Milacron expects to continue the production of Ferromatik injection molding machines at its Malterdingen facility in Germany due to increasing customer demand. Last year, Milacron stated that it will transfer the injection molding machine ...
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A fleet of driverless vehicles using UK-built software is set to be trialed between Oxford and London in 2019. Oxford-based artificial intelligence company Oxbotica is leading a consortium of companies that include Oxford Robotics ...
Driverless cars are set to hit UK roads in 2019 after a consortium of British companies unveiled plans to test the vehicles between London and Oxford. Driven, led by driverless software group Oxbotica, received a £8.6 million grant ...
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Honda has unveiled NueV, a pure-electric concept car with automated ride-sharing capabilities at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland. The concept car has a built-in smart engine, which Honda claims can learn from its driver. The ...
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China has strong demand for robots, but locally produced robots took up only 26.7% of its demand in 2015. Too meet the demand, China firms have geared up development of robots with government incentives in recent years and the use of robots ...
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Last year, I attended Computex for the first time, and for all its flaws I’m super-excited about returning with a year’s worth of knowledge under my belt. Taking place between May 29 and June 3, the show is spread all over ...
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The Carton Council of North America has announced the success of a program that is using artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic systems to collect cartons more efficiently at the Alpine Waste & Recycling's material recovery facility in ...
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At Semicon China 2017, executives at chip giant Intel, IC packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, equipment vendors ASML, Lam Research and Tokyo Electron (TEL), and nano-electronics research institute Imec talked about innovation to ...
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The Honda NueV is a pure-electric concept car made its European debut at the Geneva Motor Show. The car has a unique ownership proposition and a state-of-the-art ‘emotion engine’ that can learn about its driver. The NeuV ...
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US-based Embark has unveiled its self-driving truck technology to the public. The company—which gained approval by the State of Nevada earlier this year to begin testing its truck on public roads—has created a technology that ...
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Ford Motor said it will invest $1bn over the next five years in artificial intelligence company, Argo AI, to help put fully autonomous vehicles on the road by 2021. The two companies will develop the core technology of Ford’s ...
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Worldwide robot makers have been expanding their capacity recently with Germany-based Kuka cooperating with the China-based Midea Group to expand its capacity in Europe and China. Meanwhile, Japan-based Yaskawa has also increased investment ...
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Worldwide spending on robotics and related services will more than double by 2020, growing from US$91.5 billion in 2016 to more than US$188 billion in 2020, according to the newly updated Worldwide Commercial Robotics Spending Guide from ...
Rockwell Automation OEM partner AFA Systems has developed a new HD-CMA continuous motion autoload cartoner for potato chip producers. HD-CMA machine holds capacity to run 320 products per minute, cartoning one bag of chips per carton. ...
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UK-based cider producer Thatchers has installed canning line at its Myrtle Farm facility in Somerset. The company invested £8.3m and commissioned its first canning line at its production facility to press and package all of its ...
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