Wind River and Tage Idriver intro platform for autonomous open-pit mining vehicles

California-based Wind River is working with Chinese smart mining solutions provider Beijing Tage Idriver Technology Company on a software platform for autonomous mining vehicles for open-pit mining. The mining industry has been an early adopter of autonomous vehicles and machinery to improve safety, increase productivity, and save costs. Wind River is developing edge software for…

KDDI, LG Uplus to launch smart drones in Japan, Korea

  Japanese carrier KDDI and Korean telco LG Uplus announced plans to launch Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation (CIRC)’s G6.0, a drone compatible with smart drone platforms, in Japan and South Korea. Headquartered in Taiwan, CIRC’s business focuses on the development of autonomous intelligent robot solutions. The smart drones will be commercially available in Japan and…

Landis+Gyr completes advanced metering project in Central America

  Swiss firm Landis+Gyr said it has recently expanded smart grid capabilities in Central America with the completion of an advanced metering project for Empresa Eléctrica De Guatemala S.A. (EEGSA), to support the utility’s time-of-use (TOU) rates for reducing peak electricity demand. The five-month project involved deployment of Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream Connect network across the utility’s service…

Telenor, Sony and Ericsson team to develop smart IoT healthcare devices

Ericsson IoT Accelerator and Sony Network Communications Europe’s smart IoT services, said they are collaborating to enhance real-time location and tracking solutions for different sectors Using Telenor Connexion’s network. Ericsson IoT Accelerator is the Ericsson’s IoT connectivity and device management platform, providing enterprises with a unified solution that manages IoT operations of any scale, using worldwide…

3 Nokia private network projects

Mission critical communications and broad IoT support among private network applicaitons For several years now, Nokia has been touting 5G as the enabler of Industry 4.0 efforts to digitize industries of all sorts and using technology to increase efficiency, advance automation and drive global economic productivity. To do this, Nokia is working both through its…