Alongside Industry 4.0, human-robot collaboration (HRC ) is a real hot topic in the industrial sector right now and is gaining more and more media attention with no signs of slowing down. This hype awakens
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ABB partners with Covariant on AI-enabled robotics solutions
ABB has announced a partnership with Silicon Valley AI start-up Covariant to bring AI-enabled robotics solutions to market, starting with a fully autonomous warehouse order fulfilment solution.
Robotics
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QUT researchers turning pigments into stretchable electronics
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have detailed how carbon-based organic materials used for their colour as dyes can be used to produce stretchable and biodegradable electronic devices.
“With
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Cobots set to improve local manufacturing
Centre for Excellence in Automation and Robotics opens in Queensland
A Queensland high school has opened up a $4.7 million Centre for Excellence in Automation and Robotics, which will operate in partnership with the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy (QMEA), the educational
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Plastfix develops automated plastics repair system
Plastics repair innovator Plastfix has developed an automated headlight repair system using 3D printing anda custom made 3D printing material, in collaboration with research partners Swinburne University
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Advanced manufacturing is advancing Queensland
During October, the Palaszczuk government celebrated its “Month of Manufacturing”, highlighting the great things that our manufacturing firms are achieving all year. Cameron Dick, Queensland
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Aerospace manufacturer pursues robotics integration
French aerospace manufacturer Airbus has purchased industrial automation company, MTM Robotics, located in the US.
Airbus already utilises MTM’s light automated robotics systems at its manufacturing
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AMGC provides opening for doors manufacturer
Access solutions manufacturer Chamberlain Group is looking into investing further in robotics at its plant in West Gosford.
Producing commercial doors, the company has partnered with the Advanced Manufacturing
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Queensland a sunny state for manufacturing
Queensland has marked the Month of Manufacturing in its state by highlighting the capabilities of the manufacturing sector in that state.
Manufacturing has grown in Queensland over the past decade to be
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Collaboration key to a successful start-up
RoboHelix’s flight from garage to global has been driven by a symbiotic partnership. Manufacturers’ Monthly explains.
The journey of a start-up, from basement to IPO, has become
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Agreements signed between primes and university
Defence prime contractors have signed agreements to ensure that the latest technological advances are brought to bear on the manufacture of the Future Submarines and Future Frigates.
In separate agreements
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MathWorks releases 2019b of MATLAB and Simulink
MathWorks has introduced Release 2019b with a range of new capabilities in MATLAB and Simulink, including those in support
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Universal Robots launches strongest cobot to date
The UR16e, from Universal Robots, is now available, and offers a payload capability of 16kg.
With a reach of 900mm and pose repeatability of +/- 0.05mm, the UR16 is designed for heavy-duty material handling,
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Partnership to make robot-controlled load-management system
Technology company Verton Australia is joining with Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) to manufacture the first robot-controlled
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ABB begins work on future robotics factory
Construction has started on ABB‘s robotics manufacturing and research factory. Located in China, the facility is expected to open in 2021 and is the result of a US$150 million ($218m) investment by the
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National robotics competition comes to Adelaide
The VEX robotics competition will come to Adelaide for the first time in December this year.
In part due to $15,000 in funding from the state government, the competition will be the testing ground for
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Townsville hub provides local connection to advanced manufacturing
The Queensland government opened the Townsville Manufacturing Hub on Monday, September 9.
The Hub aims to help boost manufacturing and productivity in the city and surrounding region and is located at
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Industry invited to set objectives for space control centre
The Australian Space Agency has opened consultations for the design of its Robotics, Automation and AI Command and Control Centre.
Input is being sought on the objectives of the centre, the mission types
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Understanding where people fit in Industry 4.0
While Industry 4.0 may seem to encourage the replacement of people with machines, when it comes to safety, having an understanding of the importance of people is paramount. In an exclusive interview,
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