Tag: Manufacturing
Google Next 2018: How Google’s new Edge TPU is transforming quality...
Andrew Hobbs delves into Google’s latest edge computing developments at Cloud Next 2018, and sits down with Product Lead Indranil Chakraborty to discuss how...
Q&A: How automation will reshape workforces, with GE Digital’s Deborah Sherry
What will automation and AI really mean for the UK’s workforce? Will it result in a net gain or loss of jobs? What will...
Microsoft announces Windows support for ROS robotics development
Microsoft is demonstrating greater commitment to robotics by announcing Windows support for the Robot Operating System (ROS) and joining an industrial consortium.
ROS is a...
IBM launches Watson IoT services for agriculture, industry, supply chain
Controlling and scaling massive Internet of Things (IoT) installations is difficult, especially in asset-rich organisations, such as industrial and manufacturing companies.
More, with each connected...
Volkswagen to 3D print metal car parts at scale
HP and Volkswagen have announced that the automotive giant is to use HP's new Metal Jet printers to 3D print metal components for its...
Smart building | How A.I. & autonomous cranes could revolutionise construction
If you build it, the robots will come, says Malek Murison, as he reports on how one startup sees the potential to make construction...
Nine world-leading smart factories identified by World Economic Forum
The WEF's identification of nine world-leading smart factories kicks off a wider programme to get industrial companies learning from each other in the era...
AR beating VR in immersive tech battle, says Capgemini
Immersive technologies are moving from "hypothetical to pragmatic use" in industrial companies, with AR emerging as the early winner, says a new Capgemini report....
Manufacturing: How Robotics as a Service extends to whole factories
The idea of Robotics as a Service, which sees companies pay a subscription fee for robots rather than buying them upfront, is gaining ground...
Five ways the Internet of Things is transforming businesses today
As Internet of Things (IoT) adoption continues to accelerate, Andrew Hobbs explores the key ways it is shaking up the business world.
Internet of Business...
Siemens snaps up Mendix in smart factory move
Siemens execs hope to attract more users to the company's Mindsphere industrial IoT (IIoT) platform with the acquisition of low-code, rapid application development platform...
Ford looks to motion tracking bodysuits to aid factory workers
Workers at a Ford car plant are wearing skin-tight bodysuits equipped with sensors to help improve their postures and enhance productivity.
Employees at Ford’s Valencia...