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Teradyne completes acquisition of AutoGuide Mobile Robots
Teradyne announced that it has completed the acquisition of AutoGuide Mobile Robots, a supplier of high payload autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). AutoGuide’s advanced products deliver easy deployment, improved safety, reduced costs and increased efficiency of industrial and warehouse material-handling operations.
Trio join forces to deliver photonics test solution
Keysight Technologies, FormFactor and CompoundTek have joined forces to accelerate integrated photonics innovations. Integrated photonics, also called silicon photonics, is a revolutionary technology that multiplies data transfer capacities while reducing power consumption and cost.
Windows 7 End-of-Life: What it means for medical devices
This is part 1 of a 4-part series on how OEM healthcare organisations can transition their medical devices in preparation for Windows 7 end-of-life (EOL). Part 1 covers the background of the issue, part 2 will outline the virtualisation option, part 3 will review the user interface option, and part 4 will explain how to manage ongoing security and devices updates. All parts are guest blogs written by Amar Parmar, Wind River.
What can we expect for the future of ULEZ?
The concept of the electric car is gradually growing as the UK government plans to eliminate diesel and petrol-powered cars by 2040. However, before that is the introduction of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in central London. Here, alongside Lookers, who offer a variety of cars such as the used Ford Fiesta, we look at what ULEZ is and what it means to motorists. After all, the world is constantly changing – and the world of drivin...
Here’s how AI can revamp the sales and marketing sector
Technological advancements offer businesses a great opportunity to reflect on what’s working well within their day-to-day operations, identify what needs improvement, and consider how new technologies can make them work smarter, not necessarily harder. One of the most influential technologies of our time, which is being eagerly embraced by business leaders across a host of industries, is artificial intelligence (AI).
The evolution of the commercial vehicle
Commercial vehicles have long been thought of as ‘white van’ jobs or huge vehicles that are taking up space on our roads due to the sheer volume of them. It’s also been said that HGVs were among the main sources of pollution in urban areas. However, that simply isn’t the case. Here, we will look at how commercial vehicles have improved over the years and how some have even been transformed to become an entrepreneur’s...
Twelve of the biggest brand product fails
Research and development can bring some awesome product developments from idea to reality but as this latest look from R&D tax credit specialist RIFT Research and Development has proven, some things are better left on the drawing board. RIFT has pulled together some of the biggest product fails to have hit the market over the decades and the big brands that tried to launch them.
eBook focuses on design process through to prototype
Mouser Electronics has released Prototyping with Purpose, the second eBook from Engineering Big Ideas, the newest series in Mouser's Empowering Innovation Together program. In the new eBook, experts from Mouser and the electronics industry walk through the design process, discussing tools, software methodology, circuit design, and the final integration into a solid prototype.
5G RF conformance test gets GCF thumbs-up
The Global Certification Forum GCF and PTCRB certification organisation have accepted first test case validations in various FR1 and LTE band combinations using the new 5G RF conformance test system R&S TS8980FTA-3A from Rohde & Schwarz .
OMRON Automotive becomes part of the Nidec Group
OMRON Automotive Electronics has become part of the Nidec group under the new name Nidec Mobility. Moving forward, the company will work closely with Nidec’s automotive motor business unit to develop new modules and systems that combine the motors, pumps and gears of the Nidec group with the electronic control units, and other electronic components, of Nidec Mobility.