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The open source Robot Operating System (ROS) has been around for over ten years and has thousands of developers building packages for it. In fact, according to a2019 reportbyABI Research, nearly 55% of the world's robots will include a ROS package by 2024. With this language growing in popularity,Neil Ballinger, Head of EMEA atEU Automation, discusses whether ROS is becoming the common automation language for robotics.

Electric Vehicles (EVs) and the wider electric transportation has gone from strength to strength in the past decade. Over the next five years, a total of eight million drivers in the UK will switch to Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (HEVs) according to CompareTheMarket, driving demand for robust charging infrastructure. Here, Steve Hughes, Managing Director ofREO UK, explores how the industry is shaping up for the 2020s.

There is little doubt that the world is witnessing unprecedented times due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A vast majority of the world’s population and businesses have been affected in some way, and the global engineering community is no exception. National lockdowns have proven particularly challenging for factories trying to remain operational and ensure deliveries to key customers.

Cheetah Mobile has successfully deployed more than 7,000 AiM Robots (AiM: Attract, interact and Mindset) in 887shopping malls across 32 cities in China. The AiM Robots double as an interactive advertising platformand information desk, boosting sales and ushering in the smart retail era for brick-and-mortar shopshammered by COVID-19.

TDK Corporation has announced an £11.5m investment package to redevelop its TDK-Lambda manufacturing facility in Ilfracombe, UK. The investment, which will be staged over the next three and a half years, will enable the company to increase production capacity by 50%.

With electronica, being held from 10th-13th November, 2020, Messe München is sending a positive signal for the electronics industry. Due to the continuing travel restrictions in several countries, electronica is extending its program this year. Alongside a compact trade fair concept that includes all the topics covered by electronica, the event will be complemented by digital offerings.

Analog Devices (ADI) has introduced a full audio system that features the SHARC Audio Module (SAM) for the creation of digital audio devices, including audio FX processors, multi-channel audio systems, MIDI synthesisers, and other DSP-based audio systems. SAM includes the dual-SHARC+ core ADSP-SC589 audio processor SoC (with an integrated Arm Cortex-A5 core) and leverages Analog Devices’ A2B audio bus technology.

KebNi has announced the appointment of Ronald Van Der Breggen as special advisor to the CEO. In this role Van Der Breggen will help develop KebNi’s winning strategy for the large opportunity that the future LEO satellite services represent.

The total power transistor market is expected to fall seven percent in 2020 because of the COVID-19 virus crisis, but sales are forecast to rebound seven percent next year and reach a new record high in 2022, according to anO-S-D Report.

The active fire protection market is comprised of detection/alarms and suppression systems. Alarms and detection systems account for 63% of the overall active fire protection market, having gained slight share over the last two years, with the majority of installations of products and systems going into the non-domestic sectors. Domestic smoke alarms only account for a small portion of total market value.