Web applications have become an integral part of how industrial companies track their daily operations. Instead of dealing with service requests alone or routinely tracking supply chains or equipment records, companies rely on management software to take that burden off the staff. However, industrial web applications are just as vulnerable to cyberattacks as most other […]

Toray Industries has developed a new polyester-nylon composite fiber containing “at least 93 percent recycled material” by mass, overcoming some of the technical difficulties involved in combining recycled polymers while maintaining consistent material quality. The Japanese materials company says both the polyester and nylon components of the new fiber incorporate recycled raw materials. The 93 […]

Skyports Drone Services, a provider of drone delivery and inspection services, is providing fully automated Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) “drone-in-a-box” surveying for the HumeLink West power lines project in New South Wales, Australia. HumeLink West forms part of Transgrid’s HumeLink project, which will deliver approximately 140 km of new 500 kV double-circuit transmission […]

Most people still think Elon Musk’s biggest projects are rockets and robots. According to long-time technology analyst Josh Baylin, they may be looking in the wrong place. Baylin, the same researcher who briefed Congress in 2004 about the coming smartphone revolution (three years before the iPhone), now argues that Musk is quietly assembling the pieces […]

At the Agrophoenix fruit processing plant in Greece, eight Stäubli SCARA robots do the opposite of cherry-picking: They pick peaches and select not the good ones, but the bad ones. The robots are part of the AI- and vision-based STAQ inspection system developed by Dutch startup QING. Eight parallel STAQ cells perform fruit grading at […]

TrinaTracker, a global provider of smart tracking systems and a wholly owned subsidiary of Trinasolar, has launched two self-developed robotic products: Buildex PV Module Installation Robot and Aurora PV Cleaning Robot, to expand its Smart PV Ecosystem. TrinaTracker is evolving from a tracking system equipment supplier into a smart PV and robotics solution provider. By […]

Convergix Automation Solutions is pleased to announce the expansion of its Michigan footprint with a new 60,000-square-foot facility in Holland, Michigan. The investment reflects the company’s continued growth and commitment to increasing capacity, enhancing customer support, and attracting top talent across the region. Located at 1362 Lincoln Avenue, the Holland facility becomes Convergix’s fourth Michigan […]

Physical AI company Sereact, online retailer Zalando and CEVA Logistics have announced the launch of AI-powered automated returns processing across key fulfillment facilities in Germany (Greven) and Poland (Świebodzin). Powered by Cortex, Sereact’s physical AI platform, the dual-arm robotic systems have entered live operations to autonomously process returned fashion items, marking the initial phase of […]

Flytrex, an autonomous drone food delivery company, has announced new physical and AI infrastructure that cuts its cost per delivery by 60 percent and reduces delivery times to customers by half. Using predictive AI modeling, Flytrex will be the first drone delivery company to preposition drones at restaurants most likely to receive orders at a […]

Pony AI, a developer of large-scale commercialization of autonomous driving technology, has partnered with Verne to offer fully driverless Robotaxi test rides with passengers on public roads in Zagreb, marking a European first. The milestone represents a significant step toward fully driverless commercial operations. The test rides take place along a 22-kilometer route linking Verne’s […]