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Guidehouse Insights explores potential of smart home robots

Guidehouse Insights has announced its latest report that it explores the market landscape and opportunities for home robots. Despite optimistic product launches from prestigious high-tech companies and startups, the market for robots in the home has had limited success to…

BEMS in energy reduction

This article from Matthew Margetts, Smarter Technologies Group Director of Sales and Marketing discusses the role of BEMS (battery energy management systems) in addressing ESG concerns. All roads lead to energy reduction as part of a net zero strategy. According…

Modern tech adoption is key to combat heat exposure, says research firm

This article from leading research and advisory firm Verdantix discusses its warning about climate change-related effects on occupational heat exposure, and how employers can develop technological plans to manage this risk. The company warns that most employers currently have little…

Comparing and contrasting the Cloud and the Edge

Sam Holland considers the role of hardware, particularly data centres and nodes, in the Cloud and the Edge, alongside the chief similarities and differences between the two areas of computing. As I reflect on in my past article that defines…

Watch: adding a sensor unit to an energy chain

igus has released a video that shows how manufacturers can make their energy chain system intelligent. Adding a sensor unit to your machine helps prevent breakdowns, therefore saving you time and money and keep your production line running. The i.Sense…

Smart sensors keep the pressure off

Richard Mount, Director of Sales at ASIC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems, explores how integrating ASIC technology with a MEMS pressure sensor keeps smart factories operating safely and efficiently. Smart factories use connected devices, machinery and production systems…

Valkyrie camera range offers the “highest-fidelity motion capture ever”

Vicon’s most advanced camera range is set to drive forward new ground-breaking motion capture applications for engineering users globally. Vicon, a world leader in motion capture, has launched Valkyrie, its new flagship camera range, with four models delivering the world’s…

3D scanner robot for micron-level measurements

Danfoss Power Solutions has invested in an advanced 3D scanner robot for its joystick manufacturing lines in Nordborg, Denmark. The new device is boosting inspection routines by measuring component dimensions to micron-level precision, providing customers with enhanced product quality. Danfoss…

Digital tech in the management of asthma treatments

Amy Chan, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Auckland discusses her and colleagues’ research into the use of digital innovation to improve people’s management of asthma treatments. Modern medical science has made remarkable progress in the treatment of asthma.…

Yamaha to present latest robots for advanced automation at Motek 2022

Yamaha Motor Robotics visitors at Motek 2022 its family of affordable industrial robots that boost the productivity of common component-handling and product-assembly processes. Topical demonstrations at Yamaha’s booth, 7515 in hall 7, will present SCARA, cartesian, and single-axis robots, and…