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All Robotics and Automation Stories and Videos

How Implementing Robotics Affects Business Insurance Insurance can generate high costs, with general liability alone costing businesses a median of $500 a year. If robots can reduce premiums and claims, it would make a strong argument in their favor. Contamination-free automation Like any mechanism, robots can shed particles from belts, gasses from hoses and dust […]

IoT News – How DevOps Is Transforming The Custom Software Industry

DevOps is transforming the custom software industry in many ways. The transformation improves the collaboration between development, testing, and operations teams. Adopting a cross-functional approach, enterprise companies are shifting to simpler processes to build and deploy custom software applications. As a development lead, you should embrace the DevOps ecosystem and methodologies to accelerate the SDLC. […]

EDF Renewables and Clean Power Alliance sign PPA for Desert Quartzite solar + storage project

EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) and Clean Power Alliance (CPA) announced the signing of a 15-year PPA for the Desert Quartzite Solar-plus-Storage project. The project, consisting of a 300-MWAC solar project coupled with a 600-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), is expected to begin delivery of clean electricity to CPA’s customers throughout Los Angeles and […]

IoT News – What are smart factories? 7 misconceptions and a definition

IoT Analytics this month launched the Smart Factories Insights Report 2021 discovering 80 smart factories, portraying 10 of them in detail, and highlighting commonalities and best-practices. The analysis of these also uncovered some common misconceptions about what it takes to realize a smart factory. Key findings of the research include: Factories are becoming more intelligent, […]

Solar Farm Financed by Corporate Carbon Offsets Breaks Ground

Clearloop has broken ground on its 1 MW solar farm in Jackson, Tenn. – a utility-scale solar farm directly financed by solar offsets. It is the first domestic solar project of its kind to be funded by consumer brands, enterprise companies and individuals in return for carbon offsets. The Jackson solar farm, which will reclaim […]

ATO says over 600,000 Aussies have dabbled in crypto

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has estimated that there are over 600,000 taxpayers that have invested in digital assets in recent years. It said its own data analysis shows a dramatic increase in trading since the beginning of 2020. “The innovative and complex nature of cryptocurrencies can lead to a genuine lack of awareness of […]

Amazon, Google, IKEA, Schneider Electric, Tencent Cloud and More Join Silicon Labs’ ‘Works With 2021’

smartbuildingmag.com 03 {{ “2021-09-03T00:00:00+00:00” | date “MMM” }} ’21 Written on {{ “2021-09-03T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-09-03T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Silicon Labs News Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world, today announced that Amazon, Google, IKEA, Schneider Electric, Konke, Lifesmart, Tencent Cloud […]

South Korean Steelmaker Supplies Array’s Global Solar Projects

Array Technologies, a manufacturer of ground-mounted systems used in solar energy projects, has entered into a multi-year supply arrangement with steelmaker POSCO to diversify and strengthen its global supply chain. Array will now have access to POSCO’s proprietary PosMAC material – an alloy-coated corrosion-resistant steel. POSCO will cooperate with a Korean local fabricator to convert […]