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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Monday, December 04, 2006 4:05:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | Colubris Networks unveils WLAN products that keep mobile robots connected to Wi-Fi hot spots and link legacy factory-floor equipment to a manufacturer's wireless infrastructure. |
| Keywords: | Colubris Networks, Cisco, Wi-Fi, wireless LAN, WLAN, robot connectivity, Ethernet networks, wireless hot-spots, industrial networks, mesh networks |
Colubris Networks Inc., a wireless infrastructure company, today announced a new line of products designed to meet a wide array of enterprise communications needs, including those that facilitate robot and plant equipment connectivity. The family of new products ranges from a multi-service controller and a wireless client bridge to network management tools. The new wireless LAN gear from Colubris is reflective of the company's push from managing back-end Wi-Fi infrastructure to accommodating all aspects of data connectivity. To that end, mobility, security, and favorable pricing are what Colubris officials claim will set its products apart from those of competing Wi-Fi equipment makers. Companies, including manufacturers, are finding new ways to use the radio frequency (RF) communications spectrum. Beyond connecting employees to relevant data, some are opening up the airwaves to on-site visitors -- whose access privileges can be managed through Colubris's products -- as well as using the technology for location detection and voice communication applications. Moreover, manufacturing-specific applications are emerging -- namely, robot control, which Colubris said is a good fit for its scalable and secure WLAN (wireless local area network) technology. [Click to continue] |
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