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dSPACE has acquired Intempora, a company in the area of real-time development software. This acquisition strengthens the comprehensive dSPACE product portfolio for autonomous driving. The two companies already have a strategic partnership, leading to the integration of the Intempora real-time multisensor application software RTMaps into several dSPACE solutions. Through this acquisition, dSPACE offers a comprehensive, and end-to-end solution for customers…
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In mid-April, Bloomberg reported that a dozen workers at a Ford plant in Plymouth, Mich., were “experimenting with wearable social distancing devices that could be deployed more widely once the car maker reopens idled manufacturing plants.” The smart watches, a joint effort between Samsung Electronics and Radiant RFID, use Bluetooth technology “to detect proximity and clustering of workers.” If two…
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Extraordinary times—and a need for proven measures—may be what propels robotics to the next level in warehouse and distribution center (DC) operations. Not that robotics has been slow to catch on in warehousing. According to analyst firm ABI Research, the global mobile robotics market will reach $23 billion this year. In a 2020 survey by Peerless Research as part of…
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RIZE introduces a professional desktop composite 3D printer designed with safety and sustainability as key factors. The RIZE 2XC is the first deliverable of the RIZIUM Alliance, an industry collaboration that includes hardware designers and CAD/CAM software vendors. The company says the RIZE 2XC uses a dual-extrusion 3D print unit from Sindoh, a multi-function 2D and 3D print engine manufacturer…
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Fictiv has established a new collaboration that adds Jabil Inc. as a key part of its global manufacturing network to connect and streamline 3D print prototyping through to mass-scale production using an innovative digital thread. Designed to de-risk and streamline the supply chain through quality, speed, transparency and flexibility, the thread is built to ensure a supported customer experience from…
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Five projects with Pennsylvania universities have received funding through the Manufacturing PA Innovation Program to advance binder jet 3D printing in collaboration with The ExOne Co. In all, the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) awarded $2.8M to Pennsylvania universities for 43 projects to advance manufacturing technology projects. ExOne binder jet systems currently 3D print more than 20 metals,…
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SME, a professional association committed to advancing manufacturing professionals, academia and communities, announces that 15 achievers have been selected to receive the 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. A 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer, Michael P. Sealy, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Sealy was one…
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The BMW Group officially opened its new Additive Manufacturing Campus in Munich. The new facility will combine production of prototype and series parts, along with research into new 3D printing technologies, and associate training for the global rollout of toolless production, the company says. The campus, which cost €15 million, will allow the BMW Group to “develop its position as…
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Editor’s note: The following column by Paul Rivers, CEO of Guidance Automation, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column, a series featuring ideas, opinions and insights from end-users, analysts, systems integrators and OEMs. Click here to learn about submitting a column for consideration. Smart automation has the potential to deliver great economic benefits, but there remain many concerns that the…
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Editor’s note: The following column by Jason Walker, CEO and co-founder Waypoint Robotics, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column, a series featuring ideas, opinions and insights from end-users, analysts, systems integrators and OEMs. Click here to learn about submitting a column for consideration. The world as we know it has changed, perhaps forever. Businesses and industries of all sizes…
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MHS, a single-source provider of material handling automation and software solutions, has named senior vice president John Sorensen as the head of its North America Parcel division. Sorensen succeeds MHS co-founder Greg Judge, as Judge steps down from his position as the company’s president in a well-planned leadership transition. Co-founder Scott McReynolds remains the company’s CEO. MHS was jointly founded…
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AMD has exceeded its moonshot 25x20 goal set in 2014 to improve the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020, the company says. The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers performance and efficiency for laptop PCs. Greater energy efficiency leads to…
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German cosplay specialist Lightning Cosplay is leveraging 3D printers from Zortrax to create elaborate costumes inspired by fantasy characters. The company was formed by Laura and Ralf Zimmermann in 2012, and now does work for globally recognized producers of computer games such as Bethesda, THQ Nordic or CD Projekt. “Most of our projects are created on commission of game producers…
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DATE: Thursday, July 23, 2020 TIME: 2:00 PM ET/11:00 AM PT Around the world, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are being created each day, with 90% having been created in the last two years. Fueled by market-changes visible throughout every industry, a new era of product design and engineering is merging with GPU technology in a way that will benefit…
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