In this era of automation, digitisation, and Industry 4.0, the transmission of signals and data is taking on an ever greater role, enter LVDS. The networking of machines, systems, and even individual sensors taking place in these applications both on…
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Sparrow, the new robot from Amazon, drives efficiency and advances careers
Amazon is one of the largest global e-commerce providers. In 2021 alone it delivered 5 billion packages around the world. That’s more than 13 million a day. That’s a lot of picking, packing, and sorting for a warehouse worker. Not…
BT launches IoT national roaming to keep smart devices connected
BT today switched on its IoT National Roaming SIMs for businesses across the UK, allowing them to keep smart devices connected wherever they are. IoT national roaming SIMs allow smart devices to connect to mobile networks ensuring they stay connected…
A single chip for global geolocation
Semtech has developed a single chip that supports the use of low power LoRa devices on bands from 150MHz up to 2.4GHz. This opens up the satellite S-band to dramatically simplify the development and global deployment of edge devices that…
Learn to love – and decipher – your data
Love Data Week is an international celebration of data that takes place every year during the week of Valentine’s Day. Here at Smarter Technologies, data underpins everything that we do, so we’re all about inspiring people to use data to…
OpenRAN orchestration lab testing successful completion
With the goal to foster OpenRAN orchestration and management automation (ROMA) product & solution maturity, a functional testbed, consisting of Foxconn’s RU, Capgemini’s CU/DU, and 5GC (both running on Dell servers), has been set up in the TIP Community Lab…
EPLAN claims maximum customer benefits for digital transformation
The Eplan Partner Network was founded over two years ago and around sixty companies have joined since. Strategic partners such as Phoenix Contact, Siemens and Rockwell Automation, plus technology partners – including ABB, Lapp Kabel, Wago and Weidmüller – come…
Sea creatures inspire marine robots which can operate in extra-terrestrial oceans
These robotic units called RoboSalps, after their animal namesakes, have been engineered to operate in unknown and extreme environments such as extra-terrestrial oceans. Although salps resemble jellyfish with their semi-transparent barrel-shaped bodies, they belong to the family of Tunicata and…
Annual report shows significant expansion of LoRaWAN’s LPWAN
The LoRa Alliance, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN standard for the IoT low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), has issued its 2022 End-of-Year Report. The report highlights LoRa Alliance achievements as well as LoRaWAN adoption, technology and certification…
Report: integrating robots in industrial communications networks key step for digital transformation
Thomas Burke, Global Strategic Advisor at the CC-Link Partner Association, looks at how industrial automation vendors, machine builders and end users can future-proof robotic systems with value-adding network technologies. The number and complexity of robotic applications is continuing to grow…
