John Deere acquires its second robotics startup: Farm equipment maker John Deere has acquired Bear Flag Robotics in a deal valued at $250 million. Bear Flag focuses on autonomous driving for farming equipment, a function that Deere has also been … [Read more...]
People are still essential in factory automation
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Every time someone tells me about their struggling IoT projects, I am reminded of Tolstoy's intro to "Anna Karenina." That's because every IoT project struggles in its own … [Read more...]
Germany’s industrial IoT fair was heavy on the IT
Last week, the biggest players in the industrial internet of things gathered in Hannover, Germany for a massive trade show focused on industrial technology. Hannover Messe (which means "Hannover Fair") has morphed from a trade show focused on … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Dec. 21, 2018
A timeline of Amazon's health efforts: With the partnership with Omron, a blood pressure maker, the media is talking again about Amazon's plans for home health. The two firms plan a skill that lets a user ask their blood pressure. A day after that … [Read more...]
How to get old factories producing new insights
One of the challenges associated with bringing new tech to old manufacturing facilities is that few companies want to disrupt their current operations. Worries about downtime, security, and even a lack of trained employees make it so that most older … [Read more...]