Foxconn is deploying large-scale AI infrastructure, industrial language models and digital twin technologies to create self-learning manufacturing environments, reporting significant improvements in production efficiency, engineering workloads and quality control.
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Connected sensing technologies are helping manufacturers improve process control, equipment performance and quality assurance by turning real-time production data into actionable information
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Motion Technology Company Schaeffler has opened a state-of-the-art lighthouse factory for humanoid robotics in Taicang, China. It houses an intelligent assembly line, a training and data acquisition center, a platform for digital twins, and a data center across approximately 7,500 square meters of floor space.
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The integration of measurement data, software, connectivity and analytics is transforming metrology from a largely inspection-based discipline into an increasingly connected and predictive element of manufacturing.
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Bertrandt and Bosch Rexroth are driving the digitalization of industrial processes forward together. As part of a collaboration, evopro systems engineering AG, a subsidiary of Bertrandt AG, is contributing its expertise in industrial machine vision and artificial intelligence to Bosch Rexroth’s open automation platform ctrlX AUTOMATION.
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Manufacturers are being asked to produce more parts, to tighter specifications and with fewer skilled people. At the same time, the cost of a manufacturing error is increasing as components become more complex, machines become more expensive and production schedules become less tolerant of delays.
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As manufacturers move toward increasingly connected and automated production environments, the ability to process data close to where it is generated is becoming an important element of the smart factory. Edge computing can reduce the latency associated with sending data to centralized or cloud-based systems, allowing production equipment to respond to changing conditions in near real time.
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While traditional 3D scanning solutions offer remarkable versatility, modern production lines often face a critical bottleneck: strict cycle times. To address this, 3D scanner manufacturer eviXscan3D is helping manufacturers transition from offline statistical sampling to true 100% in-line inspection through the deployment of custom multi-scanner systems.
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Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Business Area has announced new research showing a gap between how manufacturers describe their operations and what is actually happening on the production floor. Most manufacturers consider themselves connected, but responses around feedback loops, quality and lost time tell a different story.
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Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence has introduced an updated version of its M & H LS-R-100 wireless machine tool laser scanner, unveiled at the AMB expo in Stuttgart.
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