Bosch debuts autonomous factory vehicles, rejigs Industry 4.0 leadership
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBosch is prepping an autonomous factory transport system for launch, after testing in its own factories. It will target the likes of BMW, Osram, and Trumpf – existing customers for …
Fold-away factories and modular assembly: Two visions of industrial 5G, one dream of digital supply
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailInside the factory of the future, everything will be fluid, except for the floors, walls, and ceilings. Industrial assets – machines, devices, and vehicles – will be animated by 5G …
Nokia and Ukkoverkot tie-up another private LTE deal with another Finnish port
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFinnish network vendor Nokia and Finnish private LTE provider Ukkoverkot have signed a four-year deal to bring connectivity, automation, and intelligence to the Port of Kokkola, also in Finland. The …
Automatic for the people – why private networks are public affairs (impressions of Hannover Messe 2019)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIn Germany, they’ve made a verb out of the UK’s protracted divorce from the European Union: ‘to Brexit’ – sich verabschieden, aber nicht gehen (to say goodbye, but fail to …
Bosch: The only fixed assets with industrial 5G will be the floors, walls and ceilings
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGerman industrial giant Bosch has set out a vision for a 5G-enabled factory where every part of the production environment is fluid, except for the floors, walls, and ceilings. Industrial …
Bosch targets €1bn gains on the blood-rush of 5G to its factory nervous system
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBosch has raised more than €1.5 billion in revenue from the implementation of Industry 4.0 techniques in its own factories, as well as its customers’ factories, during the past four …
Nokia builds private LTE and 5G network for German car industry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNokia is building private LTE and 5G coverage for the ARENA2036 automotive research factory in Stuttgart in collaboration with members of the German car and manufacturing industries, including Daimler, Bosch …
Bosch proclaims 5G, OPC-UA, and TSN, as Industry 4.0 finally gets ‘practical’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIncoming 5G technologies will be key for higher reliability and lower latency of industrial automation processes, said Bosch Rexrouth, the automation technology unit of German industrial giant Bosch Group, ahead …
European tech giants buying digital startups, China buying European tech giants
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTraditional industrial technology giants are transforming their businesses by buying, funding or partnering with connected and intelligent manufacturing technologies and data management companies. The trend is most notable in Europe, …
‘No future Elon Musks in IoT’, ‘no future in IoT without LoRaWAN’ – team LoRa plots next moves
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThis week, 1,500 business types from every-sized enterprise in the burgeoning IoT space will descend on Amsterdam in The Netherlands to chat LoRaWAN, the low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking technology that …
