Automation

Autonomous Vehicle - The Pod Zero is being showcased for the first time - image courtesy of RDM - Autonomous Vehicles

UK innovation to drive autonomous vehicles in the US

Bionic Robot - The movements of the BionicCobot can be finely regulated to be either powerful and dynamic, or delicate and yielding - image courtesy of Festo.

New bionic robot concepts inspired by nature

Digital Transformation

Omron to release ground-breaking AI-equipped controller

More than 75% say they plan on tying machine-to-people devices , - image courtesy of HSO.

IIoT: get ready for ‘robolution’

The open ecosystem aims to make autonomous driving more accessible to the public, and accelerate the overall pace of innovation – image courtesy of Baidu.

Digital Transformation

Autonomous driving to go open source

Automation - Many tasks that used to cost workers time unnecessarily can now be handled quickly and simply, thanks to digital connectivity - image courtesy of Bosch.

Automation to fast-track manufacturers’ response time

The Welwalk WW-1000 is a medical robotic system developed by Toyota. Image courtesy of Toyota.

Toyota produces robotic leg brace

ABB Robotics’ YuMi is designed to be used in close proximity to regular personnel (image courtesy of ABB).

ABB snaps up automation “gem”

Smart Factories - image courtesy of University of Warwick WMG.

Robots don’t steal jobs, they create them

A coal mine in Wyoming in the US. Image courtesy of Flickr - Beyond Coal and Gas

Trump moves to revive coal industry

The design principles a company learns from additive manufacturing jigs and fixture products then become part of its business toolkit - image courtesy of Materialise.

Additive manufacturing on the mind