#ndt Workpad LLC has announced the availability of systems and software development services based on RoboMaker. RoboMaker is the newly released Amazon AWS cloud service designed to facilitate the command and control of robotic devices including autonomous and remotely-operated robotic inspection devices. RoboMaker can be implemented for inspection crawlers and autonomous devices including drones, submersibles, and [...]
#ndt Creaform, a worldwide leader in portable and automated 3D measurement solutions, has appointed Daniel Rivard as its Vice President of Operations. Working from the company’s Lévis headquarters, Mr. Rivard will be responsible for managing and coordinating all manufacturing operations for Creaform’s Innovation & Technology Division. Mr. Rivard comes to Creaform from the medical and pharmaceutical [...]
#ndt The NSpect family of Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) Systems from Genesis Systems Group is making quite an impression. By combining ATI End-Effectors, KUKA Robots, and vast engineering expertise, Genesis creates more efficient methods of NDI that encourage safety and increase quality. Genesis’ customers have confidence in NSpect Products as well, the company has integrated more than [...]
#ndt Composite or multicomponent materials are widespread in the aviation and automotive industry since they compete with metals in their characteristics but weigh much less. Due to this multicomponent composition, it is difficult to test the quality of such materials. Materials can contain very small hidden defects, i.e. delamination, cracks, impact damage. Their size is literally [...]
#ndt The oil and gas industry and other sectors of the nations economy are currently in need of indigenous experts, who specialize in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). With only eight in-country level three NDT practitioners, foreign exchange conservation as well as reduction of expatriates, particularly from India and China into Nigeria’s petroleum sector could remain elusive if [...]
#ndt On it's 30th anniversary INO announces the creation of its 34th subsidiary, LynX Inspection, a developer of cutting-edge digital vision solutions focused on industrial inspection. LynX Inspection began a partnership with INO one year ago with the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program, a joint initiative began by INO in the City of Québec, Canada and the Anges Québec [...]
#ndt Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced the availability of AWS RoboMaker, a new service that makes it easy for developers to develop, test, and deploy robotics applications, as well as build intelligent robotics functions using cloud services. AWS RoboMaker extends the most widely used open source robotics software framework, [...]
#ndt Honeywell is launching its commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Inspection and Data Analytics Service in India. Targeted at utilities and oil and gas companies, the new service is designed to help customers across the country improve and modernize critical structural inspections. Using UAVs to carry out this work and collate necessary data reduces the need [...]
#ndt Phil Buchan, Commercial Director of Cyberhawk, has been featured int he latest newsletter from Gastech Insights. (click link above). He discusses how new technology, specifically developments in drones for inspection, and the digitisation of drone-captured data is transforming how plant and asset management is approached around the world. Reliable, well-performing assets are crucial to the [...]
#ndt Chennai, India startup Detect Technologies raised $3.3 million from SAIF Partners in a Series-A round of funding, marking the VC's third investment in the Internet of Things space. Bharath Innovation Fund, Axilor Ventures, BlueHill Capital and angel funds from the Keiretsu Forum also participated. Founded in 2016 by IIT-Madras alumni Daniel Raj David, Harikrishnan AS, [...]