Mitsubishi Electric, a Japanese automation engineer, has developed the new Direct Robot Control function for its M8 digital controls (CNC). A single interface allows integrated management of the machine tool and the robot, without any hardware modifications or...
Industry 4.0 is the first dematerialized edition for decision makers in the industry of the future. The Online Meeting Platform, developed by Proximum Group, is intended for major players in the creation and manufacture of advanced technologies for production:...
The Lacroix group officially launched its Symbiose project for an electronics factory of the future at Bpifrance premises. The company has invested 25 million euros in the project, including 15 million euros contributed by the public bank. The Lacroix group have...
Volvo now has its own production line for batteries for electric vehicles which it recently unveiled at its factory in Ghent, Belgium. Volvo revealed that the factory would initially be used to supply batteries to its XC40 range. The group’s industrial manager, Geert...
The French banking giant Société Générale have launched their new Oppens start-up project which was born out of its own intrapreneurship program. The project has developed an online platform designed to support SMEs with their IT security. Relying on external partners...
Airbus have announced the acquisition of MTM Robotics, the industrial automation company, for an undisclosed sum. Airbus expressed the hope that the acquisition will allow it to strengthen the automation of its manufacturing line. It is an acquisition that will also...
UPS and Waymo have agreed to team up in an experiment designed to strengthen and speed up the UPS supply chain via the use of self-driving cars. As part of the deal, Waymo will supply autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivan cars to UPS from their Alphabet subsidiary,...
The United States aims to send astronauts to the Moon in 2024, but before this expedition, unmanned missions will be carried out, like the lunar rover. The module was unveiled in testing by the United States Space Agency. Called VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar...
The Renault plant in Curitiba, Brazil has been recognised as being one of the leaders that make up the World Network of Flagship Factories of the World Economic Forum. The factory received this recognition for its application of technologies arising from the 4th...
IBM Research have announced that they have submitted their SysFlow systems monitoring project to the open source community. The company claim that SysFlow is a system which has been designed to detect cyber attacks more precisely than conventional telemetry tools. IBM...
