Private Wireless Boosted
News from the Hannover Messe. Advanced wireless applications continue to make news. Here, Nokia released news about two private wireless applications you all should find intriguing, if not useful Nokia launches MX Boost for private wireless to optimize reliability and...
Google Cloud Launches New Data Solutions for Manufacturers
This news is a bit old dating from the first of May. Its relevancy maintains its freshness—another look at the major IT companies looking for market in manufacturing. This holds personal interest in that once again I am not invited back to an IT company user...
US Alliance of Robotics Clusters to Advocate for Industry
Five years ago I would not have predicted so much robotics news and advancements. This is news about organizations collaborating for the advancement of robotics. MassRobotics, Pittsburgh Robotics Network and Silicon Valley Robotics have formed the United States...
Data Scalability and Automation Challenges Addressed
According to ESG’s April 2022 The State of DataOps survey sponsored by HighByte, 97% of organizations face data integration challenges. One of the most common integration challenges is the inability to apply automation to processes or workflows, as reported by 28% of...
Lithium Ion Battery Market Is Moving Into Surge Mode
Market size research reports usually evoke a yawn from me. However, I like the methodology and rigor of Interact Analysis. It’s still a guess, but much data underlies the analysis from this group. Senior Analyst Maya Xiao recently took a look at the lithium ion batter...
Indoor Private 5G Network
A couple of years ago, Apple announced a 5G network-ready iPhone. Consumer-oriented Apple pundits with the first evaluation units wrote of great disappointment with the speed and bandwidth of 5G. Much of the power and potential of 5G had little to do with that,...
Universal Robots Adds 20 kg Industrial Cobot
The summer solstice sun was still rising three hours after my first robot press event from Automatica in Munich, Germany, when I tuned into the second robot press event. Universal Robots, the Danish manufacturer of collaborative robots (cobots), has announced that it...
ABB Robotics Unveils Next Generation Flexible Automation
I welcomed the morning sun of the summer solstice on my patio with a cup of coffee and laptop tuned into a live ABB robotics press event from Automatica in Munich, Germany. Marc Segura ABB Robotics Division President led off with a rousing introduction with upbeat...
Monitoring Methane Emissions
Sustainablility talk has been a focus everywhere I have been this past month. Companies are diligently working on technologies to reduce emissions, capture carbon, improve batteries, recycle plastic, and more. Corporately this makes sense from a public relations and...
Aluminum Pneumatic Tubing For Welding Cells
Aluminum Pneumatic Tubing for Welding Cells Pneumatic technology resides a bit outside my area of expertise. However, every time I run across something from Festo my curiosity is aroused. I have seen some of the most fascinating demonstrations during my visits. This...