A UK pioneer in GaN (gallium arsenide) motor-drive technology has announced a test platform which demonstrates how the ...

A new report from Make UK and Sage is calling on the Government to provide targeted funding, training and innovation support ...

New research has revealed a huge untapped potential for tackling the UK manufacturing sector’s 47,000-person skills gap, with ...

A US construction company is using mobile robotic microfactories to build new houses to replace some of the more than 16,000 ...

A pilot carton-capping machine installed at a plant in Italy can fit 25,000 caps every hour – almost three times as many as ...

Nidec Drives has integrated its servomotor business Control Techniques Dynamics (CTD) into its operations, thus unifying the company’s servodrive and motor offerings. Founded in 1962, Control ...

Schneider Electric has joined forces with the cybersecurity expert Nozomi Networks to offer what they say is the world’s first security sensor embedded in an RTU (remote terminal unit), delivering ...

Japanese researchers have demonstrated a vision-based technology for monitoring vibrations in machinery and structures that, they believe, could overcome limitations with conventional ...

WEG is expanding its Linhares plant in Brazil to increase motor production The Brazilian motors, electrical and automation manufacturer WEG has announced plans to invest around R$160m ($29.5m) to ...

Thomson’s seventh-axis system can extend the range of ABB cobots up 10m Regal Rexnord has joined forces with ABB Robotics to simplify the integration of ABB’s GoFa cobots (collaborative robots) with ...

Unitree’s A2 Stellar Explorer quadruped robot can handle a variety of challenging tasks The Chinese robot developer Unitree has announced a four-legged robot that can carry loads of up to 25kg, and ...

Maxon’s Escon2 speed controllers now come with a built-in method for operating accurately without an encoder The Swiss motion control specialist maxon has developed a speed measurement method for ...