Report reveals workers’ growing appetite for disruptive technology
A report from Advanced, the software and services provider, has revealed workers’ increasing hunger for innovation to improve the way they work. Findings from its Annual Trends Survey for 2019-20 show that disruptive tools are fast earning their spot as must-have tools in the day-to-day workplace. As much as 38 per cent of the survey […]
Researchers advise European Parliament on responsible AI development
Researchers from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) have argued for the establishment of international ethical standards in artificial intelligence (AI) to give people “more confidence” in technology. Representatives from the European Union-funded SHERPA project, led by DMU, have advised Members of European Parliament (MEPs) in Brussels that a set of universally recognised guidelines would help […]
Manufacturing sector maintains growth trajectory amid challenging market conditions
Manufacturing business growth has continued to rise over the past year, but at a much slower rate than the previous 12 months. Despite challenging market conditions and the difficulty in recruiting and retaining skilled staff, there has been a marginal one percent rise in the number of businesses reporting growth. These findings are survey results […]
Companies still lump cybersecurity into IT budget
The vast majority (89 per cent) of chief information security officers (CISO) are regularly summoned by the board of directors to provide recommendations for the business. This is a key finding from the latest global survey of information security heads commissioned by Kaspersky. The study also revealed that despite a ‘direct line’ with top bosses, […]
Risk-averse culture means business is struggling to innovate
Risk-averse cultures, excessive red tape and time constraints are restricting innovation within large businesses, new research from Studio Graphene has found. The London-based digital agency commissioned an independent survey of more than 750 senior decision-makers within UK organisations. It found that 71 per cent of organisations have budgets and resources dedicated to innovation, with this figure rising […]
Bringing 5G to the factory floor needs more than the traditional telco approach
5G will dramatically gain importance in providing wireless connectivity to industrial environments, especially in the context of Industry 4.0 and the automation of production processes and monitoring of machine conditions. According to ABI Research, a global tech market advisory firm, by 2026, there will be 5.3 million 5G connections on the factory floor which will […]
Cobot market to account for 30% of total robot market by 2027
Market intelligence firm Interact Analysis has released a new market report – The Collaborative Robot Market – 2019 – which indicates strong and sustained growth for the collaborative robot industry. In 2018, global revenues from cobot production exceeded $550 million. This was almost a 60% increase over 2017; and over 19,000 cobots were shipped. Interact […]
Getting the most out of IIoT with machine learning
Richard Irwin, senior product marketer with Bentley Systems, explains what benefits machine learning can bring to asset intensive industries, in relation to the Industrial Internet of Things. The industrial world is awash with data and new information from sensors, applications, equipment, and people. But the data is worthless if it is left untouched or not […]
Giving life to the digital twin
CTS spoke to Greg Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems, about the evolution of the digital twin and its implications for managing assets in manufacturing How has your view of digital twins changed over the years? Perhaps our view is parochial and comes from a vendor’s standpoint. When digital twins first appeared, they were used for […]
Intelligent automation empowers manufacturers to work like tomorrow, today
For success manufacturers need to look beyond automation to a world of intelligent automation where digitally enabled workers and robots work together The manufacturing industry is inherently complex, with more moving parts than ever before. Supply chains are geographically diverse. Regulatory requirements continually evolve. Massive amounts of information are often stored outside of organisation applications […]
Applying advanced automation to combat malnutrition
Working with Rockwell Automation, Rhode-Island based Edesia has increased production of its nutritional project to improve the lives of more than ten million malnourished children around the globe In a world where we enjoy a healthy diet, it is staggering to think that around the globe there are still 200 million children’s lives that are […]
Rockwell Automation innovation centre supporting the growing EV sector with manufacturing experience
According to Frost & Sullivan’s Global Electric Vehicle Market Outlook, 2019, over 2.8 million EVs are expected to be sold this year. That scorching pace of growth set by the global electric vehicle (EV) market is laudable. In 2007, just about 100 EVs were sold worldwide. By 2017, this figure had risen to one million, […]
Breathing life into digital twins with virtual reality
With the vast amount of data being collected across manufacturing operations, the veracity of digital twins is improving along with the uses they can be put to. At this year’s Automation Fair in Chicago, Rockwell Automation demonstrated how combining a digital twin with virtual reality (VR) to understand how a production line operates. The system […]
Collaboration and simplification at the heart of expanding human possibility
The overriding themes from Rockwell at this year’s Automation Fair in Chicago are collaboration and acquisition. Not just collaboration for the sake of window dressing, but collaboration and acquisitions that can add true value into driving an increase in productivity. The Milwaukee-based automation company is one year into a top-level partnership with software company PTC, […]
Rockwell and Accenture unveil digital offering to unlock productivity
At Automation Fair in Chicago Rockwell Automation and Accenture’s Industry X.0 announced plans to team up to develop a digital offering to help industrial clients move beyond existing manufacturing solutions to transform their entire connected enterprise. “With this agreement with Accenture we are able to take the ability to unlock additional productivity in industrial companies […]
Reshaping manufacturing business models
Mark Troester, VP of Strategy at Progress argues that manufacturers should focus on the industry 4.0, the role of AI and ML as well as the potential of predictive maintenance technologies. With the rise of industry 4.0 and the digital transformation of industrial markets, today’s manufacturing sector is experiencing a seismic shift. Internet of Things […]
Transforming to a data-driven model
Emerging technologies from Blockchain to digital twins have the capacity to revolutionise business models in manufacturing In the future, the success factors that will separate winners from losers in an increasingly competitive manufacturing landscape will extend far beyond the ability to manufacture products. In its recent ‘Exponential technologies in manufacturing’ study, Deloitte observes that organisations […]
A model for the cloud
Dan Scarfe, founder of New Signature UK, explains that without a cloud operating model, how do you know whether IT is really supporting your business? Until very recently, IT had just been something that the board delegated to the IT department. It was a classic case of a department that did what it says on […]
Digital thinking leaders failing to achieve a positive financial return from transformation projects
Almost half of business leaders are failing to achieve a positive financial return from digital transformation projects they have executed despite considering themselves to be ‘digital thinkers’, reveals a new Censuswide survey. The poll of 250 business leaders at public and private sector organisations with more than 1000 employees, commissioned by leading HR and payroll […]
Technically redundant: Six-in-10 fear losing their jobs to AI
More than half (60 per cent) of the UK population are concerned that jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence in the future, according to a new study into consumer attitudes by Kaspersky. Many of the study’s respondents also admit they are worried about future careers, believing children will grow up with fewer job opportunities […]
A different view with augmented reality
CTS attended this year’s LiveWorx event in Boston to hear from some augmented reality pioneers who discussed their early endeavours to create business value from the highly promising technology Augmented reality (AR) technology is here now, and companies of all shapes and sizes are utilising it to change the way work gets done and to […]
