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Over half of manufacturing firms (57%) have been affected by newly imposed sanctions over the past 12 months, according to new research from the latest Global Fraud and Risk Report released by Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps, a global provider... Read more

Technically redundant: Six-in-10 fear losing their jobs to AI

More than half (60%) of the UK population are concerned that jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence in the future, according to a new study into consumer attitudes by Kaspersky. Many of the study’s respondents also admit they are worried... Read more

Cognex acquires Korean machine vision company SUALAB

Cognex Germany Inc, developer of machine vision sensors and systems, has announced the acquisition of SUALAB, a South Korean provider of deep learning machine vision solutions. Cognex says the acquisition will advance its expertise in the field of... Read more

Gideon Brothers at DB Schenker

Austria-based global logistics provider DB Schenker has introduced Gideon Brothers’ autonomous logistics robots into service at its Leipzig facility... Read more

The positive impact of AI on environmental issues

The use of technology to solve environmental issues featured strongly at Microsoft’s Future Decoded conference this year. It’s a highly relevant topic. Multiple sources show that to slow the effect of climate change and continue to support an... Read more

Predictive maintenance - the next revolutionary shift in manufacturing

Igor Ilunin, head of AI at global technology consultancy DataArt explains why he sees predictive maintenance as the next big revolutionary shift in manufacturing... Read more

21st century industrial automation

Marc Baret, Director of EMEA industrial services at Rockwell Automation gives us his take on servistisation of industrial automation now and where it can take manufacturers in the future... Read more

AI in manufacturing

In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been touted as a powerful technology that will revolutionise the industrial manufacturing space. The sentiment has its validity, but the reality is extremely complex... Read more

Automation in Automotive industry

The automotive industry has been widely automated for decades and has always been one of the first to introduce new, more advanced tools and machinery. Much of the hardware used has been relatively limited, at least when compared to many of the... Read more

ABB breaks ground on new robotics facility in Shanghai

ABB today announced that it has started construction of its new robotics manufacturing and research facility in China, the world’s largest robotics market. The facility is expected to open during 2021 and represents a total investment of $150... Read more

Electrolux Nyiregyhaza Hungary

Swedish home appliance manufacturer Electrolux is to invest €100-million in it's Hungarian plant in Nyíregyháza, in the country's east as a means of increasing its products' competitiveness. At the same time, the company will be outsourcing its... Read more

Fake news

As part of what is being called the third wave of artificial intelligence (AI), two Polish entrepreneurs have developed software that can search for and detect fake news, hate speech and violence across online platforms... Read more

Internet of Things

Industry is changing a lot these days. New concepts and systems pop-up continuously, and due to companies’ need to implement the best technology, a lot of things will change in a relatively short span of time... Read more

TU Berlin

BASF SE and Technische Universität Berlin have signed an agreement to cooperate closely in the area of machine learning. The aim of the collaboration, Berlin-based Joint Lab for Machine Learning (BASLEARN), is to develop workable new mathematical... Read more

CollectiveCrunch

Forestry tech company CollectiveCrunch has announced the closure of a €600k funding round led by Finland’s Thominvest, bringing the company’s total funding to €1-million. Existing and new angel investors also participated to complete the round... Read more

MMK

The Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has deployed 16 robots in its facility which successfully imitate the actions of real workers. By the end of 2019, the Company plans to automate a total of 32 manufacturing processes... Read more

Ford & VW CEOs

In a widely anticipated move, car makers Ford and Volkswagen have announced the extension of their seven-month old partnership to cover autonomous and electric vehicles... Read more

Gideon robot

Croatian AI and robotics startup Gideon Brothers has announced a partnership with Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company Atlantic Grupa. The project sees Gideon Brothers' logistics robots, which are fully autonomous due to advanced visual-... Read more

Volvo NVIDIA

The Volvo Group has signed an agreement with NVIDIA to jointly develop the decision making system of autonomous commercial vehicles and machines. Utilising NVIDIA’s end-to-end artificial intelligence platform for training, simulation and... Read more

AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its presence felt in every aspect of our daily lives—from the new breed of virtual assistants in our homes, to the spam filters that eliminate unwanted spam emails from our inboxes. As AI algorithms—and the... Read more

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  • Technically redundant: Six-in-10 fear losing their jobs to AI

    Technically redundant: Six-in-10 fear losing their jobs to AI

  • Cognex acquires Korean machine vision company SUALAB

    Cognex acquires Korean machine vision company SUALAB

  • The positive impact of AI on environmental issues

    The positive impact of AI on environmental issues

  • AI in manufacturing

    AI in manufacturing

  • Gideon robot

    Gideon robot

  • Volvo NVIDIA

    Volvo NVIDIA

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