Industry 4.0 stories
ABB and TCS have expanded their industrial AI pact to modernise factories, upgrade IT, and explore new AI infrastructure in India.
Manufacturers could cut downtime and boost throughput as the sensor adds direct diagnostics and faster integration to automated weighing systems.
Smaller defence suppliers risk losing contracts as many underestimate the paperwork and evidence needed to pass new cyber checks.
The funding gives the warehouse robotics firm more firepower to expand overseas as logistics operators seek tighter control of stock and space.
Plant operators can now keep drivetrain data in-house as Siemens adds local monitoring for isolated networks and low-latency analysis.
More frequent stock checks have cut manual counting and lifted throughput at Southern Glazer's warehouses as drones flag thousands of errors.
The hire follows a USD $100 million funding round as RobCo prepares to broaden its US expansion and finance its robotics-as-a-service model.
Orderfox launches Gieni ABX on Microsoft Azure to push industrial AI beyond insights, automating workflows across enterprise systems with governance.
Energy and chemicals groups target 80% autonomous operations by 2030 as AI-led automation accelerates amid costs, labour gaps and demand.
Arduino and Qualcomm launch a global Hackster contest around the new AI-focused UNO Q board, giving away 300 units to developers.
AutoStore debuts CubeVerse cloud and AI tools to boost warehouse throughput and real-time fulfilment without adding robots or grid space.
HPE debuts AI Grid with Nvidia to link AI factories and edge sites, promising telcos unified, ultra-low-latency distributed inference.
Most incidents led to shutdowns, supply chain disruption or lost sales, with many firms still leaving cyber risk outside the boardroom.
Australia could lift wages and jobs if robotics uptake broadens beyond mining and agriculture, according to new modelling.
Honda aims to cut costly production stoppages, as outages can run above USD $100,000 an hour in manufacturing and disrupt plant operations.
Smaller firms could gain easier in-building 5G as Antevia joins the O-RAN Alliance to push open standards and cut deployment costs.
Fluke unveils RotAlign Core and Elite shaft alignment tools to cut costly downtime, as misalignment drives up to 50% of failures.
Sumitomo Heavy and NEC will build an AI system to spot near-miss incidents from excavator data and auto-generate safety reports by 2027.
Manhattan wins the ABA100 Supply Chain Innovation Award in Australia for its AI-driven, cloud-native Active Warehouse Management platform.
Swiss robotics firm ANYbotics appoints veteran industrial tech executive Thierry Obédé as Chief Revenue Officer to drive global growth.