Industry News
New community to promote LGBTQI+ inclusion in engineering
A new community for LGBTQI+ engineers and their allies has been launched in Sydney. [ + ]
ABB and Covariant partner on integrated AI robotic solutions
ABB accelerates expansion into distribution and e-commerce fulfilment sectors with Covariant AI technology. [ + ]
Software upgrade enhances robot guidance
Datalogic has introduced its IMPACT 12.2 software to further enhance the traceability and ease of use of vision-guided robots and cobots. [ + ]
WA cross-sector technology exchange for space sector
QuantumTX has unveiled the first cohort of innovators to drive cross-sector technology exchange across the $314 billion space sector. [ + ]
Fluke Calibration Workshops: last chance to register
Fluke Calibration will be running several workshops and seminars in Brisbane and Melbourne on Fluke Calibration Software and MET/CAL and MET/TEAM Training. [ + ]
Inaugural Advanced Manufacturing Expo launches in Sydney
Advanced Manufacturing Expo is being launched in Sydney by the organisers of National Manufacturing Week, held biennially in Melbourne. [ + ]
MV systems in manufacturing to approach 100 million by 2025
Advanced chipsets, software and standards usher in next-gen machine vision technology. [ + ]
Endress+Hauser on course for growth
In 2019 the Endress+Hauser Group increased its net sales by almost 8% to over €2.6 billion. [ + ]
Drones open Adelaide machine learning space
Autonomous drones flew in to mark the official opening of the Australian Institute for Machine Learning's new research and learning space last Monday. [ + ]
New material created to clean up fossil fuel industry
New catalyst created to improve the refinement process of crude oil and reduce CO2 emissions by up to 28% during refining. [ + ]
AMS announces third Beamex User Group meeting
AMS Instrumentation & Calibration has announced the venue for the 2020 Beamex Users Group (BUG). [ + ]
Axioma Metering wins largest IoT water meter tender in Europe
Lithuanian company Axioma Metering has won a tender for installation of 100,000 Qalcosonic W1 water meters in the Apulia Region of Italy. [ + ]
Bats inspire detectors of corrosion in oil and gas pipelines
Researchers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines. [ + ]
Robot succeeds in super delicate microsurgery
Dutch researchers have assisted in the first in-human trials of robot-assisted supermicrosurgery, which can be performed on vessels in the body as small as 0.3 mm wide. [ + ]
Future of Mining conference in Sydney
The third edition of the Future of Mining Australia conference will take place at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth from 23–24 March 2020. [ + ]