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RoboBusiness Direct Presents:

Cybersecurity and Robotics Systems: Vulnerabilities and Solutions

June 29, 2020

RoboBusiness Direct’s session with Counterpoint Research’s Satyajit Sinha will explore current and future cybersecurity threats to networked robotics systems.

Honda Halts Output at Some Plants After Cyber Attack

June 9, 2020

TOKYO—Honda Motor Co. said a cyberattack has disrupted its internal network and brought some of its assembly plants around the world to a standstill.

Cybersecurity for Today’s Assembly Plant

As assembly plants become more connected to both suppliers and customers, cybersecurity is becoming more important

John Sprovieri

May 15, 2020

On May 12, 2017, hackers launched a "ransomware" cyberattack that would eventually infect 300,000 machines in 150 countries over a three-day period.

Tufts Tackles Thorny Issues Surrounding Cybersecurity

Austin Weber

May 10, 2019

Hackers are one of the biggest threats to digital factories and Industry 4.0 initiatives. If conveyors, fastening tools, robots and other equipment are not secure, state-of-the-art production technology can be rendered useless.

ISO Issues Guide to Prevent Cyberattacks

April 17, 2019

GENEVA, Switzerland—he International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has issued new guidelines to help manufacturers prevent cyberattacks and other digital threats that are becoming increasingly common.

MDISS Extends ISA Guidelines to Connected Medical Devices

February 26, 2019

BRONX, NY—The Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium has announced it is developing a set of recommended practices and profiles for securing medical systems based on the normative requirements in the widely used ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards for industrial automation and control systems cybersecurity.

Autonomous Bin Picking for Cobots: Is it Finally Here?

Bin picking comes in many shapes and sizes, from high payload automotive and heavy equipment manufacturing applications, to pick and drop e-commerce order fulfillment and part sortation applications. But one area with unique requirements is bin picking applications for machine tending where precision pick-path-and-place and rapid deployment is required.

How Cobots Can Be Leveraged in the COVID-19 Age

The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on all industries, with manufacturing being hit particularly hard. As the industry restarts operations following shutdown, leaders struggle to create the “new normal.” Experts cite automation and technology as two key factors in helping companies succeed going forward. Leading the automation pack are collaborative robots or “cobots” – robots that are safe, easy to program and cost-effective.

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