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World Robotics Report: Asia ahead of Europe and the Americas
The new World Robotics report recorded 553,052 industrial robot installations in factories around the world – a growth rate of 5% in 2022, year-on-year. By region, 73% of all newly deployed robots were installed in Asia, 15% in Europe and…
RoboFab: world’s first factory for humanoid robots
Agility Robotics, creator of the bipedal robot Digit, revealed that the company is opening RoboFab, a robot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon with the capability to produce more than 10,000 robots per year. Initial construction of Agility’s 70,000 square foot…
Westermo and Eviden announce strategic partnership to develop security solutions for industrial data communications
Westermo Eltec has announced that Westermo Network Technologies and Eviden have entered into a partnership to develop high-level security solutions using crypto-agile operational technology and IoT devices for securing critical data communication in railway systems. Westermo’s latest generation of Ethernet…
How automating wind turbines can support the growing renewables sector
With the growing climate pressures and the strong support for renewables by government policies since COP26, the global wind automation market is set to reach $5.196 billion in 2027, a $1.507 billion increase from the 2020 market. Given this predicted…
Panasonic to use ‘honeypots’ to take on malware attacking IoT devices
Panasonic has laid out plans to improve IoT defences with information gathered through attacks on their own devices. The company will create ‘honeypot’ devices to bait bad actors to attack from which they’ll collect the attack data from. Speaking at…
OTA and telematics: the building blocks for software defined vehicles
Connectivity has come a long way since the invention of the cell phone and the Internet. From hot tubs to doorbells, climate systems, and refrigerators, almost every device that contains electronics has the potential to become connected. But perhaps one…
Farnell hosts first Industry 4.0 live Q&A webinar
Farnell will be hosting its first live Q&A webinar on Industry 4.0 with presenters from partner organisations Festo, Eaton and Auer Signal on 6th September 2023 (2pm BST, 9am ET, 9pm SGT). The benefits to Industry 4.0 and Industrial IoT are…
IFR report examines labour shortages and how to automate small and midsized enterprises
Labour shortage has become one of the most pressing challenges for small and midsized enterprises (SME) in OECD countries. The manufacturing sector is hit especially hard by high job vacancy rates. Since robots are becoming easier to install, implement and…
Robotics, AI and challenges in UK manufacturing | Interview with 3M’s Paul Larking
Paul Larking, Global Robotics & Automation Senior Specialist, R&D at 3M Abrasive Systems Division, talks to IoT Insider about why the UK manufacturing industry is tracking behind other countries with its adoption of robotics, what they’re missing out on, and…
