Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.03
October 30, 2020
…rule. Aside from device cost, they require no complicated infrastructure. But they also have many shortcomings, according to Adrian Jennings, VP of real-time location systems at Ubisense. “For example, when people are turning their backs toward each other, the devices may overestimate the distance between them. Their signals could be blocked by human bodies. And [the devices] don’t recognize barriers, like walls,” he observes. When two people are standing 3 feet apart with a wall between them, the barrier prevents pathogen transmission. But the wrist-worn devices may still trigger a warning buzz due to their proximity violation. Jennings believes monitoring…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.76
October 22, 2020
…Security (CARES) Act to address critical public health and infrastructure needs and to support manufacturing as it mobilizes in response to COVID-19. MxD’s three CARES Act-funded programs will focus on supply chain resiliency and transparency, rapid and secure medical device deployment, and pharmaceutical industry production optimization. “We did not have a pandemic in mind as we built our expertise and strategy—but with our focus on supply chain and cybersecurity issues, MxD was made for this moment, ” says MxD CEO Chandra Brown. “Our programs support both immediate and long-term efforts to address critical shortages, develop capacity for response among manufacturers,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.95
October 12, 2020
…NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD Solution for Enterprise, a turnkey AI infrastructure, making it possible for organizations to install AI supercomputers with speed. Available in cluster sizes ranging from 20 to 140 individual NVIDIA DGX A100 systems, DGX SuperPODs are now shipping and expected to be installed in Korea, the U.K., Sweden and India before the end of the year. Sold in 20-unit modules interconnected with NVIDIA Mellanox HDR InfiniBand networking, DGX SuperPOD systems start at 100 petaflops of AI performance and can scale up to 700 petaflops to run the most complex AI workloads. “Traditional supercomputers can take years to plan…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.52
October 07, 2020
…processing unit (DPU) that is supported by DOCA, a data-center-infrastructure-on-a-chip architecture that enables enhanced networking, storage and security performance. “The entire data center can now be provisioned as a service using virtual switches and routers,” Huang said. “That is a huge tax on the CPUs. At least 30 percent of CPU cores are consumed running the infrastructure.” Huang laid out the company’s three-year DPU roadmap at GTC that includes the release of the new NVIDIA Bluefield-2 family of DPUs and the NVIDIA DOCA software development kit for building applications on DPU-accelerated data center infrastructure services. “The data center has become…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.69
October 06, 2020
…positioning, or “ZaP” technology. This technology uses some guidance infrastructure to transmit instructions to compatible trucks, overriding manual controls to allow for precision guidance. With ZaP guidance, the most efficient paths are always taken, says Kaumo. “It’s a semi-automated path to start seeing some of the benefits of automation,” he says. Lift truck provider Crown Equipment offers autonomous trucks such as a tow tractor that is capable of switching into manual mode when needed, according to Andy Smith, director of marketing product management for Crown. “What we are hearing from our customers is a growing need for these dual-mode type…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.56
September 24, 2020
…of simulation software on a multi-cloud high performance computing infrastructure, allowing researchers to scale and accelerate research as needed on a single platform, accessible at anytime and anywhere. Until now, the Hyundai Motor Group Research Institute’s Aerodynamic Development Team was restricted by the resources of an existing on-premise infrastructure, limiting the number of simulation tasks that could be processed simultaneously. By moving to a customized multi-cloud environment powered by Rescale, Hyundai Motor Group researchers will be able to scale simulations according to need, allowing for significantly more tasks to run simultaneously with optimized team collaboration, and leading to a faster…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.56
September 11, 2020
…was time to “move into a facility with an infrastructure that can scale up to handle many times our current sales volume as our brand awareness increases.” In 2019, Greenberg met with the Numina Group at ProMat. Together, they toured the show, looked at the available technologies and began the process of designing a new facility. A new design Design got underway following that meeting at ProMat. Greenberg knew he wanted a solution that could scale to meet the company’s anticipated growth over the next 7 to 10 years—currently, about 40,000 square feet is available to sublet. He also wanted…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.37
September 02, 2020
…some earlier variants of automated lift trucks required guidance infrastructure such as reflectors or tags embedded in the floor. Such installations go against the grain of the as-a-service concept, he adds. “With an ‘as a service’ model, or a subscription model, it implies that you can pay for a service and easily turn it on, or turn it off, at will,” says Rosenberger. “If you’re going to put automation under that model, you have to somehow either fund any infrastructure change needed upfront or finance it over a period of time.” Some new vision-guided automated lift trucks don’t require infrastructure,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.10
August 27, 2020
…Assets offering, which builds on its connected distribution center infrastructure. The solution accumulates data on equipment and system health provide operators with the real time status and historical insights into a sortation system’s overall performance. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the company formed Honeywell Robotics, an advanced technology center focused on developing artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and advanced robotics for use across supply chains. Pieter Krynauw, President of Honeywell Intelligrated: “Increasing consumer expectations for fast, accurate delivery are driving an evolution in the way retail distribution center operations are conducted. To stay competitive, DCs must adapt to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.50
August 25, 2020
…additional workers and leveraging its investments in technology and infrastructure to support shippers. The third party logistics provider today announced that it will hire 7,000 associates through the end of 2020 to meet demand fueled both by the peak holiday shopping season and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “’Peak season’ for contract logistics providers typically takes place in the late summer months and is driven principally by a surge in retail inventory, which has increasingly moved to online channels in recent years,” says Scott Sureddin, CEO, DHL Supply Chain North America. “This year, with an accelerated shift toward e-commerce,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.55
August 11, 2020
…example by providing mobile device charging stations and Wi-Fi infrastructures. In such cases, additive manufacturing is way ahead of slower and more costly traditional methods. “One of the mainstay pillars that enables us to realize this business case into real-world applications is Stratasys’ highly repeatable FDM-based 3D printing technology in conjunction with aerospace-grade materials like ULTEM 9085 resin. Crucially, this gives us the capability to meet strict rules and regulations around certification that require the highest level of repeatability and traceability with every part manufactured,” he adds. The flame-retardant, high-performance ULTEMTM 9085 resin meets stringent flame, smoke and toxicity (FST)…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.30
July 15, 2020
…president of AMT. “While the aerospace, defense, housing, and infrastructure sectors did better in May, growth has been uneven across industries. The automobile sector is down, and spending on medical supplies has leveled off. Significantly, very high business and consumer savings rates indicate a lack of confidence in the economy, and industry economic forecasters predict the manufacturing industry will be down about 50% before it begins to rebound in the last quarter of this year or in early 2021. “Employment figures are the positive news. Layoffs in the manufacturing sector have gone down to their pre-pandemic levels, and there have…
