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Starting March 22, 2018, when you now subscribe to AutoCAD® you get access to AutoCAD vertical products and libraries - referred to as specialised toolsets.

The University of Canterbury has officially opened its new School of Product Design.  The Minister of Research, Science and Innovation, Hon Dr Megan Woods opened the new Engineering school last night at an official celebration of the realisation of the School, which is part of UC’s College of Engineering.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Stiles Machinery has announced the next generation of machine design and digital innovation from Homag. This new identity will include a modern machine design across all new Homag products, as well as new, consistent product names designed to help customers identify the right machine for their needs.

Biomimicry is the strategy of modeling designs and structures in technology after nature writes Isaac Maw for engineering.com  Building a two-armed assembly robot to have wrist, elbow and shoulder joints, like a human, is a good example of biomimicry.

Architect, designer and thinker, Neri Oxman has been at the forefront of computational design, additive manufacturing, material engineering and synthetic biology.

The wire harness producers, based in Vaitele, are now manufacturing ute-lids for the New Zealand company, Pro-Form.  The company specialises in automotive accessories which are delivered to automotive companies throughout the world.

Russian Federation aluminium behemoth U.C. Rusal announced yesterday that a revolutionary new scandium-aluminium alloy intended for shipbuilding has broken free of the laboratory and entered the testing phase.

PENSKE New Zealand has secured a deal to deliver 36 MAN trucks to TIL Logistics Ltd, one of the kiwi's biggest freight and transport companies.

Pump and metering equipment supplier, Haar Australia, has attained Trade Measurement Unit approval from New Zealand’s Measurement Standards Laboratory for its PreciFUEL aviation fuel metering systems.

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Sunday it will use robots to build ships for the first time in the industry to improve efficiency and cut costs.

The world's largest shipbuilder has recently completed a year of testing of a robotic system that automatically shapes a vessel's 3-D curved surface at its shipyard in Ulsan, located 414 kilometers southeast of Seoul.

The unmanned system is based on the Internet of Things and automation technologies, and is equipped with a high-frequency inductive heating system and a multi-joint arm, the company said.

Hyundai Heavy plans to add artificial intelligence and more sophisticated technologies in the future.

The system will increase productivity by three times compared with man-made work, as well as improve the quality of the end product, the company said. The company expects the robot will save costs from 100 billion won ($ 92.3 million) to 200 billion won for the next 10 to 20 years depending on its lifespan.

The Korean shipbuilder is one of the industry leaders in robotic adoption for efficiency, work safety and cost reduction.

Robots can substitute for skilled labor in welding, blasting, painting, heavy lifting and other tasks.

Source:  (Yonhap)   || March 05, 2018   |||