Siemens subsidiary Mendix announces the appointment of Raymond Kok as CEO, effective February 12, 2024. Kok joins Mendix from Siemens Digital Industries Software, where he was Senior Vice President responsible for Xcelerator platform development.
Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence Division announces Flexxbotics and Zaptic as winners of the Sixth Sense Summit. Sixth Sense promotes startups that are developing cutting-edge innovations to solve key challenges in the manufacturing industry.
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The number of industrial robots worldwide has reached a new record of around 3.9 million units. The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) defines the most important trends that will shape robotics and automation in 2024.
Electric vehicles require special quality inspection processes, especially for the production of their batteries. This is where image processing systems based on artificial intelligence do their work.
Artificial intelligence can optimize all industrial manufacturing processes - from production and plant monitoring to supply chain management. However, a hasty deployment could result in technical debt for the company.
Generative artificial intelligence dominated the headlines last year. So it's no wonder that 2024 will also be dominated by artificial intelligence. The technology of the future will also have an impact on development. An outlook.
Digitalization is becoming increasingly important in photonic production, which uses light or lasers as a tool. This requires flexible, adaptive and lightweight infrastructures, for example in the laser structuring of large-area micro and nanostructures.
Endress+Hauser intends to take over the operations of the Swiss supplier Angenstein Estech, including the production plant in Cernay, France, Estech Industries Angenstein, succursale de Cernay.
The latest edition of Teledyne Dalsa's image processing software 'Sapera' includes improved versions of the graphical AI training tool 'Astrocyte 1.50' and the image processing and AI libraries 'Sapera Processing 9.50'.
Congatec introduces COM Express Compact modules based on Intel Core Ultra processors. The new modules combine heterogeneous computing units such as CPU, GPU and NPU and are therefore particularly suitable for executing demanding AI workloads at the edge.
Imagimob launches an update to 'Imagimob Studio', allowing users to visualize their machine learning (ML) modeling workflows and take advantage of advanced features.
In a global market study, IBM investigated whether and how companies with over 1000 employees use artificial intelligence and what hurdles need to be overcome when implementing it.
What can we expect in terms of artificial intelligence in 2024? In a blog post, Liz Centoni from Cisco describes five areas that will become increasingly important in relation to AI.
For developers of modern vision systems, various factors are decisive in product development in order to create reliable systems in an environment of high data transfer rates and miniaturization. Last but not least, the design of the peripheral components is important.
Although the EU Supply Chain Directive pursues a correct and important goal, it is simply not feasible in practice for European companies. Eight business organizations, including VDMA and ZVEI, are calling for a new draft.
PTC has now become the first CAD and PLM provider to launch an app for Apple Vision Pro. It transforms flat screen models into virtual products that developers can explore, take apart and test as if they had already been produced.
The 'Pal2Rec' project, which was launched in February 2024, is investigating how (Euro) pallets can be independently integrated into logistics processes using sensor-based activity recognition.
According to the manufacturer Baumüller, the 'b maXX 6000' servo controllers offer more performance and scalability. More performance is ensured, for example, by safety functions that have been specially developed for applications with high dynamic and precision requirements.
Olaf Römer, founder of ATEcare, has handed over the management of the company to Paulo Soares.
'MGB2 Modular' from Euchner secures safety gates and fences on machines and systems during hazardous machine movements. Thanks to the modular system design, the interlock can be adapted to individual requirements.
