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Despite all the moving and shaking in each-picking applications, pallets underpin the majority of storage and transportation. In a connected facility, optimal palletizing means the flexibility to satisfy customers by efficiently building, stabilizing, storing, loading, moving and presenting those pallets. Palletizing can be broken into two broad segments: manufacturing and warehousing. Production lines producing pallet after pallet of a single…
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ANSYS is streamlining and simplifying the product life cycle through new functionalities released in ANSYS 2019 R2. With an ANSYS Mechanical user experience, simplified simulation of complex electronics and a new ANSYS Fluent workflow that speeds meshing of dirty geometries, ANSYS' simulation engineering solutions help enable digital transformation, the company says. With new functionalities in ANSYS 2019 R2, including new…
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Siemens took the first step toward bolstering its digital design and manufacturing portfolio with low-code application development capabilities via the integration of Mendix with its MindSphere Internet of Things (IoT) platform. The Mendix for MindSphere integrated solution brings AI-assisted, visual model-based development capabilities to the IoT world, allowing business users or design engineers without formal coding experience to create their…
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Markforged announces that four of its 3D printers will be featured on BattleBots, a television series premiering on June 7 on the Discovery Channel and June 12 on the Science Channel. As reportedly the only 3D printer company hosted by BattleBots during filming, Markforged produced more than 160 parts for 29 teams onsite—all within the two weeks of filming. The…
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As autonomous vehicles and unmanned aerial drones are adopted for more applications, advanced control systems will be required to direct them safely, particularly in crowded urban environments. Researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark are working on ways to develop these controllers, and to integrate artificial intelligence to improve their operation. The team is also designing and 3D printing is own…
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Autonomous Drone Technology When Amazon announced earlier this year that they were evolving their Prime two-day shipping offer in the U.S. to a one-day program, the response was terrific. But they (Amazon) know customers are always looking for something better, more convenient, and there may be times when one-day delivery may not be the right choice. Can Amazon Deliver Packages…
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With a focus on what’s coming next in the supply chain and aimed at an audience of C-level executives, the first annual NextGen Supply Chain Conference took place at the Chicago Athletic Association April 16-17. Held at one of the city’s landmark hotels, the two-day event brought together an impressive lineup of industry experts, speakers and academics—all of whom came…
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Holy robots! It seems that most everywhere you look in the past couple of months there are robots. And they are almost always doing something new. To start, look at the news coming out of the ProMat and Automate shows in April, where robots dominated even though there were many more than 1,000 exhibitors with supply chain solutions. The introductions…
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Artec 3D announces the availability of Artec Studio 14, offering features such as expanded CAD/CAM functionality, integration with Artec Micro, an industrial desktop 3D scanner with a point accuracy of up to 10 microns, and target-free registration for tripod-mounted, long-range 3D laser scanner Artec Ray. Additionally, users can now directly export unlimited numbers of open and closed contours in polyline…
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Rand 3D will showcase its suite of training solutions for PTC products in booth K4 at LiveWorx 2019 held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, June 10-13, 2019. “Training can increase a team’s productivity by ensuring they understand how to effectively use the software, but for this to happen two critical components must come together,” says Meghan…
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There was a time when a graphics card was only added to a workstation to rapidly display graphics. Today, design engineers are not only creating more realistic renderings of their models—which requires a powerful graphics processing unit (GPU)—but also using simulation and analysis software upfront in the design process. There are new use cases for GPUs in product design, including…
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BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics is a national science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education nonprofit serving middle and high school students in 47 locations across 17 states. The organization sponsors a six-week student design competition that takes place during an after-school program. Their competition has joined the cadre of competitions that seek to engage students, arousing their…
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Nano Dimension Ltd., an additive electronics provider, has received a grant approval from the Israel Innovation Authority for developing hardware, in cooperation with Harris Corporation, that will fly on the International Space Station (ISS) and communicate with Harris’ ground-based satellite tracking station in Florida. This project will provide a systematic analysis of 3D printed materials for radio frequency (RF) space…
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Warehouse Automation - Inventory Management using Drones FlytBase, Inc., an enterprise drone automation company, has released a white paper titled “Drone Automation for Warehouse 4.0” that highlights the role of autonomous drones in the digital transformation of warehouses. Driven by safety, cost and revenue benefits, warehouses across the world are adopting technologies such as Internet-of-Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Unmanned Aerial…
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3Diligent has formally launched 3Diligent Consulting, a new division that works with manufacturing businesses to develop strategies and designs that that can provide them competitive advantage for Industry 4.0, according to the company. As a division of 3Diligent, which also has a manufacturing division with a global manufacturing footprint, 3Diligent Consulting combines on-the-ground manufacturing expertise with the pedigree of a…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse robots and software that will be on…
