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IIoT platform captures data from nearly any legacy machine

Industrial automation manufacturer, Banner Engineering, has introduced a new IIoT product line, Snap Signal, that captures data from nearly any industrial machine’s device and converts it to a common protocol, enabling an upgrade to Industry 4.0 and higher productivity. Monitoring…

Large DIY palletiser robot from igus at a low price

The drylin XXL gantry robot is up to 60% cheaper than comparable robot solutions and is particularly easy to put into service, with free online configuration help. Motion plastics specialist igus is expanding its low-cost automation range with a new…

AI tech prevents construction workers’ falls from scaffolding

Pangea IT has unveiled a new artificially intelligent technology designed to solve the problem of construction workers’ falls from scaffolding. The tech was presented at a professional conference on 28th June in Kfar Maccabiah in the presence of MK and…

Avassa named a 2022 Gartner Cool Vendor in Edge computing

The Swedish company Avassa has been named a Cool Vendor by Gartner 2022 in Edge computing. Founded 2020 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, Avassa is an Edge orchestration platform provider aiming to bridge the tooling void between distributed Edge environments…

Wyzo: the design-award-winning, and ‘world’s first’, sidebot

Wyzo is considered the world’s first ‘sidebot‘ and has been given a Design Award in the Industry & Tools Category from iF, and the coveted Best of the Best Award from Red Dot for Industrial Equipment, Product Design and Robotics.…

Watch automated mushroom harvesting

Automation helps alongside humans to process over 90 tonnes of mushrooms per week. This piece introduces Axis and Igus’s energy chain technology. The TH3 energy chain for automated mushroom harvesting The TH3 energy chain, a product of AXIS Harvesting, is…

Sensor provides early warning of bridge damage

A prototype sensor that provides an early warning signal if a bridge is at risk of scour – the number one cause of bridge collapse globally – has been developed by a Queen’s University Belfast researcher. Scour is erosion of…

Samsung Ventures invests in Israeli AI company NeuReality

NeuReality, developer of inference technology such as computer vision and NLP, has announced that it has received investments from Samsung Ventures. More than just a chip company, NeuReality’s comprehensive solution includes hardware, software and tools that work together to simplify…

Allxon and Impulse Embedded announce remote device management distribution partnership

Allxon and Impulse Embedded have announced a distribution partnership to combine the former’s business edge device management solution with the latter’s embedded systems and HMIs. Allxon is an essential edge device management solution that simplifies and optimises business operations by…

The firefly-inspired robo-bugs

MIT has announced its flying robots that use a phenomenon known as electroluminescence to replace the problematic need for weighty sensors with a light signal-based system of communication that can be carried out between other firefly-inspired robots. Fireflies that light…