Factory Automation encompasses the manufacturing and/or assembly of parts and subsystems to produce a product by passing it through a series of individual machines or work cells. Sometimes called ...

Fig. 2: By standardizing on AutomationDirect C-more HMIs, PMi2 has streamlined the development effort and end-user interface experience for their equipment automation, regardless of what PLC model is ...

The quest to shape our understanding of AI is occurring at the same time that we’re experimenting with its potential applications, from designing through integration of products and processes.

The basics of industrial automation, smart factory, and Industry 4.0. The importance of power and connectivity in smart factories. The outcome of applying the lessons learned. Automation does not a ...

Bright Machines is going public via a SPAC-led combination, it announced this morning. The transaction will see the 3-year-old company merge with SCVX, raising gross cash proceeds of $435 million in ...

RENISHAW’s new manufacturing connectivity and data platform - Renishaw Central - is a data-driven solution designed to transform the productivity, capability, and efficiency of manufacturing ...

Lights out manufacturing is gaining steam across the semiconductor industry, accelerating productivity, improving quality, and reducing costs and environment impact. These benefits are the result of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are taking the world by storm. More and more we are seeing everyday actions turned into digitally automated tasks. While the construction industry hasn’t ...

At Automation Fair 2021, Sarah Larson of Rockwell Automation explained how the use of simulation and emulation software from Emulate3D, a Rockwell Automation company, is used to develop, test, and ...

Until about 10 months ago, Hugh Roddy, the vice president of global engineering and project management at Chobani, spent much of his time on the road traveling between the company’s plants in New York ...

The development team at Factory AI is harnessing the power of autonomous AI systems, known as droids, to automate the entire software development lifecycle. By delegating tasks ranging from ideation ...

Luciano Sieber, CSCO of Colgate Palmolive, recently forwarded me a Wall Street Journal article about Stanley Black & Decker’s SWK “doomed” Fort Worth, Texas factory automation push. The subject line ...