MELSOFT MaiLab: Mitsubishi’s AI solution unleashes the full potential of shop floors

MELSOFT MaiLab (Mitsubishi Electric’s AI Laboratory) helps companies drive productivity improvements on manufacturing lines. The new solution offers an intuitive, operator-centric platform that leverages AI to automatically optimise operations while maximising equipment monitoring, visibility and diagnostics. The future of manufacturing…

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…

University of Liverpool chemist receives Royal Society Professorship to develop an AI mobile robotic chemist

Professor Andrew Cooper from the University of Liverpool’s Department of Chemistry has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Research Professorship to further develop the mobile AI robotic chemist to fast-forward advances in materials science. Royal Society Research Professorships provide long-term…

Fujitsu delivers digital transformation with AI demand forecast service for TORIDOLL noodle shops throughout Japan

New AI service to improve operational efficiency, reduce food loss, and realise efficient energy management at 823 Marugame Udon shops in Japan. Fujitsu and TORIDOLL have announced the deployment of Fujitsu’s AI demand forecast service at 823 Marugame Udon noodle…

Wearable tech, AI and clinical teams join to change the face of trial monitoring

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers has developed a way to monitor the progression of movement disorders using motion capture technology and AI. In two ground-breaking studies, published in Nature Medicine, a cross-disciplinary team of AI and clinical researchers have shown that by…

McDonald’s debuts first largely automated location

A McDonald’s in Fort Worth, Texas has become its first largely automated location worldwide, with customers going to the golden arches able to be served up a Big Mac by a conveyor rather than being handed it by a human.…

Could ChatGPT herald the next stage for CX AI adoption?

Joe O’Brien, Global Corporate Communications Manager, Sabio Group, explores what’s next for ChatGPT and CX AI. Over the last few weeks, you may have heard lots of noise about ChatGPT, the new model for conversational AI that was launched by…

Can AI planning alleviate retail issues in 2023?

AI-driven inventory management systems process hundreds of demand-influencing factors and draw conclusions that increase forecast accuracy. This is according to Mikko Kärkkäinen, CEO and co-founder of RELEX Solutions. “In a world where uncertainty is the only certainty, grocery retailers are…

COPA-DATA, SIGMATEK and B&R invest in new centre for Intelligent and Secure Industrial Automation

Automation software developer, COPA-DATA is one of three companies investing in the new Josef Ressel Centre for Intelligent and Secure Industrial Automation (ISIA) at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences. Collaborating with B&R Industrial Automation and SIGMATEK, COPA-DATA will lead…

Robot control system market to be worth $19.9Bn by 2033

The robot control system market is projected to reach valuation of $6.8 billion in 2023 and will top $19.9 billion by 2033, rising with a CAGR of around 11.2% during 2023-2033. In 2023, the global robot market is estimated to be valued around $38,654 million. Robot control…