Found in
SPEE3D, makers of a metal 3D printer leveraging supersonic 3D deposition (SP3D) technology, is kicking off its inaugural “SPEE3D Supersonic 3D Printing Design Challenge” at RAPID + TCT 2019. SPEE3D will be printing continuously throughout RAPID + TCT at booth #1941. The contest challenges the 3D printing communities to present application designs using SPEE3D’s LightSPEE3D and large format WarpSPEE3D printers.…
Found in
At RAPID + TCT 2019, Impossible Objects announced two advances in composite 3D printing for the factory floor. The company’s latest 3D printing system, the CBAM-2, and a new partnership with BASF on PA6-carbon fiber composites extend Impossible Objects’ composite based additive manufacturing process (CBAM) to a range of industrial applications. “It’s been exciting to see how our customers are…
Found in
Ultimaker announces that Heineken is using its solutions to produce a variety of custom tools and functional machine parts to aid in manufacturing at the company’s brewery in Seville, Spain. Using a set of Ultimaker S5 printers, engineers at Heineken now design and print safety devices, tools and parts on-demand rather than outsourcing the job to external vendors, increasing production…
Found in
The Perfect Warehousing Storm The unabated rise in distribution costs and resulting profit squeeze has become prominent in the corporate commentary on financial results. Retailers such as Home Depot and Target are blaming high supply chain costs for margin deteriorations, amplified by the move to online sales as digital revenues grow 20-40% annually for most major retailers. The trend of…
Found in
Arctic Offshore Farming is developing a new concept for salmon farming using remote-controlled and submersible fish pens based on offshore technology. ABB will have system responsibility for electrical, automation, instrumentation and telecom solutions. Arctic Offshore Farming is a Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) project. NRS has received development permits that allow the company a total of up to 5,990 tons of…
Found in
Titan Robotics, Ltd. will debut its latest production 3D printer with dual pellet extruders at the RAPID + TCT Event, May 21 – 23, 2019 in Detroit. The new Atlas-H product line features dual retracting pellet extruders combined with an industrial closed-loop motion control system that enable print speeds reaching 30,000mm/minute, according to the company. Titan says the dual pellet…
Found in
Adding a new page to its high-performance, additive manufacturing playbook, Stratasys today inked an agreement with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, which competes in the NTT IndyCar Series. The team is leveraging Stratasys’ Fortus 450mc 3D Printer—capable of printing carbon fiber-reinforced FDM Nylon 12—and F370 3D Printer as part of its manufacturing process. The Fortus 450mc 3D Printer offers FDM Nylon…
Found in
Robots are slowly working their way into a variety of applications, from moving goods in warehouses to delivering packages. An increasing shortage of healthcare workers is also prompting the use of caregiving robots. Right now, these robots are limited to activities like asking questions and monitoring patient safety. They aren’t designed to provide the type of hands-on care a nurse…
Found in
Siemens introduced the PAVE360 pre-silicon autonomous validation environment—a program established to enable and accelerate the development of innovative autonomous vehicle platforms. PAVE360 provides a comprehensive environment for multi-supplier collaboration across the automotive ecosystem for the development of next-generation automotive chips. PAVE360 also extends digital twin simulation beyond processors to include automotive hardware and software sub-systems, full vehicle models, fusion of…
Found in
Moxa Inc. is helping companies more easily connect their serial devices to cloud systems for IIoT applications by offering Moxa NPort IA(W)5000A-I/O Series wired or wireless serial device servers and MGate 5105-MB-EIP Series protocol gateways with ready-to-run cloud connectivity capabilities. Moxa's integrated connectivity solutions can collect multiple different field data structures, including serial, I/O, Modbus and EtherNet/IP, transforming IIoT manufacturing…
Found in
Protolabs is celebrating its 20-year anniversary with the grand opening of its advanced manufacturing facility in Brooklyn Park, MN. The 215,000- sq.-ft. CNC machining facility, which currently houses nearly 300 mills and lathes, is Protolabs’ eighth manufacturing plant in the United States, and 12th globally. The new facility is the centerpiece of Protolabs’ 20th anniversary—a milestone the company reached in…
Found in
The Motion Research Group at the University of Waterloo’s Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR) has been contributing to the body of research around autonomous vehicles by working on a project related to self-driving vehicles, led by Professors Krzysztof Czarnecki and Steven Waslander. The project, known as Autonomoose, is an autonomous drive-by-wire vehicle project that operates within WatCAR. Its objectives include…
Found in
Report from IoT World 2019 With attendees estimated at 12,500, IoT World 2019 took place in Santa Clara, California—the heart of the Silicon Valley. Many keynote presentations revolve around upcoming 5G connection. Some speakers express concerns that the U.S. is not doing enough to adopt and implement 5G, losing an edge in the global tech competition. Others point out 5G's…
Found in
RightHand Robotics, a leader in integrated robotic piece-picking solutions, has announced its first put wall integration with Capacity LLC, a leading provider of technology-driven order fulfillment and e-commerce solutions. RightHand’s newest RightPick product platform will be integrated with existing warehouse material handling systems from Lightning Pick, a provider of light-directed and advanced order fulfillment systems. RightPick is an autonomous robotic…
Found in
As robots, automated equipment, artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies continue to make their way into the world’s warehouses and DCs, the number of companies using them is also proliferating. Driven by the need to manage high-velocity operations with limited labor resources while meeting the ever-changing needs of their customers, more companies are looking to automation to help them…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
North America’s largest automation and robotics event takes place June 22-25
