May 2024 www.drivesncontrols.com 8 CWIEME Berlin 14-16 May, 2024, Berlin, Germany The world’s largest show dedicated to motor manufacturing, coil winding, transformers, generators and e-mobility, expects to welcome more than 6,000 attendees and 600 exhibitors over its three days. More than 50 speakers have been lined up for the event, oering more than 25 hours of content. There will be a new zone dedicated to start-ups in areas including high-performance motors, sensors and power electronics. https://berlin.cwiemeevents.com Drives & Controls 5-6 June, 2024, NEC, Birmingham Now part of Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week, the Drives & Controls show will run alongside other events including Air-Tech, Fluid Power & Systems, Maintec, Smart Factory Expo and Design & Engineering Expo. It will cover areas including industrial automation, energy eciency, machine safety, drives, motion controls, power transmission and robotics. www.mandeweek.co.uk/ drives-controls-expo-home Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week 5-6 June, 2024, NEC, Birmingham The event will include the Maintec, Smart Factory Expo and Design & Engineering Expo shows and will run alongside Drives & Controls, Air-Tech, Fluid Power & Systems. The organisers say the “Festival of Industrial Innovation” represents the future of manufacturing and engineering in the UK. As well as the exhibitions there will be conferences and summits. www.mandeweek.co.uk Automation UK 2024 18-19 June, 2024, CBS Arena, Coventry The two-day robotics and automation show will return for its second appearance with the organiser, Bara (the British Automation & Robot Association) planning to double the space of the rst event, held in 2023. Some exhibitors – Beckho, for example – are planning to double the size of their stands. Other exhibitors include ABB, Fanuc, Pilz, Yaskawa, Kuka, CKF, Festo and RARUK Automation. www.automation-uk.co.uk Machine Vision Conference 2024 18-19 June, 2024, CBS Arena, Coventry Now in its eighth year, the Machine Vision Conference and exhibition aims to promote the use of image-processing technologies, educating visitors about new processes, and helping them to nd technologies that can improve their processes and cut costs. The event is organised by UKIVA (the UK Industrial Vision Association). www.machinevisionconference.co.uk Hillhead 2024 25-27 June, 2024, Hillhead Quarry, Buxton The three-day event located in a quarry includes more than 60 live demonstrations of plant and equipment, as well as more than 600 exhibitors and thousands of products for the quarrying, construction and recycling industries. Around 20,000 visitors are expected to attend. www.hillhead.com n NEWS OMRON ROBOTICS & SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES HAS formed a strategic partnership with Neura Robotics, a German pioneer of cognitive robotics, with the aim of revolutionising manufacturing by introducing AI-based cognitive robots designed to enhance eciency, exibility and safety. Unlike traditional industrial robots, cognitive robots can learn from their environment, make decisions autonomously, and adapt to dynamic production environments. This opens up new applications including intricate assembly tasks, detailed quality inspections, and adaptive material-handling processes. “We see Neura's cognitive technologies as a compelling growth opportunity for industrial robotics,” says Omron Robotics & Safety Technologies president and CEO, Olivier Welker. “By combining Neura’s innovative solutions with Omron’s global reach and automation portfolio, we will provide customers new ways to increase safety, productivity, and exibility in their operations.” For Neura’s founder, David Reger, the connection with Omron is “a milestone in the history of industrial automation. It brings us a signicant step closer to our goal of revolutionising the global robotics market. By pooling our sensor and AI technologies and expertise into an ultimate platform approach, we will signicantly shape the future of the manufacturing industry and set new standards." Neura Robotics was founded in southern Germany in 2019 with the aim of establishing the era of cognitive robots, which can see, hear and have a sense of touch. They act autonomously and learn from experience. The company combines all of the robot’s components and sensors as well as AI into one device and oers a platform to develop apps for a wide range of specialist applications. It claims to oer “unmatched exibility and cost eciency in automation”. Neura says it is also planning to bring the rst multi-purpose humanoid robot to the market At present, most of Neura’s manufacturing is done in China, but it is ramping up production in Germany with the aim of relocating its manufacturing from China to Metzingen in Germany by the end of 2024. The company is also establishing an engineering hub in Munich focusing on AI, combined with a global sales coordinating centre. “Despite the high energy prices and other challenges, we are moving production to Germany in order to demonstrate our condence in Germany as a business location,” says Reger. Last year, Neura secured $55m of funding from European investors, followed by a further $16m from the US private equity rm, InterAlpen Partners. Omron joins Neura to ‘revolutionise’ manufacturing using cognitive robots Neura Robotics is planning to transfer production of its cognitive robots from China to Germany by the end of 2024
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