June 2022

Conducting maintenance and inspection tasks in critical areas using an autonomous robot — this task is being carried out by Evonik, a global leader in the specialty chemicals industry, as part of an Innovation Project with three partners at one of its company-owned chemical plants. Evonik relies on Getac's F110 ATEX-certified tablet to control the robot and teach it automated inspection routes around the facility. The company chose the F110-EX due to its powerful performance and excellent reliability. [See Getac media release]

Juniper blog: Best rugged tablet for the Oil and Gas industry
What rugged tablet is best for any given industry depends on a number of factors. In highlighting their Mesa rugged tablet platform's qualification, a recent entry in Juniper Systems' Get Rugged blog discusses certifications, specifications, and features that make a tablet suitable for users in oil and gas industry applications. The blog entry describes Hazloc certification, the Military Standard 810 with its dozens of tests, the Ingress Protection rating system, barcode and RFID options, as well as ruggedness issues of particular interest to the O&G industry, like extreme temperatures. [See Juniper blog entry] -- Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2022 by chb

DT Research: 4 ways rugged tablets help expand Marines' competitive space
The DT Research Rugged Tech Talk blog is among the best in informing customers and interested parties on rugged computing technology applications, new areas of deployment, and ways to work better, faster, and more efficiently with mobile tech. In a recent post, the blog highlights some of the ways rugged tech designers are creating systems to suit Marines' missions and human factor needs. [See DT Research Rugged Tech Talk] -- Posted Tuesday, June 21, 2022 by chb

Zebra Technologies introduces rugged tablets to help frontline work smarter and faster
Zebra Technologies Corporation an innovator at the front line of business with solutions and partners that deliver a performance edge, today introduced the ET4x series, including the Android™-based ET40 and ET45 tablets, designed to help workers work smarter and faster. Businesses can choose the easy-to-carry 8-inch or 10-inch model for the best viewing of information-rich applications. [See Zebra media release] -- Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2022 by chb

Review: Emdoor EMI12U rugged OEM tablet
The Emdoor EM-I12U is one of the few available lightweight 10-inch class fully rugged tablets that can deliver seriously high performance. Its Intel quad-core Core processors are not of the latest variety, but offer MUCH higher performance than any Atom/Celeron/Pentium based tablet. We also like the straightforward all-metal magnesium alloy construction, the ability to sustain high performance thanks to fan-based cooling, and the sharp IPS capacitive display. [See review of the Emdoor EM-I12U rugged OEM tablet] -- Posted Tuesday, June 7, 2022 by chb