New and Emerging Technology
CiA Elects BOD, Names Business and Technical Committee Members
The nonprofit international CAN in Automation (CiA) users and manufacturers association, headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, elected its Board of Directors (BoD) and named members of its business and technical committees...
CiA Association to Showcase CAN Technology at Germany Tradeshow
The nonprofit CAN in Automation (CiA) association plans to host a booth and Bosch, NXP and Vector plan to present running CAN XL (extra long) open-standard communication networks at the...
TKE Publishes Report on Four Smart Elevator Trends
TK Elevator has released a new report/white paper titled “The Elevator of Tomorrow: 4 Trends Personalizing the Rider Experience,” which highlights these notable megatrends: making elevators more reliable with cloud-based...
KONE Elevators India Present Innovations at IETF
KONE Elevators India Managing Director Amit Gossain joined esteemed customers Sushil Malik and Rishi Kapoor of Sudivha Developers to inaugurate the KONE booth at the 25th International Engineering and Technology...
Hyundai Elevator Reports Interest in Open API
Hyundai Elevator has announced that it has more than 60 participants in its open application programming interface (open API) just one year after the company disclosed the interface to the...
Lödige Industries Debuts Automation Module for Lift and Robots
On February 1, Germany’s Lödige Industries introduced a new automation module that allows both automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots to interact with different lift systems to move...
Hospital Robots Launched in Washington State
MultiCare Health Systems has deployed four Moxi robotic units at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Washington, as errand-runners, The Spokesman-Review reports. The “nurse robots” won’t interact with patients or go into...
Pilot Program Uses EV Battery Power to Run Elevators
Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Hitachi Building Systems Co. Ltd., a Hitachi Ltd. Subsidiary, have announced a plan to roll out a system to keep elevators running during...
KONE Receives EUR200-Million Loan to Support R&D
In December, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced it signed a EUR200-million (US$216.4 million) loan with KONE to support R&D for more energy-efficient and intelligent elevators, escalators, moving walks, components...
Hyundai Elevator Signs MOU for Passenger Safety System
Hyundai Elevator Co. has announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LG Uplus for cooperation in developing and spreading the "MIRI-VIEW," the Korea IT Times reports. MIRI-VIEW...
