Mitsubishi Electric said it will establish its Industrial Mechatronics Systems Works as of 1 April 2021 within the premises of the company's Nagoya Works. [ + ]

Falling particle concentrated solar thermal technology, partly developed by CSIRO, will be used in a pilot-scale test facility in New Mexico. [ + ]

SICK and Universal Robots (UR) have announced a safety solution for the safeguarding of accessible robotic applications. [ + ]

Cognex Machine Vison is celebrating 40 years in the machine vision industry. [ + ]

LAPP Australia is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of company founder and technology pioneer Oskar Lapp. [ + ]

With 678 patent applications, ABB filed more applications with the European Patent Office in 2020. [ + ]

Acquisition to help AVEVA to meet the expanding information management needs of industrial companies. [ + ]

Updated data from one of the world's largest airborne geophysical imaging programs is set to improve mining opportunities in South Australia. [ + ]

Datalogic has announced that it has acquired Italian sensor company M.D. Micro Detectors S.p.A. [ + ]

OnRobot says the MG10 offers adjustable force and grip detection features that provide users with greater levels of control. [ + ]

South Australian company BusTech sees a bright future for electric vehicle manufacturing in Australia. [ + ]

A Chinese research organisation has released a report saying that the country's robotics sector generated almost half of total global patents in the last year. [ + ]

Softing has expanded its dataFEED edgeConnector product family, allowing it to integrate CNC data into edge/cloud applications. [ + ]

Mitsubishi Electric and long-term e-F@ctory solution partner Eplan have announced that Mitsubishi Electric will join Eplan's new partner network. [ + ]

SMC Corporation ANZ has announced it will now undertake the local assembly and stockholding of a range of electric cylinders. [ + ]