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All across the world today, industrial robots perform tasks that range from palletising boxes in a warehouse, to transporting hoppers of ingredients across a food preparation factory, to precision welding on a vehicle assembly line. The successful completion of these tasks relies on the accurate control of the robotic manipulators to provide the required dexterity.

SELECT is proud host this month to electrical and building engineering services experts from all over Europe.

A drone training school formed by a crack team accustomed to flying drones across Hollywood movie sets and commercial airliners across some of the busiest airspace in the world has opened. UAV Air is the brainchild of four senior airline pilots along with two of the country’s most widely respected drone operators, Cloud12 and UAViate.

Plessey has announced that it is retrofitting its manufacturing facility with LED modules designed using the company's GaN-on-Silicon MaGIC LEDs. The retrofit involves replacing aging fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent bulbs in existing fixtures to use new LED light modules produced in the same facility in Plymouth, Devon, UK.

From strange to familiar; from unquantifiable to impressive, EMA (Electronics Manufacturing Automation) technology, centered on 'intelligent manufacturing', is increasingly promoting renovation and transformation of domestic industrial manufacturing. It is set to lead transformation trends throughout the electronics manufacturing industry for the foreseeable future.

Since manufacturers introduced the first robot arms onto assembly lines in the early 1960s, the fear that they will take human jobs has slowly spread. And it's true; many jobs have already been delegated to robots, including assembly, farming, surgery and even vacuuming. Here European Automation's Darren Halford continues the discussion.

Increasing internet traffic and video streaming will encourage large data centre investments in the coming years with around $143bn invested for new data centre projects worldwide. Large online companies such as Amazon, Facebook and Google are leading the investment in next-gen 'green' data centres. There is a trend towards building larger data centres, consolidating and increasing the density of server concentration for the sites which require m...

'Internet+' is definitely the defining phrase of 2015. Thanks to a national internet+ strategy, the electronics industry is transitioning from a 'made in China' ethos, to Chinese-led smart manufacturing, featuring advanced smart automation technologies. Those able to combine cross-disciplinary know-how will win big in the upcoming smart age. NEPCON South China 2015, planned for the Shenzhen Conference and Exhibition Center from 25th to 27th Augus...

PI (Physik Instrumente) introduces the new PIglide HS planar XY air bearing stage, designed specifically to maximize throughput while providing the ultimate level of precision. This stage is ideal for wafer inspection and scribing applications, as well as other ultra-precision motion applications, such as flat panel inspection.

Bentek continues to see its PowerRacks gaining customer acceptance on U.S. solar projects. The PowerRack has recently been chosen by Vista Solar for a few rooftop installations. The rack provides installers the flexibility to install inverters within 10 feet of the array while facilitating compliance with NEC 2014 requirements.