Automate Show 2024 Recap
9th of May, we close the curtains on the biggest Automation show of the year: Automate 2024 by the Association for Advancing Automation (automation.org ).Looking into hundreds of exhibitors, this is our top pick for this year :
- PrintStator by ECM : Replace copper coils with PCBs
ECM’s PrintStator Motor Design Software won the Automate 2024 Innovation Award, They created an Innovative PCB Stator technology that eliminates the need for copper windings used in conventional machines, creating a new type of axial flux electric motor.
Is it any different from standard motors?
Compared to other motor types, PCB Stator motors utilize significantly fewer raw materials. Additionally, their axial flux form factor enables them to be up to 70% lighter than their traditional counterparts, despite being only a fraction of their axial length. As a result, these motors are able to deliver more power in a smaller, more streamlined package.
How can it be better than standard motors ?
PrintStator specializes in electric motor designs that are extremely torque-dense and lightweight, with up to 30% less mass compared to other designs. ECM motors have a flexible form factor for compact integration with gearboxes, and multiple PCB motors can be stacked on the same shaft for even greater power.
- Nvidia x Intrinsic : next-gen Robots
NVIDIA and Intrinsic are collaborating to advance autonomous robotic manipulation using AI. Intrinsic has integrated NVIDIA’s AI to enhance dexterity and capabilities for robotic arms.
What does this mean?
This collaboration offers foundation models and GPU-accelerated libraries that will improve automation tasks and enable companies to scale and automate their operations.
What are the use cases?
In an impressive demonstration, a stack of metal parts was presented and the robot showcased its advanced Arm vision and AI capabilities. With utmost confidence, it was able to distinguish each part from the others and flawlessly sort them into separate containers. This remarkable technological breakthrough has shattered our previous perception that only humans can handle complex sorting operations, as robots have now proven themselves more than capable of such tasks.
