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Blog posts tagged
"IoT"


Eric Jensen
15 February 2019

The forecast is robots

Internet of Things Article

Robots are an increasingly important part of our lives, in more ways than we realise. I’m not talking just about Roombas, or the toy robots that inhabit the wish lists of the world’s children (and the young at heart). Robots are increasingly behind the scenes, powering the modern world we experience daily. From clothing to ...


Alex Cattle
7 February 2019

Creating multi-purpose hardware with IoT app stores

Internet of Things Article

The traditional approach to IoT requires customised hardware and kernels with a monolithic software image being flashed at the manufacturing stage leaving devices static. This renders devices unable to evolve functionality and subject to unmitigated security risks. A new software defined IoT approach helps produce multi-purpose hardware w ...


Canonical
22 January 2019

Ubuntu Core 18 released for secure, reliable IoT devices

Internet of Things Canonical News

Canonical today published Ubuntu Core 18, bringing the popular Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to high-security embedded devices. “Dell has been working closely with Canonical over the past three years to certify Ubuntu Core on all our Edge Gateway platforms. Ubuntu Core enables our customers to build highly secure, stable IoT solutions that deliver the ...


Sarah Dickinson
9 January 2019

Apellix engineers safer work environments with Ubuntu powered aerial robotics

Internet of Things Article

In 2016, 16% of all workplace deaths in the US were attributed to falls. Apellix, a Florida-based start up, who specialise in aerial robotics aims to reduce this number by using their drones in place of workers to complete tasks in elevated or dangerous environments. In tandem, these same aerial robotics can also reduce the ...


Canonical
6 December 2018

Canonical launches MicroK8s – deploy Kubernetes in seconds

Canonical announcements Article

Canonical has released MicroK8s – a fast and efficient upstream Kubernetes delivered as a single snap package that installs on 42 flavours of Linux. With a small disk and memory footprint, MicroK8s provides an efficient way to deploy Kubernetes in seconds, whether on the desktop, the server, an edge cloud, or IoT device. MicroK8s is avail ...


Guest
3 December 2018

Collaborative robots – Cobots and the changing nature of work

Internet of Things Article

  This is a guest blog by Jamie Branch, Corrosion Engineer at Apellix.  Collaborative robots, or cobots, work side by side with humans to enhance human worker’s ability to perform their job safer, with less monotony and repetitive tasks. Most of us are familiar with industrial robots and it should be no surprise that people ...


Alex Cattle
20 November 2018

Behind the drone: how aerial robotics solve industrial IOT challenges

Internet of Things Article

Apellix, an emerging leader in the field of aerial robotics, are creating innovative industrial solutions with the help of Ubuntu. The development of aerial robotic systems to carry out tasks at height has taken the responsibility of dangerous activity away from human workers. With 150 workers dying everyday in the USA as a result of ...


Guest
14 November 2018

Innovating toward safety: computer controlled aerial robotic systems

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest blog by Jamie Branch, Corrosion Engineer at Apellix.  In the United States alone, 849 workers lost their lives in 2016 from falling while on the job. In the construction industry specifically, falls are the leading cause of worker fatality. At Apellix, we utilise Ubuntu and proprietary software to create innovative industr ...


James Nunns
10 November 2018

Ubuntu Core and Kura: A framework for IoT gateways

Internet of Things Article

The Linux distribution model, whilst established and well understood for computing, has some limitations when it comes to IoT edge gateway devices. Due to often being located in remote or hard to access areas, there is a greater demand for a system that offers both high levels of robustness and security. With the IoT gateway ...


Guest
9 November 2018

The rise of the Digital Smart Kiosk

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest blog by Jody Smith, Product Manager at Broadsign.  The world’s increasing demand for quick, personalised service often clashes with budgetary concerns and the limited throughput that individual workers are capable of. Fortunately, there’s a solution: touch-enabled, digital smart kiosks. Today’s smart kiosks are a far cry f ...


Canonical
1 November 2018

Canonical’s Distribution of Kubernetes supported on Arm architecture

Canonical announcements Article

Today, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, announces that Canonical’s Distribution of Kubernetes (CDK) is now commercially available and supported on processors and servers based on 64-bit Arm® v8-A architecture. The data centre is evolving to support new workload requirements, it is transforming to be optimised for workloads such as: 5 ...


James Nunns
19 October 2018

Ubuntu events in November

Cloud and server Events

  November is just around the corner, winter jumpers are being dug out from the back of the wardrobe and it’s now acceptable to put the heating on. Although many may be considering hibernation, the Ubuntu team here at Canonical will be out and about around the world at a number of big events. So ...