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Epishine announced that its organic photovoltaic cells have been incorporated within the commercially available Optiqo QlvrBox, a wireless device for tracking facilities management maintenance schedules. This illustrates the commercial potential for indoor OPV to power IoT devices.

MAN is an established supplier of heavy goods vehicles into the road haulage industry. MAN is currently testing and trialling automotive technologies and discussed this with IDTechEx at ITS World Congress 2021.

A company founded at the University of Waterloo's flagship incubator has performed the first autonomous robotic intramuscular injection, paving the way to improved patient care in an industry faced with labour shortages. Cobionix, an autonomous robotics company located in Kitchener-Waterloo, performed the injection—without needles—using their Cobi platform.

A team of engineers has invented new technology that could forever change the manufacturing of wearable, electronic sensors. They've figured out a way to speed up production without having to use polymer binders - the industry standard in printing flexible sensors, which are often used to monitor vital signs in health care settings.

Picking up a blueberry or grape without squishing it isn't hard, but try teaching it to a robot. The same goes for walking on ice, turning a key to unlock a door or cooking a favorite dish. When it comes to the senses, touch remains a challenge for artificial intelligence and robotics researchers.

MOIA is a ride pooling service funded by Volkswagen. The service is available in Hamburg and Hanover and uses small electric buses with space for 6 passengers. Riders are pooled into groups requesting similar pick-up and drop-off points, riders then share the cost of the trip. The service is cheap, fast and comfortable, and shows the potential for urban transport in the future.

Will the capacitive human-machine interface (HMI) components of the future be produced using IME, or will the simpler currently utilized manufacturing methodologies persist?

Friday 12 November 2021 - covering recent progress with smart cities and what is likely to happen in 2022. It deals with both new cities and existing ones that are radically modernising. Learn how the objectives are now far more ambitious

NXP are one of the largest suppliers of semiconductor products in the world. One of the ways it contributes to ADAS and autonomous automotive technologies is through its radar components. IDTechEx spoke to NXP about current technology and future trends in radar components at the 2021 ITS World Congress in Hamburg

IDTechEx spoke to Mark Turner, AI, IOT, Edge & Embedded Computing Sales Director, UK & Ireland at ADLINK. They are a computer manufacturer, making industrial computing systems to open standards such as PICMG, COM Express, or ROS. They were displaying various industrial computing systems, including robotic control and vision systems.

Researchers have announced the development of a viral detection algorithm for smartwatches. . The algorithm will be commercialized by physIQ, which develops solutions designed to improve health care outcomes by applying artificial intelligence to real-time physiological data from wearable sensors.

IDTechEx briefly spoke to Piab at their booth at Robotics & Automation 2021. They are a leader in robotic end effectors, with original speciality in suction cups and vacuum pickers, but more recent expansion into gripping and palletising systems.

Sick AG (SICK) are a global manufacturer of sensors and related solutions for industrial applications. They were demonstrating their robotic systems at the Robotics & Automation 2021 event, where IDTechEx visited their booth.

IDTechEx spoke to Fernando Daniel Pazos, Applications Design Engineer at Schneider Electric at their booth at Robotics & Automation 2021. They were primarily demonstrating their industrial PLC and motion controller units at the event.

IDTechEx spoke to Sean Wood, Sales Director UK & Ireland for Clearview Imaging at their booth at Robotics & Automation 2021. They are a machine vision systems distributor based in Thame, UK, and demonstrated various industrial vision systems at their booth.

The next time you buy a new couch, you may not ever have to leave your old one to get a feel for the texture of the new material.

ZF is an established tier 1 automotive supplier. At ITS World Congress ZF exhibited its vision for the future of urban mobility in the form of a level 4 automated robot shuttles. IDTechEx spoke to ZF about the technology on the shuttle and the business of robot shuttles.

BluSense Diagnostics is an in vitro diagnostics company with core technology in microfluidics and immuno-magnetic assays for point-of-care testing of infectious diseases. IDTechEx analyst Andy Ko spoke with BluSense CEO Maarten van der Linden and CSO Dr Marco Donolato on 29/10/2021.

Mobileye is an Intel company and provides computational hardware for ADAS and autonomous applications in the automotive industry. IDTechEx spoke to Mobileye at ITS World Congress 2021.

PathogenDx is a diagnostics company using microarrays for pathogen detection in food & agricultural safety, and in COVID-19 testing. IDTechEx analyst Andy Ko interviewed PathogenDx CEO Milan Patel on 26/10/2021.