Manufacturing giant Foxconn Technology Group is on track with its goal to a create a "million robot army", and already has 20,000 robotic machines in its factories, said CEO Terry Gou on Wednesday. Foxconn headquarters in Taipei. ...
Hygienic designs of packaging machines can go far in protecting food and other companies from costly recalls by helping to prevent product contamination from the get-go. Pres Lawhon, president, Bosch Packaging Technology, talks ...
Tags: Machinery Design, Packaging, Design
Shrink wrapping systems supplier Yorkshire Packaging (YPS) has announced its acquisition of automated solutions manufacturer in the UK Camline Products and Services for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition, YPS now has the ...
PRE-TEC, of Eugene, Or., has received the Certified Robot Integrator designation from the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry's trade group. "We are delighted to welcome PRE-TEC as our thirteenth Certified Robot ...
Tags: Robot, Processing Machinery, Electrical, Electronics
Electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group is putting yet more effort behind Mozilla's Firefox OS, and plans to hire up to 3,000 people in Taiwan with expertise in HTML5 and cloud computing. On Thursday, Foxconn said it was looking ...
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The Motoman Robotics Division of Yaskawa America has announced that it has acquired all outstanding shares of Agile Planet, Inc. Agile Planet is a developer of intelligent robotics software and hardware products engineered to dramatically ...
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ABB has appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer (in photo), head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as CEO, where he will succeed Joe Hogan beginning September 15, 2013. Hogan will continue with ABB for some months as senior advisor ...
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The Board of ABB has unanimously appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer, the head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed Joe Hogan in this role in an orderly transition on September 15, 2013. ...
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NASA wants to find asteroids that could threaten Earth and figure out what to do about them and it wants your help doing it. The space agency today issued an asteroid-focused Grand Challenge, calling on scientists and citizen scientists ...
The Mini-Lathe is a perfect addition to any business. It can be used to staff as CNC technology or function exactly like they use to train manually. The mini lathe is usually taken both CNC and manual operation. This is not only a great ...
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Ailing Japanese TV maker Sharp says it will try to break into a host of new industries, from industrial cleaning robots to raising strawberries, to supplement its core LCD business. At an open house at its research facility in Nara, ...
Kawasaki Robotics has introduced a lighter and more compact delta arm robot to its Pick-Star Y Series range. The YS200N robot is designed for high-speed pick and place applications in volume production industries including food, ...
We may live and do a lot business in a virtual world today, but there's nothing like a little face time. EastPack, to be held June 18-20 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, will provide plenty of opportunities for ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is evaluating the safety of Intuitive Surgical's robotic surgical devices. Currently, the agency is studying a small group of surgeons who use the surgical device, which is used in over 2,000 ...
Manufacturers searching for the skilled workers necessary to compete in the 21st century are actively participating in the effort to close the skills gap that exists. As part of an ongoing commitment to STEM (science, technology, ...
Tags: Honda Grant, SME Education