INDUSTRY News THE FUTURE OF AI IS NOW, IFS SHOWS US HOW
IFS, the leading provider of Industrial AI software, showcased the next wave of AI innovation at Industrial X Unleashed, which took place in New York earlier this month. The company shared its vision, industrial setting, as well as unveiled partnerships through applied customer examples.
opportunity to drive growth in our economy, as well as positively impact our society and planet using AI is now – but importantly, The news headlines to date have been on the generic productivity
AI companies looking for further expansion by applying their • Frontier AI Models the hands of frontline workers to transform work and rapidly deliver value. Resolve enables customers to predict and prevent faults faster. use case, William Grant & Sons – the world’s largest independent distiller. The company has worked with IFS Nexus Black and within weeks. This is already helping engineers anticipate and resolve maintenance issues before downtime occurs, improving asset reliability, reducing unplanned outages, and freeing teams to focus • Physical AI and Robotics Dynamics was used to demonstrate how physical AI and robotics the 4.4million homes it serves. In addition, IFS’s partnership with robotics manufacturer 1X Technologies was announced, opening the opportunity for humanoid robots in industrial settings. • Grid and Power autonomous grid through asset investment planning and grid infrastructure upgrades. For more information about Industrial X Unleashed, visit
www.industrialX.ai. The January issue of Automation, will include a
ABB COLUMN NEW GUIDANCE HELPS USERS PLAY IT SAFE WITH COBOTS
them to work alongside people, collaborative robots, or ‘cobots’, have helped reshape how humans and machines share workspace. However, like any industrial machinery, cobots must be designed, installed, and operated with care to minimize risks to those around them. There has recently been a major overhaul of the safety guidance
guidelines, providing a more robust and explicit framework for cobot safety. The new standard emphasizes that cobots must be designed and configured to limit contact forces through controlled speeds, appropriate strengthen overall compliance.
As a leading supplier of collaborative systems, we strongly
recommend that customers supplement the new guidance with our Step 1: Determine the scope of the system will integrate into the production flow and identify the level of human layout, nearby people, and potential misuse. Step 2: Identify the hazards - Hazards may stem from the cobot’s movements, tooling, or the application itself, for example, handling adjacent machinery or energy sources should also be assessed. Step 3: Eliminate the risk - Risk is a combination of the potential exposed to physical contact with the moving system and determine their vulnerability to injury, as set out in both the old and new standards. Step 4: Reduce the risk -
are not automatically ‘safe.’ Risk reduction should address both the or fixtures. In general, risk reduction should reduce both the severity of hazards and the probability of their occurrence. Step 5: Determine residual risk
Finally, remember that safety is an ongoing process. Any modification
robotics@gb.abb.com Alan Conn, Managing Director, ABB Robotics UK & Ireland
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