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Cost-effective automation: igus presents the world’s lightest cobot

Automation made very easy: with the new ReBeL, now there is a plastic cobot from igus that weighs only ten kilograms. Together with low costs, low maintenance and simple operation, the ReBeL makes new innovative ideas in service robotics feasible for smaller companies and start-ups – from installed use on agricultural drones up to mobileContinueContinue reading “Cost-effective automation: igus presents the world’s lightest cobot”

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No… its more quintessentially Kiwi Martin Jetpacks

Time will be the teller – along with Netflix maybe – of whether the brainchild of Glenn Martin will end up on our screens like the telling of Kiwi-engineering legend Burt Munro, in the Hollywood blockbuster, The World’s Fastest Indian. Martin, too, was a southerner. His garage – like Munro’s – produced an unbelievable pieceContinueContinue reading “It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No… its more quintessentially Kiwi Martin Jetpacks”

A “breakthrough” next step in New Zealand’s journey to decarbonising steel

Could water be the answer to New Zealand’s steel industry lowering carbon emissions? Researchers at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University’s Robinson Research Institute collaborate with Wellington UniVentures and New Zealand Steel to test exactly that.

3D PRINTING GOING TO IMPRESSIVE HEIGHT

Hyrazine is commonly used as an aerospace propellant for low to medium thrust applications. Hydrogen peroxide, however, is a much less toxic alternative. And a PhD student at Canterbury is developing a 3D printed catalyst bed that will enable more efficient use of this as a propellant for rockets.

“Stop playing dumb”

With the available best practice guidelines, codes of practice, fact sheets, standards and the like, Craig Carlyle said that it should be straight forward to make an honest attempt at providing safer work places – but that statistics suggest otherwise.

Market, personnel and supply chain resilience: Building your plan

There is no doubt the last few years have tested personal resilience, but business resilience is also really important, and has been equally challenged writes Daniel Taylor.

Service by email still complicated

If a payment claim under the Construction Contracts Act 2002 (’CCA’) is served correctly, and the payee fails to respond in time, the whole of the claimed amount becomes a statutory debt due. For this reason the courts are careful to ensure strict compliance with the CCA. However, communication via email can make this difficult, writes Dentons Kensington Swan.

Advocacy the key to #BreakingTheBias in industry career paths

As this month’s International Women’s Day (IWD) approached I found myself thinking about the role of women in our industry: What are we doing to support women starting out in their careers and those aspiring to leadership roles? Who is championing diversity and inclusion?

Educating women on the opportunities is the “first step” to seeing more in the workplace

Women are still significantly under-represented in the trades, and several barriers add to this problem.

War and 3D printing

How can 3D printing be used in war? Dr Juan Schutte takes a look, however it is important to remember that such tools and technology are not ‘evil’, and that it depends on who is using them and for what.