Google Visual Inspection AI for manufacturing
Google has launched a new solution to help manufacturers reduce defects in their manufacturing and inspection processes. Google Visual Inspection AI is designed to automate the quality control process [...]
Rockwell buys Plex for $2 billion
Rockwell Automation is buying Plex Systems for $2.22 billion in cash. The acquisition brings together one of the world’s largest industrial automation firms and one of the largest cloud-based [...]
BHP signs cloud deals with Microsoft and AWS
Australian mining company BHP has picked Microsoft and AWS as its long-term cloud providers across its global operated assets. BHP is an Anglo-Australian mining, oil and gas extractor headquartered [...]
First Spanish Industrial AI consortium formed
Six major corporations – Microsoft, Telefónica, Repsol, Gestamp, Navantia, and Técnicas Reunidas – have joined forces to create IndesIA, the first data economy and artificial intelligence consortium in the [...]
AeroFarms builds Agtech R&D Centre in Abu Dhabi
New Jersey based vertical farming specialist AeroFarms has started construction on a new research centre in Abu Dhabi that will focus on indoor farming and agtech. In partnership with [...]
Koch and AWS build Industrial Engineering Platform
Koch Industries is collaborating with AWS to develop an industrial engineering platform. The new platform will incorporate machine learning and industrial computing capabilities. The platform is designed to provide [...]
Semios buys Altrac to expand farming automation
Precision farming platform Semios has acquired Altrac, a developer of an equipment automation platform for farm equipment. In a statement, Semios, whose platform focuses on growers of tree fruit, [...]
Neurala raises $12 Million to scale Industrial AI
Vision AI specialist Neurala has raised $12 million to accelerate marketing and development of its VIA product in the industrial and engineering markets. Neurala’s VIA is an integrated solution [...]
Microsoft acquires ReFirm to enhance IoT security
Microsoft has acquired ReFirm Labs, a firmware security specialist. The acquisition strengthens Microsoft’s capabilities in firmware analysis and security capabilities across devices that form the intelligent edge, from servers [...]
Farmers Edge Extends Satellite Imaging Relationship
Agricultural tech company Farmers Edge has engaged in a new three-year contract with San Francisco based Planet, which operates the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites. Planet’s satellite data is [...]
Petuum and Russula to develop AI for steel manufacturing
Industrial AI specialist Petuum is partnering with Pittsburgh based steel industry engineering firm Russula. The two will develop process control solutions for the steel industry based on Petuum’s Deep [...]
Delta launches CODESYS-Based Motion Controller
Dutch industrial automation specialist Delta has launched the first of a series of compact PLC motion controllers based on the CODESYS industrial programming environment. The AX-308E is designed to [...]
