Airbus faces $1.4bn payout for A400M delays
Posted on 19 Feb 2018 by Michael Cruickshank
European aerospace manufacturer Airbus has been forced to pay a large one-time payout for delays to its much-maligned A400M program.
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Ehang ‘drone taxi’ begins manned trials
Posted on 16 Feb 2018 by Michael Cruickshank
An ambitious Chinese project to build a so-called 'drone taxi' has now progressed to the point where manned trials have begun.
How can SMEs start to automate their shop floor?
Posted on 14 Feb 2018 by Jonny Williamson
Louis Feinstein, Dassault Systèmes’ portfolio manager for mechatronics and IoT solutions, presented at SOLIDWORKS World 2018 a solution for SME manufacturers to start automating their shop floors. Widespread confusion still surrounds IIoT
Posted on 9 Feb 2018 by Jonny Williamson
Analysts would have you believe that the mainstream adoption of the Industrial Internet will happen any day now; but the reality is, it’s still years away. Robotics start-up aims to revolutionise material handling
Posted on 8 Feb 2018 by The Manufacturer
Hatched in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, robotics start-up, Grabit is harnessing static electricity, machine learning and automation to assemble the uppers of Nike trainers at 20-times the pace of a human worker. Falcon Heavy launch represents new era for rocket manufacturing
Posted on 8 Feb 2018 by Michael Cruickshank
This week, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time ever, ushering in a new era in rocket manufacturing. Latest stats reveal top 10 most automated countries
Posted on 8 Feb 2018 by Jonny Williamson
The automation of production is accelerating around the world, according to new figures published by the International Federation of Robotics, which shows global robot density is on the rise. Cobots: What you need to know
Posted on 8 Feb 2018 by The Manufacturer
More and more manufacturers are showing interest in affordable, lightweight, flexible and collaborative robots – known as 'cobots’. The Manufacturer helps shine a light World’s largest virtual power plant to be built in South Australia
Posted on 7 Feb 2018 by Michael Cruickshank
A new 'virtual' solar power plant will be built in South Australia (SA) following a deal between the state government and Tesla.
MIT researchers help robots follow voice commands
Posted on 2 Feb 2018 by Jonny Williamson
One of MIT CSAIL’s projects is working to provide context to voice recognition, focusing on context and episodic memory to help robots follow voice commands.