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It has been announced by The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) forecast, that sales of service robots will grow between 20 and 25% by 2020. Having already significantly impacted the agriculture, surgery and logistics sectors, service robots are expected to offer greater assistive capability and value in the future.

The CC2640R2F device is a wireless microcontroller (MCU) targeting Bluetooth 4.2 and Bluetooth 5 low-energy applications.The device is a member of the SimpleLink ultra-low power CC26xx family of cost-effective, 2.4GHz RF devices. Very low active RF and MCU current and low-power mode current consumption provide excellent battery lifetime and allow for operation on small coin cell batteries and in energy-harvesting applications.

Power-Blox off-grid energy cubes will be a highlight on Stäubli's stand at the DVD 2018 defence equipment exhibition this September. The innovative energy storage system can deliver 230VAC at powers from 200W through to the kilowatt range.

It has been announced by congatec that they are releasing the conga-SMX8, the company's first SMARC 2.0 Computer on Module based on the 64-bit NXP i.MX8 multi-core ARM processor family.

Back in 2012, telecom service providers worldwide launched a collaborative initiative to establish open standards for the virtualisation of telecom networking functions, which came to be known as Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV). Given the fierce competition in this market as well as anti-trust concerns, this was very much the equivalent of Donald Trump sitting down for a chat with Kim Jong Un, though the modest venue for the first NFV conf...

North Sea wind farms are fighting some striking battles, and they aren’t about sea life. They began with the breakdown of Germany’s biggest turbine bearing structures after 15 weeks; predictive maintenance had planned for the structure to last 15 months. The result was a disastrous maintenance bill and a reengineering of the giant blades that literally shook the turbine to death. Author: Joseph Zulick, Manager at MRO Electric and Sup...

New mobility solutions like car sharing are becoming more and more popular. Does this mean the end of car ownership? On 28th to 29th November, 2018, this question and other disruptive mobility trends will be discussed at the second international VDI Conference ‘Smart Cars & Urban Mobility’ in Amsterdam.

Last week saw Mark Patrick visiting London, to once again tap into the buzz of enthusiasm that is currently being generated by the capital’s thriving start-up community.This time it was for the latest Central Research Laboratory (CRL)Demo Day - where the organisation showcased the cohort of tech business ventures that have just recently completed the widely celebrated accelerator program. Guest blog written by Mark Patrick, Mouser Electro...

Over the last few years the concept of virtualisation, separating software from the hardware on which it is run, has become familiar to many. In this article, Imagination Technology describes what virtualisation is, and look how it works in PowerVR GPUs, and explain how this provides great benefits to various markets, in particular to automotive.

Smart energy is the umbrella term for a wide range of technologies in this area relating to energy storage, consumption control, and energy conversion. electronica 2018, 13th to 16th November, in Munich, has the motto ‘Connecting everything: Smart, safe & secure’ and will be showcasing products and services from a wide range of sectors.