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The latest analysis of the Artificial Intelligence M&A market by Hampleton Partners, has revealed that over 150 deals were disclosed in 2018, up from 105 deals in 2017. The first half of 2019 is also showing impressive AI-related M&A momentum, with 65 deals already recorded and a total of near 100 deals forecast for the half-year only.

A running test of the prototype EX ROVR, a plant inspection robot with explosion protection features to limit the danger of the robot itself igniting an explosion or fire from electric sparks or heat, even in areas with flammable gas, is being carried about by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).

The Automotive Industry Track at NIWeek in Austin (May 20-23) will be sponsored by Konrad Technologies. The Radolfzell, Germany-based company provides value added, platform based automated test solutions used to solve the world´s most complex engineering challenges.

Synopsysand Elektrobit (EB) have announced a collaboration to accelerate automotive electronic systems development using virtual environments. The two companies are collaborating to bring together Synopsys Virtualiser Development Kits (VDKs), EB operating systems, development and test tools, and complementary expertise to enable pre-silicon and pre-Electronic Control Unit (ECU) hardware availability and software development.

A Cambridge analogue IP company, Agile Analog, has announced that it has closed its latest Pre-A funding round with Delin Ventures, firstminute Capital and MMC Ventures for $5m. Founded in 2017, Agile Analog will use the funding to expand the existing engineering team in Cambridge and deliver analogue IP products to a wide range of waiting customers.

Machine vision technology is enabling sophisticated object detection, recognition and collision avoidance systems for next-generation autonomous vehicles, drones and robotics. Utilising temperature-sensitive imaging sensors and cameras, machine vision systems require active cooling to deliver optimal image resolution independent of the operating environment.

Aitech Defense Systems has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Company to supply key mission interface systems for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling programme.

At the Battery Show Europe 2019 (Hall 1, Stand 349), Dow introduced the new DOWSIL EC-6601 Electrically Conductive Adhesive, a next-generation material engineered for reliable performance and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) in demanding electrical and electronics applications in the transportation, communications and consumer markets.

“The use of drones by fire services is nothing new, however the tragic incident at Notre Dame highlights the importance of this technology in improving the safety of firefighters, enhancing the effective targeting of firefighting efforts on a large-scale blaze and, most importantly, saving lives.”

A UK mining company is the first, globally, to take delivery of the new generation ztC Edge computing platform, the ztC Edge 110i. Stratus Technologies delivered the first units to UK distributor Routeco, for a customer running Rockwell Automation software to control and monitor power within their plant.