RMIT, Siemens and Festo have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore major areas of cooperation to help drive workforce transformation for Industry 4.0 in the Australasian region,
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Introducing cobots into the workplace: here’s what you need to know
Collaborative robots, fondly known as cobots, have come a long way since their inception more than 10 years ago. First viewed as a ‘lab experiment’, these were initially bought, sent off to innovation
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Qld manufacturing leaders hold first council meeting for 2020
Queensland manufacturing leaders have held the first Ministerial Manufacturing Council meeting to put forward ideas on supporting the sector during COVID-19.
Chairing the online meeting, new Minister for
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High-performance connectivity in robotics
Paul Golata, senior technology specialist at Mouser Electronics discusses considerations when designing robotics for industrial or commercial purposes.
Successful robotics connectivity only happens by
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Building the right game in industrial automation
Justin Farrell from Siemens and Phil Newnes from APS Industrial discuss the recent trends in industrial automation technology and what it takes to move manufacturing businesses forward.
Recent trends in
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An intuitive shift towards greater automation
Anthony Wong, Regional Director – South Pacific Region, Rockwell Automation
Automation and remote operations are on the move. Nowhere was this more clear than at our recent Rockwell
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Human-robot collaboration with standard end-effectors
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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Bin Picking – Pick the Right 3D Sensor
Bin picking is a key technology for Industry 4.0.
The art of this application involves reliably gripping and removing chaotically arranged or sorted components from a bin using an industrial robot.
This
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Australia launches first digital ship building course
A new Commonwealth-funded course at Flinders University has opened as part of a $35 billion digital upskilling program to provide further training for ship builders.
The Diploma of Digital Technology will
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Combining flexibility and innovation
Although often operating in the background, IBSA has an important role to play in Australian manufacturing.
The work of ensuring that vocational education courses are up to date is one that is
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IoT ready CNC industrial control machines
CNC-based machining tools has been widely adopted in the manufacturing business. Especially in the era of Industry 4.0, the new development of manufacturing technology should consider intelligent collaboration,
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Automation to transform manufacturing employment landscape by 2034
Over 60 per cent of Australia’s manufacturing jobs will potentially be impacted by automation technologies over the next 15 years, according to a new report.
Thirty per cent of existing manufacturing
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$2.9m to drive digital manufacturing in Hunter Class frigates
A total of $2.9 million in funding will help Bae Systems Australia’s shipbuilding business, ASC Shipbuilding, develop and pilot Industry 4.0 manufacturing technologies to build the Hunter class frigates
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TAFE SA and Groupe FIVA team up to tackle skills shortage
In order to address the skills shortage in naval shipbuilding and advanced manufacturing, TAFE South Australia has signed an MoU with French engineering services company, Groupe FIVA towards an industry
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Effective industry and research collaboration: redefining return on investment
As the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) gathers momentum, manufacturers are becoming more aware of the commercial benefits of research and development (R&D) collaborations with research
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What local manufacturers can do to get aboard the Industry 4.0 express
RMIT has today launched a report into how local manufacturers can embrace Industry 4.0 (I4.0), which revealed widespread hesitation among local advanced manufacturers to embrace game-changing technologies
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Business leaders still not prepared for Industry 4.0
Deloitte has released a report claiming that many senior executives are less prepared for Industry 4.0 than they should be, despite successful implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies.
Business leaders
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Ireland commits $37.8 million to Industry 4.0
Ireland has committed to supporting manufacturers in the country to pursue Industry 4.0 strategies.
Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, announced that the government
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Industry 4.0 in Brazil gains international expertise
Brazil will collaborate with the World Economic Forum to enable small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector to access to the technologies of Industry 4.0.
The Ministry of Economy
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Early involvement ensures smooth integration
Working at the intersection of digital and physical systems, Total Construction is primed to integrate Industry 4.0 into a manufacturing facility. Manufacturers’ Monthly explains.
Thinking
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