Manufacturing Tecnology

AI And Automation: Together Forever? While it has not yet arrived, the time is approaching in packaging and processing manufacturing when it will be nearly impossible to discuss advancements in automation without addressing congruent developments in artificial intelligence (AI). AI and automation are particularly intertwined in robotics, supplying workforce-enhancing solutions that not only complete repetitive tasks but also support and improve decision-making processes. ISTOCK Already, industrial robots with a high risk of breakdown can self-minimise downtime by pre-scheduling maintenance and ordering spare parts or by analysing vision system and sensor data to reduce the time taken to complete a task....

Solid rocket fuel startup Adranos raises $1 million to scale up manufacturing Indiana-based rocket fuel startup Adranos has raised $1 million, after closing an oversubscribed round led by Archibald Cox Jr., chairman of private investment firm Sextant Group. The funding will be used by Adranos to build out its manufacturing capability, and to pursue additional key hires to build out its team. Adranos is building a new kind of solid rocket propellant called “ALITEC,” which the company says can both increase the overall performance of a rocket versus traditional solid fuels, and get rid of dangerous hydrochloric acid emissions that result from...

Automation Anywhere, But Should It Be Automation Anything? Finding the intersection point between the worlds of digital intelligence and human empathy is ... [+] AUTOMATION ANYWHERE The world is obviously going through some changeable times. The United Kingdom is about to ride through the (many would argue) uncertain period of post-Brexit ‘independence’ and global geopolitical swings continue to have an impact upon international trade and investment. The technology industry thinks it can help, well, when doesn’t it? In particular, the tech business is keen to extol the virtues of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) as...

Proton-packed Geely takes on Honda and Toyota in Southeast Asia KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Li Chunrong was hired by Chinese automaker Geely to revive the fortunes of the Proton brand in Malaysia, and it took him two years to eclipse Japanese giants Honda and Toyota. Now he plans to take the fight across Southeast Asia and beyond. A man enters a Proton X70 car at its headquarters in Subang Jaya, Malaysia, January 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng Li, appointed Proton CEO in 2017 when Geely acquired 49.9% of the company, has turned around a once-celebrated...

Apple's iPhone back to growth as company braces for coronavirus impact (Reuters) - The iPhone is back. But Apple is girding for more disruptions in virus-hit China. Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday reported sales and profits for the holiday shopping quarter above Wall Street expectations, thanks to rising iPhone sales for the first time in a year and soaring demand for add-ons like AirPods wireless headphones. The performance outweighed concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in China, a major market and manufacturing hub for Apple, and a slight revenue miss in the company’s services business, which includes the new Apple TV+...