? And 60% of the water diverted or pumped for irrigated agriculture is wasted? In the circumstances of the global energy crisis and water insufficiency, our agriculture industry is being improved with the aim to produce more with only a minimum amount of water. In order to improve water-use efficiency and pr...
The Zimmer Group can look forward to another award in its already large collection of brands and design awards. As of this month (June) it is the proud winner of the German Brand Award 2020. After the Zimmer Group received the prestigious German Brand Award for the first time last year, the german-based technology company has now won this prize for the second time in a ...
Background: The seaport is a hub for the transportation of land and sea logistics. According to statistics, 2/3 of the total global trade will pass through the port. With the development of the world economy, the port throughput has increased year by year with the global economic growth, which has brought new challenges and pressures for ports, such as the rising labor ...
The latest versions of HyperMill CAD/CAM software from Open Mind Technologies encompass a range of user-friendly enhancements and new machining strategies enabling accurate, efficient 3D and five-axis machining. Developed with Industry 4.0 in mind, HyperMill Virtual Machining features a Machining Optimizer said to improve tool paths traditionally calculated in the CAM en...
Background Reliable Remote Monitoring of Base Transceiver Station (BTS) is essential for telecom operators with development of infrastructure of mobile networks. The users need to acknowledge the condition of BTS such as voltage, temperature of battery and air-conditioner(A/C), water detect , smoke detector and generator health status.As many BTS stations are outdoo...
Ethernet Remote IO Module is an industrial iot solution device,special used in Air Compressor Central Air Conditioner Remote Monitoring to achive following function: 1.Collect air compressor status,output compressed gas pressure and flow, dryer status, central air conditioner status, cold water flow and pressure, distribution box residual current, load current, power co...
Background ATMs offer a high level of banking convenience. Financial institutions strive to maintain high uptimes to satisfy customer demands because downtime means frustration for customers and potential revenue loss for banks. Many financial institutions even fine operators based on ATM downtimes. In many areas, wireless cellular based networks can provide bank...
Witnessed by President Xi Jinping and Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, Gao Hongwei, the Chairman of China Aerospace Science & Industry Co., Ltd. (CASIC) and Joe Kaeser, the President & CEO of Siemens AG (Siemens) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in the fields of industrial Internet and intelligent manufacturing in Berlin. They will make joint efforts to establish a...
This is part 2 of a three-part series examining the effects of robots and automation on employment, based on new research from economist and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Daron Acemoglu. Overall, adding robots to manufacturing reduces jobs — by more than three per robot, in fact. But a new study co-authored by an MIT professor reveals an important p...
Across multiple industries, robotics has been proven to improve productivity and quality while lowering labor costs and labor dependency. Beyond these benefits, the use of robotics also substantially improves safety, and can eliminate risk of injury from the equation if properly designed. For the energy industry in particular, robotics offers a multitude of additional be...
As the Coronavirus continues to invade meat processing plants and slaughterhouses across the U.S, linking 15,300 confirmed cases to 192 meatpacking plants, factory floors are becoming the breeding ground for the infectious disease. At least 46 plants have closed temporarily since the beginning of the pandemic to help slow the spread of the virus, halting operations for w...
With the fight against climate change at the top of the agenda in more and more countries, waste management is a key pillar to successfully make progress in it. Every year, approximately 300 million tons of plastic are produced, and it is estimated that, in five years, by 2025, there could be almost all that amount spilled into the oceans (250 million tons). The figures ...
As cities around the world continue to develop and implement smart city solutions, there is an increasing number of devices being deployed. These can be the installation of cameras for traffic security monitoring or sensors to provide data on air quality, etc. For more information, you can click below "More info" to read the full story.
Spot is an agile mobile robot that you can customize for a wide range of applications. The base platform provides rough-terrain mobility, 360 degree obstacle avoidance, and various levels of navigation, remote control and autonomy. You can customize Spot by adding specialized sensors, software and other payloads. Early customers are already testing Spot to monitor co...
Other new functionality includes a revamped plus augmented 3D display, processing, and analysis offer. The service pack expands the capabilities of its classification tools, which make use of deep learning technology—specifically convolutional neural networks (CNNs)—to analyze images of highly textured, naturally varying, and acceptably deformed goods. To perform inferen...
