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10,000 COMAU robots controlled by B&R Comau and B&R celebrate a productive partnership with a promising future

TURIN, October 27th 2015 – As the collaboration between COMAU Robotics and B&R continues to mature and expand,

TRL to contribute to £11m autonomous vehicle research programme

Wokingham, 23 October 2015 – TRL, the Transport Research Laboratory, has announced it is part a new £11m…

Engineering employers predict education system won’t keep up with technological change

Demand for engineers continues to rise but over half (53 per cent) of employers are struggling to recruit suitably…

New partnership to offer traceability-through-serialisation solutions

Omron Europe B.V., the Netherlands, October 2, 2015 – Automation provider Omron and software specialist…

MTS Highlights Latest Innovations in Magnetostrictive & Hall Effect Sensing Technology at Agritechnica 2015

22nd October 2015, Lüdenscheid, Germany – MTS Sensors, a division of MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:MTSC), will be showcasing the…

JABRA GETS TOUGH WITH INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH WIRELESS HEADSET

Jabra STEELTM is Jabra’s toughest wireless headset ever Comes with unique 5-year warranty Dust, water and shock resistant to US…

Exploring motor measurement, controller design, and the maturity model

The cover story in this issue of AppliedAutomation completes the three-part series on motor measurement from Yokogawa’s Bill Gatheridge….

Industrial router

The Scalance M series of industrial routers are designed to operate in areas normally restricted from wireless communication. The…

Learning PID loop tuning from an expert

Soon after graduating from college, I got a job at a chemical plant as an electrical and instrumentation technician….

Selecting inductive proximity switches

Proximity switches are the nerve endings for automation systems and equipment in a variety of industries. Without them, parts…

Making mowers in America with robotics

Bad Boy Mowers is riding a surge of U.S. manufacturing innovation aided by robotic welding technology. Turnkey robotic cells…

Technology from future past

The December issue of Applied Automation talks about proximity switches, PID tuning, and a case study on robotic technology…

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