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The Department of Engineering Cybernetics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is leading a new Knowledge-Building Project for Industry that will study collision avoidance for advanced ships. The AUTOSEA project is sponsored by the Research Council of Norway with DNV GL, Kongsberg Maritime and Maritime Robotics as industry partners.

With 1,000 units available for purchase in the month of June, customers will be able to place orders for Pepper online starting from 10:00am on the 20th of June. Before the sales launch, on June 19 a special drawing for a limited number of 30 units will be held at SoftBank Tokyo Station GranRoof Front. Additional shipments of Pepper will follow from July onward.

A bidirectional, programmable input current buck-boost supercapacitor charger with active charge balancing for 1- or 2-series supercapacitors has been introduced by Linear Technology. The proprietary low noise buck-boost topology does the work of two separate switching regulators, saving size, cost and complexity.

While the IoT presents many opportunities for manufacturers, it is essential that they ask the right questions when executing an IoT strategy. Mark Lee, CCO of Intamac, offers his top 10 tips for manufacturers:

Many analysts are secretly consulting their crystal balls to predict the automotive future. Regardless of what it will bring; high tech sensor systems will definitely play a decisive role. By Thomas Doerfler, Managing Director, embedded brains GmbH.

Emerson Network Power has introduced its LiebertiCOMthermal controls to offer data centre managers higher energy efficiency, protection and actionable insight at the cooling unit and thermal management system levels. The next-gen Liebert iCOM unit and supervisory system controls simply optimise infrastructures for monitoring and managing the environment and controlling the operation of thermal management systems.

Swiss researchers at CSEM in Neuchatel have developed the world’s smallest vision SoC. The Vision-In-Package (VIP), which has a variety of potential uses, including brand recognition, robotic surgery guidance, driving assistance and even home security, combines the optics, processor and wireless transmitter into a single easily-integrated package.

Designed for energy storage systems with rechargeable batteries, the EZA2500-32048 bi-directional converter has been introduced by TDK-Lambda. This 2500W digitally controlled, compact 1U power supply can automatically change conversion direction from high voltage DC sources, powered by solar or wind, to 48VDC batteries and vice versa.

Wind River has introduced Automotive Profile for VxWorks. AUTOSAR-compliant software helps customers develop ISO 26262 certifiable automotive safety-critical applications such as ADAS to piloted and autonomous driving.

The development of wireless vibration sensors is enabling a shift towards cloud-based predictive maintenance. By Bob Scannell, Analog Devices.