Lumen Technologies is influencing the future of wireless connectivity with the launch of a custom-built Wi-Fi 7 capable device. Lumen’s new wireless technology offers faster speeds and an improved Wi-Fi experience for its Quantum Fiber multi-gig customers compared to Wi-Fi 6/6E devices. (more…)
January 2, 2024
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
Elliptic Labs has announced that it has joined the MIPI Alliance, a collaborative global organisation serving industries that develop mobile and mobile-influenced devices. The focus of the organisation is to design and promote hardware and software interfaces that simplify the integration of components built into a device. (more…)
December 27, 2023
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
Fibocom has announced the fulfilment of its PCBA capability for industry customers in the field of smart payment, industrial handheld, connected AI camera, commercial display, intelligent service robotics, AI edge server, etc. Encompassing hardware design, MD & ID evaluation, algorithm migration & integration, certification and software application support, the comprehensive printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) solution expedites the commercialisation of customers’ smart devices. (more…)
December 22, 2023
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Elevat has announced a technical partnership with Microsoft that will reshape the Internet of Things (IoT) landscape. Using Elevat Machine Connect and Microsoft Azure Edge, the collaboration aims to accelerate digital transformation and empower businesses with enhanced connectivity and insights. (more…)
December 20, 2023
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
TEAL has announced the launch of Aurora, the Company’s next-gen IoT connectivity management platform (CMP). This CMP is an interface designed for the monitoring and management of IoT devices and data network connections. (more…)
December 15, 2023
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
InnoPhase IoT Inc. is expanding its partner program to include worldwide design partners implementing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) designs using Talaria TWO Wi-Fi/BLE connectivity solutions for long battery life. Capitalising on its long-standing Application Specific Sensor to Cloud Reference Designs (HW/SW integrated IoT solutions) with silicon partners, InnoPhase IoT is creating a worldwide design partner ecosystem to productise and customise formulas that meet OEM requirements. (more…)
December 8, 2023
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
The sheer volume of data being created today can best be summed up by a Google executive who said, “There were 5 exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilisation and 2003. Now that much information is created every two days.” (more…)
December 7, 2023
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
The World Internet of Things Convention 2023, the eighth edition of annual conference hosted by the international organisation “World Internet of Things Convention”, was recently held in Beijing. (more…)
December 4, 2023
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
Wi-Fi 6, 6E, and 7 top the list of wireless technologies that network operators, ISPs, device and chipset vendors, enterprises, and other companies plan to deploy by the end of 2024 — ahead of citizens broadband radio service (CBRS), direct attached storage (DAS) and private 4G/5G. (more…)
November 30, 2023
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
KUKA, in collaboration with the Upper Bavarian company digital workbench, launched a cooperation at Agritechnica, a trade fair for the agricultural sector in Hanover, Germany. The primary objective of the collaboration is to boost assistance with the deployment of a mobile harvesting robot to support fruit farmers during the apple harvest.
“Both companies are contributing one of their most innovative new developments for automation in fruit growing to this cooperation,” Josef Schmidt, a founder and managing director of digital workbench gmbh, said. “With KUKA, we have an absolute specialist with many years of experience and sophisticated know-how in the field of robotics at our side. The result is a practice oriented collaboration that will provide us with many valuable insights for our next development steps with regard to automation in fruit growing.”
Schmidt added that “In the future, we want to test and further develop the interaction of our equipment and exploit synergies, especially with regard to apple cultivation. We are very much looking forward to this.”
Two KUKA small robots from the KR AGILUS series are mounted on the new Tipard 1800 multi-carrier platform from digital workbench. In a pilot project that has been running since 2020, KUKA is already testing a customised version of the small robot specifically for apple harvesting. With a vacuum suction cup combined with artificial intelligence and vision technology, the extremely manoeuvrable precision artist has been used in harvesting test runs.
Compared to a conventional gripper, the vacuum suction cup can distribute the pressure more evenly over the surface of the apple and thus avoid unwanted pressure points. Cameras recognize important parameters such as ripeness, condition and size and, of course, the position of the apple. The carrier platform presented at the trade fair impresses above all with its high performance and almost endless multifunctionality. In addition, the Tipard 1800 takes digitization and automation to a whole new level.
In future, the robot arms will move autonomously across the fruit fields in specific practical projects. The mobile and smart automation solution of the two cooperation partners will then be used where previously harvesting machines with several harvesting assistants were used.
“We assume that harvesting robots will be used more and more in the future,” Alois Buchstab, a vice president at KUKA Business Development, said. “The technology still needs to mature for large-scale use and the plantations also need to be planted in such a way that the harvesting robot can work efficiently.”
The aim is to work with a digital workbench to develop a robot system that makes the most difficult tasks in agriculture easier. An automatic apple harvesting system that does not damage the crop is an important development in an industry that is dependent on seasonal labour. For KUKA and digital workbench, the key therefore lies in automation.
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November 23, 2023
Posted by: Anna Ribeiro