Abdul Montaqim
All stocks on the Robotics and Automation News list show growth
But we made a list a couple of years ago of industrial companies related to our news coverage, and all of them – without exception – have seen increases in their share prices over a 52-week period, with several growing by more than 50 percent.
That is true for each of the past two years we have analyzed. In fact, last year when we checked, many more companies – at least 10 – had grown by more than 50 percent. Probably because last year saw an intensification in the wider public’s interest in robotics, automation and artificial intelligence.
Much as we’d like to, we don’t claim to be responsible for some of this, but it may interest readers to know that our website audience has grown by several hundred percent in the past two years, to almost a quarter of a million unique visitors a month. Ironically, some of it may be bots, but that is true of most websites these days.
We made the list more as a way of learning about the sector and to see which companies to watch and write about. [Read more…] about All stocks on the Robotics and Automation News list show growth
Filed Under: Features Tagged With: shares, stocks, wall street
General Electric: An industrial giant learning to live in a small world
After years of rebranding itself as a “digital” company, General Electric is returning to being a plain old $100-billion industrial giant that builds aircraft engines and equipment for the energy industry.
According to the New York Times, GE spent “several billion dollars” building its digital business, with former CEO Geoff Immelt telling the Harvard Business Review that the company “put about $4 billion into developing analytics software and machine learning capabilities”.
The idea seemed to have been, and still may be, to provide the equivalent of an operating system for machinery and equipment which are connected to the industrial internet of things, and, in the process, become one of the top 10 software companies in the world. [Read more…] about General Electric: An industrial giant learning to live in a small world
Filed Under: Features, Industry Tagged With: ge, ge digital, general electric, industrial internet, industrial internet of things, predix
Apple becomes first US company to have a market capitalization of $1 trillion
Apple has become the first US company to have a market capitalization of $1 trillion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The gigantic sum was reached earlier today and was reported worldwide.
The company, which makes iPhones, iPads, iMacs and other technology products, has seen its stock rise more than 21 percent so far this year, reports WSJ.
Filed Under: News Tagged With: $1 trillion, apple, market capitalization
Farming lands in the robotic age while humanoid robot makers adopt 3D technology
In the latest issue of Sensor Readings magazine, we feature the latest and most advanced technologies for what’s being called “precision agriculture”.
Farming is said to have started around 15,000 years ago and provided the foundation on which human civilizations were built.
As recently as 50 to 100 years ago, most modern nation-states were agrarian, generating the majority of their gross domestic product from the agricultural sector. [Read more…] about Farming lands in the robotic age while humanoid robot makers adopt 3D technology
Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: precision agriculture, robotic sex dolls, sensor readings magazine, westworld
Opinion: The automated road to supercomputing and the quantum world
June 30, 2018 by Abdul Montaqim
This month’s issue of Sensor Readings magazine – which you can find soon on this website and on Issuu.com – features an article about the recent Automatica event, held every two years in Munich, Germany.
It’s probably the largest exhibition in the world built around the industrial automation industry.
The main themes or trends Automatica is highlighting this year appear to be collaborative robots, industrial internet, digitalisation, and new telecommunications networks, such as 5G. [Read more…] about Opinion: The automated road to supercomputing and the quantum world
Filed Under: Computing, Opinion Tagged With: industrial internet, quantum computers, simulation, supercomputers
Efficient supply chains: From quirky packaging to highly functional boxes
Designers can be awkward sometimes. Actually, they can be awkward a lot of the time. Something to do with the artistic temperament probably.
To be fair to them, their job is to make their work stand out from what is often an overcrowded marketplace.
So, as a result, in packaging design, for example, you see all sorts of shapes and sizes that could make life really difficult for the people who actually make the physical packaging. [Read more…] about Efficient supply chains: From quirky packaging to highly functional boxes
Deliver: Growth of e-commerce providing opportunities for robotics and automation companies
“Deliver” is a series of industry events in Europe aimed at “e-logistics”, an obvious play on the term “e-commerce”.
E-commerce can, obviously, refer to either online retail or wholesale, or any sales and purchasing activity that occurs in an electronic environment, on electronic devices.
And, in the aggregate, e-commerce is such a big activity now that it is driving growth in many related business sectors such as supply chain and logistics. Hence, e-logistics. [Read more…] about Deliver: Growth of e-commerce providing opportunities for robotics and automation companies
Hannover Messe and CeMAT review: Raving with the machines
April 27, 2018 by Abdul Montaqim
The machines are not out to get us, claims Deutsche Messe boss
German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto set the tone on day one of the Hannover Messe/CeMAT double-header. Asked to shake hands with a robot, they both went for the more casual fist bump – a symbol for the relaxed, natural interaction of humans with digitization, robots and machine learning. (See main picture.)
Dr Jochen Köckler, chairman of the managing board at Deutsche Messe, at the close of Hannover Messe/CeMAT, said: “Technology is not about competing with us humans – it’s about assisting us. That is the core message conveyed by this trade fair, which has again underscored Hannover’s reputation as a global hotspot for the digital transformation of industry.
“The focus here has clearly been on the human element: We’re the ones making the decisions and setting the course. The interaction of humans with machines and IT adds up to a huge competitive gain across manufacturing, logistics and the energy industry.” [Read more…] about Hannover Messe and CeMAT review: Raving with the machines
Filed Under: Features Tagged With: angela merkel, cemat, hannover messe
Hannover Messe: Bosch takes lead with 5G connectivity for industry and invests $100 million in new ‘smart factory’ in Mexico
Industrial giant Bosch is taking the lead in 5G connectivity in partnership with Nokia.
The two companies have been demonstrating a number of 5G projects at Hannover Messe, probably among the first of their kind in the industrial sector.
One of the experts working on the project explained that “most of the industry is cabled”, meaning that robots and other machines, whether they are mobile or stationary, tend to be connected via cables, such as Ethernet, for example. [Read more…] about Hannover Messe: Bosch takes lead with 5G connectivity for industry and invests $100 million in new ‘smart factory’ in Mexico
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Hannover Messe: Siemens showcases its digital enterprise portfolio
Siemens has been showcasing its digital enterprise portfolio at Hannover Messe. The company says it has been continuously enhancing its digital services for Industrie 4.0, also referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, wherein all machines are connected to the internet and everything is digitised, right down to individual components, which have what are called “digital twins”.
It’s a process also known as “digital transformation”.
Klaus Helmrich, member of the managing board of Siemens, at the press conference for Hannover Messe, said: “We created the technical prerequisites for this transformation with our range of consistent solutions. By implementing Digital Enterprise solutions, users and customers can now tap into the full potential of Industrie 4.0.” [Read more…] about Hannover Messe: Siemens showcases its digital enterprise portfolio