Students Learn about CNC Manufacturing Technology and Careers
Local high school students toured Okuma facilities to learn about CNC manufacturing, innovative machining technology and career paths.
Cisco Teams Up with Robotics Firm Fanuc for IoT
by Zacks Equity Research: Technology giant and Dow component Cisco Systems, Inc. recently entered into a strategic alliance with a robotics company Fanuc America, thereby stepping up its efforts to make itself a key player in the Internet of Things (IoT) space.
Per the alliance, Fanuc and Cisco have built an IoT system that enables Fanuc to monitor every robot on the factory floor. This way it can be determined whether a robot is likely to fail, so that a service technician can fix the equipment before it stops working.
This could save companies hundreds of dollars of fixing cost. Per Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins, downtime for these robots can cost a business $16,000 per minute. Therefore, the new system that offers predictive maintenance can be a big thing for some operations.
The companies are currently testing the system in a channel that comprises around 1,800 robots and includes Fanuc customer, GM. In this testing period, Fanuc says its customer has saved $38 million. Fanus has plans to expand the system to 2,500 robots by the end of the year. Cont'd...
Xilinx System Generator Simplifies Wireless Design
Latest release enables rapid radio development and implementation on All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs & MPSoCs
Motek 2015: Festo Presents FlexShapeGripper and eMotionButterflies
At Motek 2015 from 5th to 8th October in Stuttgart, Festo presents current research projects from the Bionic Learning Network.
The Robots Are Coming to Pittsburgh
RIA Events Next Week Focus on Safety and Collaborative Robots
Klein Tools Announces its 2015 Electrician of the Year
Joey Hall of Somerset, KY receives a custom F-150 XLT Crew Cab truck for his commitment to professional achievement, safety and community service
Adept Technology Introduces New 6-Axis Articulated Robots
New Viper Robots on Display at Motek Trade Show in Stuttgart,
Germany
Teledyne DALSA to showcase new Genie Nano and Calibir Cameras at First Canadian Machine Vision Conference
The conference will be held October 7 at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa.
Banner Engineering Q4X Laser Distance Sensor Now Available in Models Exclusively for Clear Object Detection
Featuring a default clear object detection mode setting, the Q4X clear object model eliminates two-point, dynamic, foreground and background suppression mode.
ATI INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION INTRODUCES NEW CAPACITIVE SIX-AXIS FORCE/TORQUE SENSOR
A low-cost solution for industrial robots
Association for Advancing Automation White Paper Links Increasing Robotics Shipments to U.S. Job Growth
Shifting Trends Drive Manufacturing Sector Job Growth
Laser cutting is faster, more precise with OCTOPUZ
OCTOPUZ recently put a KUKA KR 60 robot with KRC4 controller and an IPG LaserMech auto-focusing head to the test and the results were phenomenal.
Lenze Modular i500 Frequency Inverters Bundle Leading Edge Control Technologies
Fully customizable frequency inverters give machine builders the features they need
To address emerging changes in industrial communications technology and cybersecurity, ISA publishes a new edition of Industrial Data Communications
The International Society of Automation (ISA) has published a fifth edition of its best-selling book, Industrial Data Communications.
ABB Robotics to host high school students interested in skilled trade jobs in honor of National Manufacturing Day
Students from Engineering & Emerging Technologies program in Oakland County schools will learn about robot and robotic system manufacturing
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