UK Innovate awards 11 smart factory projects
UK Research and Innovation has awarded grants to 11 late-stage industrial robotics and automation projects equivalent to $4.7 million in total. The projects span process control, machine vision and [...]
Mitsubishi and K&B partner on vision systems
Mitsubishi Electric and industrial machine vision specialist Koenig & Bauer, are collaborating to offer standardised machine vision for electrode foil surface production, a key component in battery cell assembly. [...]
ABB acquires IIoT AI specialist Meshmind
ABB has acquired software provider Meshmind to expand its capabilities in AI, Industrial IoT and machine vision. With the acquisition, ABB will form a new global R&D hub to [...]
Darktrace targets OT and IoT cyber threats
AI cyber defence specialist Darktrace has created a new business unit to focus on threats to industrial and critical infrastructure. Darktrace Industrial will identify emerging and existing attack vectors [...]
Emerson edge sandbox for OT AI
Emerson has launched an OT sandbox for industrial data manipulation, analysis and organisation. The DeltaV Edge Environment provides an integrated software solution running on the DeltaV automation platform. Teams [...]
Rockwell optimises control software at edge
Rockwell Automation has launched control software optimisation with embedded edge compute modules. Rockwell’s Embedded Edge Compute Module builds on Rockwell Automation’s industrial software automation platform Logix. At first release, [...]
ABB partners Mettler-Toledo on lab automation
ABB Robotics is collaborating with precision instruments specialist Mettler Toledo to integrate ABB industrial robots with Mettler Toledo’s LabX lab instrument management software. The combined solution will improve automated [...]
Nokia edge boosts industrial worker safety
Nokia has added five new third-party applications to its MX Industrial Edge platform. The new applications boost its tracking and positioning portfolio and address a wider range of indoor/outdoor [...]
Emerson launches industrial PC for IIoT
Emerson has launched a compact rugged industrial PC designed for a range of range of machine and discrete part manufacturing automation applications. The PACSystems IPC 2010 is aimed at [...]
Agtonomy creates smart agriculture ecosystem
Agtech specialist Agtonomy has developed a smart farm task ecosystem to accelerate adoption of agricultural robotics. The new ecosystem autonomously makes digital connections between self driving tractors and farm [...]
Radisys 5G Wireless for Industry 4.0
Radisys has launched 5G wireless connectivity software designed for Industry 4.0 and private 5G networks. The software is designed to enhance private networks performance, ease of deployability and management, [...]
Softing integrates MQTT in IT/OT server
Softing Industrial has integrated the MQTT protocol into its Secure Integration Server (SIS). The integration of MQTT improves connectivity and security for data integration in IT/OT cloud applications. The [...]
