Ericsson, AWS and Hitachi buddy up for 5G smart factory trial  

Kit vendor Ericsson and cloud giant AWS teamed up to build a 5G powered machine vision system in a Hitachi factory to help spot defects in the production line.
The private 5G infrastructure trial took place at Hitachi Astemo Americas’ electric motor vehicle manufacturing plant in Berea, Kentucky in the US. It focussed on how real-time digital video, AI, and edge-to-cloud technologies can enable automated fault detection.
It paired Ericsson Private 5G with the AWS Snow Family to power machi