A3 announces call for 2019 Automate Launch Pad Startup Competition
January 16, 2019
Entrepreneurs vie for $10,000 cash award, spotlight at the April 8-11 Automate show and conference.
Giving Machines the Sense of Touch
January 1, 2019
It's important to remember that the sensor is still in the early stages of development, yet the technology represents a step closer to giving robots, prosthetics and electronic devices the...
RightHand Robotics Picking Up Where Amazon’s Kiva Systems Left Off
December 19, 2018
RightHand Robotics, a Somerville, Mass-based company founded in 2014 by Leif Jentoft and Yaro Tenzer, closed a $23 million Series B round for its RightPick robotic piece-picking technology.
5G Resources: CAD and Simulation in the Era of Supercharged Networks
December 11, 2018
Cloud CAD vendor Onshape and simulation software maker ANSYS discuss the impact of 5G on design engineering.
Use Design for Manufacture and Assembly to Read Error Signals from Manufacturing Shop Floor
December 3, 2018
DFMA lets the engineers get down to the fundamentals when it comes to quality performance and operations of final components.
Researchers Train Self-Driving on Virtual Roads
December 1, 2018
Programs learn to navigate in digital highways.
Artificial Intelligence Beyond the Hype
December 1, 2018
Advancements in computing and research are making AI applications much more feasible.
North American robotics orders to non-automotive companies surge to new records
November 29, 2018
Automotive (52%) and non-automotive (48%) segments are closer than ever in the history of RIA's reports dating back to 1984.
IIC Announces Results for Smart Manufacturing Connectivity
November 28, 2018
There's easy integration of manufacturing and IT systems for advanced analytics.
Formnext 2018 Pinpoints Anticipated Disruptions to Additive Manufacturing
November 27, 2018
Additive manufacturing hardware vendors shift from optimization for quality to optimization for speed and face competition from open-system material manufacturers.
Novel Machine-Learning Methodology Refines Simulation of Heart Anatomy and Function
November 21, 2018
Thornton Tomasetti Applied Science modified a pre-existing, reasonably representative, FEA model in a way that allows the simulated behavior of the heart to match the targeted behavior seen in the...
AU 2018: Fusing Generative Design with Manufacturing Constraints
November 20, 2018
At company's annual user conference, Autodesk executives reveals efforts to bring manufacturing awareness to the AI-like generative design software.
Resilience and innovation at Gap Inc.
November 12, 2018
Just months before the start of the 2016 holiday season, one of Gap Inc.'s distribution centers was destroyed by fire. Here's the story of how resilience and innovation saved the...
Optimus Rev. 2018.1 Introduces Modeling Methods Boosted by Machine Learning
November 12, 2018
Many of the new updates that come with Optimus Rev. 2018.1 further enhance Design Space Exploration and Optimization capabilities while increasing compatibility with leading CAD/CAE solutions.
AI Moves to the Network’s Edge
October 31, 2018
Harnessing increased compute power to address AI applications requires storage, cloud and infrastructure planning.
Getting Real About Artificial Intelligence
October 31, 2018
Design space optimization and generative design software are the standard bearers in design engineering AI, but having software that suggests solutions that humans may not have thought of based on...
Addressing the Challenges of Scalability in the Ecommerce Omnichannel Warehouse
October 31, 2018
While ecommerce continues to be the fastest growing segment of the global economy, individual warehouses face more volatility and unpredictability, and intelligent, modular robot-based automation delivers the flexibility to manage...
Simulate Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes
October 31, 2018
New Materialise Magics module simulates metal processes from end to end.
NTU and HP Inc. to Advance Digital Manufacturing Worldwide with First HP-NTU Corporate Innovation Lab in Asia
October 29, 2018
As Singapore's newest corporate research laboratory and HP's largest university research collaboration worldwide, the HP-NTU Corporate Lab will drive innovation, technology, skills and economic development critical for the advancement of...