Industries
IoT and the digital twin
Industry 4.0 or the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), describes the application of IoT in industrial processes and manufacturing. By implementing solutions related to big data, machine learning, digital twin, artificial intelligence (AI), predictive analytics etc., manufacturers aim to achieve the optimal level of responsiveness, adaptiveness and fully connected processes. Joe Lomako, Business Development Manager (IoT) at TÜV SÜD ex...
Software for automotive design - the questions and answers
Chuck Gehman, Perforce Software, explains the integral role that software will have in the cars of tomorrow. Automotive software is being developed at an unprecedented scale. Future vehicles will have more than a billion lines of code. With an estimated 50% of a future vehicle’s value being derived from its software capabilities, development of that software plays a more crucial role than ever before.
Using GaN for dual battery management in MHEVs
In combating climate change, electrification within the automotive sector is continuing apace. However, this is not without its challenges. John Grabowski, EV/HEV Systems Applications Manager, ON Semiconductor, explains the role of MHEVs.
Adapting to survive
Steve Rogerson reports from Xilinx’s XDF developers’ forum in The Hague. The intelligent, connected world has become a reality. This was how Victor Peng, President and CEO of Xilinx, opened the company’s XDF developers’ forum in The Hague in November. For this, he said, adaptability was vital.
Anatomically shaped hand for complex tasks
With their ‘SoftHand’, German Robotics has presented an anatomically shaped hand for collaborating robots (Cobots). With its 19 dislocatable, self-healing finger joints, the SoftHand replaces numerous individual grippers and thus is well suited for complex handling tasks.
PEEK-polymer-based dental prosthetics reduce bone loss
The MALO CLINIC, Lisbon, has provided further evidence that compared to metal prosthetics, high-performance polymer-based solutions made using the JUVORA dental disc from Invibio Biomaterial Solutions, indicate improved patient outcomes, including three times-less bone loss. The JUVORA disc is constructed from PEEK-OPTIMA, from Invibio.
Transforming the Maritimes with LoRa-based connectivity
Semtech, Wilhelmsen and The Things Industries (TTI) announced its partnership to leverage Semtech’s LoRa devices to help deliver cost-effective, robust and proven IoT solutions to the maritime shipping industry.
US-China trade conflict hits industrial robot demand
The World Robotics report presented by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has shown a new record stock of about 300,000 operational industrial robots in the Republic of Korea in 2018 (+10%). Within five years, the country has doubled its number of industrial robots.
Could robots replace human tennis players?
While steeped in tradition, tennis has embraced technology on multiple fronts: coaching, umpiring and fan experiences. Since the early 2000s, the Sony-owned Hawk-Eye system has been assisting tennis umpires in making close calls. At Wimbledon, IBM’s Watson AI analyses fan and player reactions in real-time video footage from matches to create highlight reels just minutes after the end of a match.
Be in control… with the right robot controller
The current trend of robot control is changing with PLC-based solutions offering different benefits and opportunities over the traditional dedicated robot controllers. So what needs to be considered when selecting the right solution for the application? Here Barry Weller, Product Manager at Mitsubishi Electric, looks at how to determine which robot control option is best.