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CMTS Expands in 2025 to Meet Ever-Evolving Needs of Manufacturing Industry

July 23, 2025 SME, the nonprofit committed to accelerating adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies and building North America’s talent and capabilities, will expand its Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS) in 2025, Canada’s largest manufacturing technology event. The expanded CMTS 2025, which takes place Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 at the Toronto Congress Centre, will introduce…

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Edgecom Energy Expands into PJM Market with pTrack® for AI Coincident Peak Prediction and Demand Response

July 21, 2025 AI-Powered pTrack® Platform Now Available to PJM Customers, Offering Real-Time Peak Prediction and Demand Response Tools Amid Soaring Capacity Costs Edgecom Energy, a leader in AI-powered energy intelligence solutions, is proud to announce its official expansion into the PJM Interconnection market, the largest wholesale electricity market in North America. This move brings…

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Ontario Investing $7.5 Million to Help Businesses Go Digital

July 21, 2025 New funding will also help retailers access the tools and technologies needed to boost productivity and sales The Ontario government is investing $7.5 million to protect small and medium-sized businesses across the province, helping them modernize and grow by adopting digital technologies. The Digitalization Competence Centre (DCC) helps companies to transition and find made-in-Ontario digital…

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Vention Launches Next-Generation Modular Palletizer to Power its End-of-Line Automation Solutions

July 14, 2025 Vention, creator of what they say is the world’s only full-stack automation platform and hardware ecosystem, announced the launch of its next-generation Rapid Series Palletizer on July 14: the industry’s most versatile palletizing solution engineered for unmatched deployment speed. Available for purchase as of July 14, the updated Rapid Series Palletizer will…

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Making Industrial Robots More Nimble With NVIDIA Isaac Manipulator and Vention MachineMotion AI

July 9, 2025 By Raffaello Bonghi and Yichao Pan As industrial automation accelerates, factories are increasingly relying on advanced robotics to boost productivity and operational resilience. The successful deployment of robots depends on capabilities like precise motion planning, accurate spatial perception, and robust obstacle avoidance. AI-enabled robotics and software-defined automation help make factories more autonomous, scalable, and resilient….

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SEW-EURODRIVE’s Innovation Hub’s Automated Fork Lift

July 7, 2025 SEW-EURODRIVE’s Innovation Hub’s Automated Fork Lift. Automated guided vehicle (AGVS) systems are currently used for assembly lines in many different industry sectors. They are used to automate in-house material flows or serve as the basis for flexible assembly. However, AGVs have limitations, specifically when palletized payloads are in the final stages of…

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Universal Robots Launches UR Studio – A New Online Simulation Tool Making it Simpler than Ever to Customize the Optimal Robot Cell

June 24, 2025 UR Studio – showcased at the UR booth at Automatica Universal Robots (UR), one of the world’s leading collaborative robot (cobot) companies and a part of Teradyne Robotics, presented UR Studio, a powerful online simulation tool built on PolyScope X, UR’s most advanced, open and AI-ready software platform on June 24. UR Studio – showcased at the UR…

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Schneider Electric Launches New Data Centre Solutions to Meet Challenges of High-Density AI and Accelerated Compute Applications

June 19, 2025 Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has announced new data centre solutions specifically engineered to meet the intensive demands of next-generation AI cluster architectures. Evolving its EcoStruxure™ Data Centre Solutions portfolio, Schneider Electric introduced a Prefabricated Modular EcoStruxure Pod Data Centre solution that consolidates infrastructure for liquid…

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OTI Lumionics Transforms OLED Testing with Next-Generation Lab Automation

June 11, 2025 Automated material testing system triples throughput and achieves highly precise control for nanometer-scale deposition with Beckhoff technology In the race to develop next-generation display technologies, one of the biggest challenges is creating and validating new materials that can meet increasingly demanding specifications. OTI Lumionics, an advanced materials innovation company located in Mississauga,…

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Making AI Ready for Industry with an Industrial Foundation Model

June 10, 2025 Siemens is making AI ready for industry with an Industrial Foundation Model. AI is transforming everyday life — but its understanding remains largely limited to text, images, and audio. It still falls short when it comes to the modalities that matter most in industry: complex 2D diagrams, 3D models, and time-series data….

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Ninety-Five Percent of Manufacturers Are Investing in AI to Navigate Uncertainty and Accelerate Smart Manufacturing

June 5, 2025 10th annual global report reveals how the convergence of people and technology is transforming operations and strengthening industrial resilience among manufacturers Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), one of the world’s largest companies dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, announced on the third of June the results of the 10th annual “State of Smart…

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Teradyne Robotics and Honeywell Team Up

June 2, 2025 Teradyne Robotics and Honeywell Team Up to Help Companies Automate Material Transport and Successfully Scale Automation Solutions Teradyne Robotics is teaming up with Honeywell to deliver automation solutions for logistics, warehousing and fast-moving consumer goods companies throughout the Americas and Europe. The collaboration brings Teradyne Robotics’ autonomous mobile robot (AMR) and collaborative…

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Schneider Electric Announces Multi-Year Initiative Building an AI-Native Ecosystem for Sustainability and Energy Management

May 26, 2025 Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced on May 26 a landmark multi-year initiative dedicated to building a new kind of integrated ecosystem for sustainability and energy management, backed by a significant growth model that represents the company’s commitment to forward-thinking software and innovation. At…

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Aetina, Qualcomm, and Data Systems Team Up at COMPUTEX 2025 to Showcase AI Agent Integration Capabilities

May 23, 2025 Aetina, Qualcomm, and Data Systems Team Up Aetina, a subsidiary of the Innodisk Group and a leading provider of edge AI solutions, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a technology leader enabling connected intelligent computing, and Data Systems Co., Ltd.,a leader in enterprise digital transformation, today announced a collaboration to unveil the “Enterprise AI Assistant”…

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Meet the All-New UR15 · A Sharper, Faster, More Agile Cobot

May 23, 2025 UR15 is Universal Robots’new high-performance collaborative robot. UR15 is engineered for ultimate versatility, combining a lightweight design with a compact footprint to deliver unmatched flexibility—even in the most space-restricted environments. It reaches an impressive maximum speed of 5 m/s, which ultimately enables reduced cycle times and increased productivity, and is designed to…

In terms of Safety, Security and AI: The European legal Framework is Changing
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In Terms of Safety, Security and AI: The European Legal Framework is Changing

May 21, 2025 By Thomas Pilz, Managing Partner, Pilz GmbH & Co. KG In terms of Safety, Security and AI: The European Legal Framework is Changing We all know the CE mark. You can see it on electrical appliances, toys or household goods, but also on plant and machinery of course. It stands for “Conformité…