Robotics

ABB claims to have connected 7,000 of its industrial robots to its industrial internet of things platform, which the company calls “Ability”.  ABB Ability was…

HMS Industrial Networks has acquired all shares in the German company Beck IPC located in Wetzlar, Germany. Beck is a provider of technology and solutions for…

In a new pilot study conducted by researchers at Stanford University, Google Glass paired up with a smartphone app helps children with autism improve…

Walmart is testing a new warehouse robot called Alphabot, supplied by startup company Alert Innovation, which built the robot for the US retail giant. (See…

The trade war between China and the US is negatively affecting the sales of Fanuc’s industrial robots, according to the Nikkei newspaper.  In recent months, the…

The Bosch Group and electric vehicle company Nio signed a strategic cooperation agreement focused on sensor technology, automated driving, electric motor…

Koki Transmission has connected all 60 of its industrial robots to the ABB Ability internet platform. The company is said to have connected its robots for the…

Audi Hungaria’s Győr factory has begun the series production of electric motors. The electric motors are produced using modular assembly. The current production…

After years of rebranding itself as a “digital” company, General Electric is returning to being a plain old $100-billion industrial giant that builds aircraft…

SSI Schaefer says it is expanding its development activity in the area of automated guided vehicles through an investment in DS Automation. The company says it…