Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.68
…BluVision, UWB based RTLS deployments from Zebra, Sewio, and Siemens, in addition to AR and VR deployments from GE, Boeing, and Honeywell, among others, demonstrate this growing momentum, though the aforementioned challenges are hindering scalability. “The enormous benefits that wireless technologies can help achieve, including predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, big data analytics, more flexible workforces, efficiency improvements, safety enhancements, and many others will combine to produce increasing financial and production incentives that cannot be avoided,” said Zignani. “Wired technologies are simply not adequate to address all the multifaceted needs of the varied devices that will make up the IIoT and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.61
…many well-established industrial solution providers such as ABB, GE, Siemens, and Honeywell, and bring AI into brownfield deployment, lowering upfront cost and the barrier to adoption. Through their partnership with system integrators and regional distributors, these startups have also ventured into Europe, South Korea, and Japan. “The high labor cost and the quick time-to-market have driven U.S. manufacturers to be more aggressive with the adoption of industrial AI solutions. This has given birth to pure-play AI players in the US, and as such, keeps the US to be the global leader in industrial AI solutions. Over time, however, we believe…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.53
…applications in a wide range of industries. Companies like Siemens Energy, automotive supplier ZF Group, and European home appliance maker BSH are already using MIRAI in production, said Micropsi. Investors to support Micropsi expansion New investors Metaplanet Holdings, VSquared, and Ahren Innovation Capital co-led Micropsi's funding round. Existing investors Project A Ventures and M Ventures also participated. “Intelligent robot automation could tap into a currently locked productivity pool” said Rauno Miljand, managing partner at Metaplanet. “The end-to-end learning solution built by Micropsi is one of the most advanced systems in the market and is well-positioned to unlock potential in a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.52
…repaired CNC machines and general automation parts from FANUC, Siemens, Mitsubishi, ABB, and more than 200 other manufacturers. “I came from an industrial engineering background, starting my career in compressors and pumps at Ingersoll Rand,” Wisniewski told Robotics 24/7. “I worked in the aftermarket side of the business, then in global operations and human augmentation at ABB. I also worked at Caterpillar, and the common thread was the aftermarket side of the business.” T.I.E. asserted that its customization of hardware and software will “make integration faster, easier, and more cost-effective for smaller manufacturers looking to automate.” It said it contributes…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.44
…quickly study a system’s dominant aspects. Image courtesy of Siemens Digital Industries Software. Starting with a problem that the engineer defines, ML can help streamline optimization of a high number of variables. The workflow begins by using a co-simulation model to create datasets to train a ROM, providing sufficiently accurate results across all of the physics required (Fig. 2). “ROM can improve product design in numerous ways,” says Jenmy Zhang, post-doctoral researcher at Autodesk. “A few examples include reducing overall time to generate many design possibilities, predicting part performance on the fly during interactive design and product performance probabilistic sensitivity…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.32
…the design. The company used SolidEdge CAD tools from Siemens PLM Software to develop the first generation of aircraft. “We needed to improve various parts that were not available on the market at high enough efficiency such as the motor and the rotor blades, just to name a few examples.” — Volocopter Co-founder Alex Zosel Zosel says that Volocopter opted for a more traditional helicopter-style design to help make the vehicles seem more familiar to potential passengers, and that ensuring safety was one of the key challenges in designing the Volocopter eVTOL. “All flight critical systems are at least three…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.32
…businesses, including National Sponsors Salesforce, PTC and Microsoft and Platinum Sponsors Walmart and ABB. Other sponsors include Gold Sponsors Siemens, Polaris and Emerson; Silver Sponsors NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Kronos, Ceridian and Plex; State Sponsors Ohio MEP Network and Ohio Manufacturers' Association; and Industry Sponsors The Plastics Industry Association and Alliance for Automotive Innovation. Additional sponsors include Stanley Black & Decker and Marvin. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.22
…and Markus Seibold, VP additive manufacturing, gas and power, Siemens AG. RAPID+TCT panel on Trends in Additive Manufacturing included leaders from Ford, Honeywell Aerospace, Jabil and Siemens. Dulchinos kicked things off with an obstacle. “One of the challenges today is if you design for additive you don’t have a backup plan to go produce in a traditional manufacturing process. That’s problematic, because there isn’t really a rich supply chain today. We’re really big advocates around open systems, around having partnerships and ecosystems that come together to set standards and be able to allow us to trust that we can produce…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.20
…Detroit. Several dozen customers and partners of Materialise, including Siemens, BASF and Stratasys, along with the press, visited to get an insider’s look at what’s happening at the company’s Midwest location, in operation since 2009. Materialise, headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, also operates facilities in 17 other countries, and has another U.S. operation in nearby Ann Arbor. Materialise’s products include software, medical applications of 3D printing, and stereolithography (SLA) and selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printers for manufacturing. The industries it servers span everything from aerospace, architecture, art and automotive to consumer goods, eyewear, healthcare, machinery and service bureaus/contract manufacturers. In…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.10
…and general aviation class of aircraft for NASA and Siemens, among others. The company said it was the first to fly an electric two-seater in 2007, and it has designed nine experimental and serially produced electric aircraft. Pipistrel won the NASA Green Flight Challenge in 2011 with a four-seat electric airplane. It participates in standards committees for hybrid-electric aviation. Research and development division Pipistrel Vertical Solutions is developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi, as well as a hydrogen fuel cell-powered 19-seat miniliner/microfeeder. Honeywell brings SATCOM to smaller UAVs Satellite communications, or SATCOM, refers to technologies that connect…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.09
…as Amazon, Bosch, Coca-Cola, DHL, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Walmart, and Zalando are among its users. It had a global network of 35 companies with sales of CHF 664.4 million ($720.75 million U.S.) and 2,500 employees as of 2022. Interroll's two-floor facility in Ticino, Switzerland, specialized in techno-polymer injection-molded parts, presented a logistical challenge. Materials handling between production and the logistics area required manual labor because existing systems couldn't provide the necessary flexibility for multi-floor operations in a dynamic environment with people and other equipment moving around. Interroll wanted to increase productivity while enhancing safety through autonomy. The company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.87
…Angel Trains, Bombardier Transportation, Chiltern Railways, DB ESG and Siemens Mobility. Stratasys’ additive manufacturing consultancy, Blueprint, has estimated that for one major U.S. commuter rail service, every day a train set is out of service costs €18,000, and often a single part that would ordinarily cost less than €100 is all that keeps the train from running. Compounding the challenge, the service life of trains is typically 35-45 years making sourcing spare parts a challenge. By turning to additive manufacturing, train operators can get the parts they need within a day or two regardless of the uniqueness of the part…