Automation World covers news and trends around industrial automation software and hardware for professionals in the discrete and batch/hybrid manufacturing industries.
When you think of Bluetooth, it’s probably more about connecting your headphones to a smartphone, laptop or stereo amplifier. But its potential for use in industrial device communications has become stronger with Bluetooth LE.
A detailed look at how the combination of stereo depth perception with 3D data in stereo cameras enables the functions of autonomous mobile and pick-and-place robots.
End of arm tooling is more than just a robot attachment — it’s a critical factor of automation. By carefully considering design factors and selecting the appropriate EoAT, automated...
From converting paper documents to digital documents and videos, to training workers in their native language and reducing research time, generative AI combined with connected...
Because manufacturing execution system software can manage manual and automated workflows, it serves as a critical link connecting distributed control systems, asset maintenance...
Understanding the growing importance of advanced software, such as condition monitoring and simulation, coupled with established sensor and controller technologies, is critical...
Robots and artificial intelligence are clearly more advanced than the controllers and motors that powered much of the past century’s manufacturing advance, but they all changed...
Thomson Industries’ Movotrak CTU 7th axis features a Kollmorgen servo motor, linear-unit-driven guide rails and collision detection functionality to move cobots between task locations...
The H series is a new range of command and signaling devices from Schmersal for hygiene-sensitive applications, particularly food processing. Characteristic features of the range...
A visual data science platform, Spotfire® for Manufacturing, combines visual analytics, data science, and data wrangling to help manufacturers identify production bottlenecks...
Schmersal has introduced the DHS-U1 door handle system, which is designed to display individual machine status using illumination in the handle itself. The DHS door handle system...
How manufacturers use data analytics, AI-powered vision inspection systems, augmented reality, and digital twins for applications ranging from OEE improvements to predictive maintenance...
Lisa Masciantonio, chief workforce officer at the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute, shares her insights into how robotics and AI have changed the U.S. manufacturing...
