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Introducing robotic automation to an established workflow can appear complicated and expensive. With the latest modular technology and intuitive setup tools, companies can quickly and easily begin capturing the benefits, and scale and upgrade their systems as confidence grows.

As IDTechEx predicted in its report, "Robot Shuttles and Autonomous Buses 2020-2040," robot shuttles are converging with robotaxis.

Mobile robots will take logistics sector by storm, with a 10-fold investment increase predicted between now and 2024. COVID-19 will be a significant driver in long-term mobile robot growth. Sales of AMRs set to radically outstrip AGV revenues.

Bosch Rexroth looks back on 30 years' linear axes development.

Optimizing mobile and remote operations in the new era of automation.

The electricity grid is undergoing its first evolution since the invention of the power transmission system, and energy storage devices, particularly mechanical energy storage devices, will play a solid role in this evolution.

Automation is the key to sustained economic prosperity for American manufacturing. However, in order to truly tap into its potential, the U.S. must ensure that the industry has the necessary talent pool to work in tandem with these new technologies. The key is a viable STEM education system that will create a pipeline of necessary talent.

Translating mathematical equations into code can lead to precision errors. The condition the system is intended to detect must match the scope of the math.

A proactive over reactive approach to OT cybersecurity is essential to keep the pace to face the threats in today’s IT/OT converged environments.

New ARC Advisory Group research on the global Alarm Management market reveals that alarm management in general continues to be a big issue in hydrocarbon processing plants, chemical plants, power plants, and other industrial process plants around the world.

Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) can improve industrial productivity by 50 to 70 percent but require adequate room to move about increasingly space-constrained factory floors.

Vector Controls and Automation Group, a leading manufacturing representative, distributor, and service provider, announce that they have formed a strategic partnership with IMI Critical Engineering.

The incorporation of Honeywell solution ControlEdge HC900 into Global Control’s furnace and oven offerings accelerates the OEM’s widespread availability and strengthens its competitiveness.

New toolkits auto-enable OPC UA capabilities–no additional coding required.

As industries strive to disrupt markets with new innovations, digitalization has proven to be a key driver in enhancing a company’s bottom line. The oil and gas industry is no exception.

How holistic thinking and Industry 4.0 technology are helping companies climb to the top of the manufacturing class.

Our customers must keep moving forward–in the new world, they are navigating new needs. They might need fewer machines than before or twice as many. That requires us to be flexible.

The speed of technological change today, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, requires a mental evolution for which not everyone is prepared.

Learn from an interview with Christopher Anhalt of Softing about markets, adoption drivers, competing standards, the horizontal and vertical integration of IT and OT, companion specification use cases, green-field and brown-field… and many other things relevant to use cases that have made OPC UA so successful.

Joint agreement expands on pioneering research and is expected to improve manufacturing cost and quality.

Industrial Software company AVEVA announced the acquisition of OSIsoft famous for the PI Historian for the purchase price of $5 billion, expanding the company’s digitalization offerings.

AspenTech and Wood announced a new partnership that will offer Wood’s clients Aspen Mtell® asset performance management (APM) technology for predictive and prescriptive maintenance.

Fluke Corporation announced that it led an investment in Everactive, a Silicon Valley-based technology company that sells category-defining batteryless, wireless Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions.

By 2040, Li-ion battery recycling will become a $31 billion market.

TrendMiner has announced the global expansion of its partner ecosystem to the regions North and South America, the Middle East, Russia, Asia Pacific and Australia.

The ISA hosted the Virtual Digital Transformation in Deepwater Production Conference on Sept. 16, 2020, featuring 11 speakers and panelists representing Shell, VisCo, BP, and more.

The collaboration between ABB and PT Shell will maximize lubricant output to meet increasing demand in Indonesia.

Square Peg led the round and joined existing investors to continue building cutting-edge solutions that protect IoT devices and glean key data-driven insights.

These programs honor the remarkable achievements and contributions of ISA members.

AspenTech is working toward what is called an SOP, or Self-Optimizing Plant.

For effective, resilient ICS cybersecurity, building a collaborative culture among IT and OT stakeholders is essential.

In his September column, 2020 International Society of Automation (ISA) President Eric Cosman discusses upcoming virtual events and conferences.

Attending the AVEVA World Digital Virtual Press Roundtable provided thoughts and insights about the impacts of the pandemic and recovery.

Registration open! Book your spot at the CODESYS Tech Talk Users Conference Oct. 16-22, 2020.

Center's research to improve technology adoption in the manufacturing supply chain.

Generative design and digital twins join other business drivers to increase demand for engineering simulation tools.

Telematics will evolve from being a “dot on a map” tracking solution to a digital automation platform that ultimately guides an effective and fast decision-making process.

After a lengthy period of connector manufacturers pursuing various approaches with regard to M12 PushPull locks, IEC 61076-2-010 is now finally bringing a system that is consistent across the industry.

Automation professionals from the ISA Mentor Program address a question they received: 'How can we develop and motivate new automation professionals?'

Next-generation distributed I/O and control open new possibilities for connected infrastructure.

Brand-new Industry 4.0 immersive experience center demonstrates smart factory technologies reshaping business today.

Strategic Alliance expands Wunderlich-Malec’s services that accelerates the adoption of Industry 4.0 for process manufacturing practitioners to develop.

Experienced leader, Ray Almgren, tapped to grow product offering and global distribution.

The International Society for Automation’s (ISA) 75th Anniversary has inspired a look into the future at the megatrends that will drive the automation industry during the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

IMTS Network provides an entire channel of original programming that features powerful ideas for productivity and inspiring stories from the women and men who shape the future of manufacturing.

Cisco Investments joins Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Altira Group, Chevron Technology Ventures, and Next47 to fund Seeq product and market expansion.

Your plant or machine is assembled from objects–your control should be, too. New tools deliver the productivity of OOP without the complexity.

Perceptive Sensor Technologies (PST), the global leader in true Real-Time Fluid Identification and Condition Monitoring, has announced Hawk Measurement (HAWK) as their global sales partner.

Industrial sensors pose a risk to OT cybersecurity that is often overlooked.

Applications for vision-guided robotics are growing rapidly. This article looks at some of VGR's common uses and challenges in articulated robots.

The technology is enabling remote asset and enterprise performance management.

The new IDTechEx report, "Sensors 2021-2041" uniquely analyses the whole subject in the light of such seismic changes as the COVID-19 virus.

In 2020, mining and metals companies are looking to recover from COVID-19, increase sustainability, and ensure public trust. Long-term trends are positive.

AVEVA hosted a virtual roundtable panel discussion Aug. 26, 2020 with key people from the world’s largest oil & gas organizations to understand how technology is reenergizing industry.

ZF Friedrichshafen relies on a special programming software environment for the simulation of robot applications, the generation of program code using a modular principle, and the reduction of maintenance costs as well as the ability to work independently of manufacturers.

AMETEK Surface Vision, the leading provider of online surface inspection solutions, has supported aluminum manufacturer Laminazione Sottile S.p.A. in meeting customer specifications for product quality.

Endress+Hauser is strengthening the Group’s presence on the Arabian Peninsula with the establishment of Endress+Hauser Middle East.

Collaboration with leading OEMs will reduce cost and time to bring therapies to marke.

Invent for the Planet brought together more than 800 engineering students around the world to inspire solutions for global problems such as microplastics in the oceans, sustainable airline waste management and single-use plastics.

Enterprise solution for employee distancing and contact tracing developed for customers, is first deployed internally to better understand technology, reporting, and workflows.

A good understanding of zones and conduits, as introduced in the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards, is fundamentally important to industrial cybersecurity.

BLE-based real-time location systems (RTLS) can be used to improve efficiency, productivity, and safety in a wide variety of industries.

Columbia/Okura LLC is pleased to announce the miniPAL®, a collaborative palletizer featuring the UR10e robot, has been certified and added to the Universal Robots UR+ Applications Program.

Asset Performance Management 4.0 (APM 4.0) must assure all assets perform their intended duty as efficiently as possible for its whole lifecycle with minimal risks.

Everactive presents the factory of the future, batteries not included.

The International Society of Automation (ISA) shares 5 articles about IT/OT convergence and digital transformation from August 2020.

The International Society of Automation (ISA) has announced the 2020 ISA Celebrating Excellence award recipients.

Paul Cooke, President & CEO of Bosch Rexroth North America, will retire on Dec. 31, 2020. His successor as of Dec. 1, 2020, will be Greg Gumbs, most recently VP & GM Electrical Automation Solutions at EATON Corporation.

Research reveals nearly three-quarters of manufacturers are now working remotely and reporting they are "optimistic toward the future."

Today, high precision metrology solutions must be sourced carefully to ensure that they represent the best fit for particular industrial applications.

Similar to other jobs that are dirty, dull, and dangerous for human workers (the 3Ds), and that require highly consistent and reliable outcomes, the “new normal” of disinfection is ripe for automation.

New ARC Advisory Group research on the global Human-machine Interface (HMI) Software and Services market reveals that Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and other global trends drive the market.

Women in Manufacturing (WiM) has inducted 15 women into its inaugural Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame.

Beecham Research published a survey of IoT adopters which found that 58% of respondents stated their IoT project was either mostly unsuccessful or not successful. Why is that?

The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) announced an impressive lineup of five new virtual events taking place in the fall of 2020.

A philosopher considers the ethical dimension of the future of automation.

Officers from ISA, ISAGCA's parent organization, recently sat down in conversation with Newsweek Vantage about cyber risks to critical infrastructure.

AMETEK Surface Vision has extended its global service and technical support for industrial customers to ensure operations continue safely and effectively.

This AI algorithm signals personnel to replace failing pneumatic clamps before problems and costly shutdowns occur.

Machine learning (ML) is present in many aspects of our lives, to the point that is difficult to get through a day without having contact with it.

To get the full benefit from human-robot collaboration, manufacturers must develop integrated strategies that combine data analytics, design, and a new partnership ecosystem.

Ninety-seven percent of surveyed R&D engineers reported revenue losses due to preventable equipment issues; 53% reported losses exceeding $100,000 per day waiting to resolve technical support issues.

A skilled motion control engineering services provider can help manufacturers realize the benefits of robotic applications.

New ARC Advisory Group research on the global Industrial 5G market reveals that 5G technology is still evolving, with new features added with each new specification release.

How has the industrial sector's vision for the future of work changed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic?

While automated interoperability testing has been advancing at pace, manual testing stubbornly retains its place–and value–across a range of testing scenarios.

Company partners with local-Colorado school district and universities to teach students cybersecurity, machine learning and robotics.

In the short term, the global General Motion Control (GMC) market will grow at a slower pace due to the COVID-19 pandemic but should recover as industrial organizations seek automation solutions that support their energy conservation.

Developing markets in Asia--including China, India, Asia Pacific, and Southeast Asian countries--are expected to drive most of the global growth in hydrostatic level shipments going forward.

A number of best practices will generally apply when implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) for process control, according to DataProphet.

BitFlow recently assisted OneBoxVision in developing two web-based machine vision systems for a North American film extruder.

Shantz will oversee sales and support of metalworking, machine tools, additive manufacturing and related applications.

Boosting the pace of production and reduction in labor costs, along with the minimum floor space requirement, are factors leading automotive manufacturers to adopt collaborative robot technology.

Digital water technologies will innovate and drive forward new solutions in the water and wastewater industries.

When it comes to critical infrastructure cybersecurity or risk management, the use of SOAR may provide a solution as an integrative system platform.

Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 share many overlapping concepts, but they are distinctly different.

New ARC Advisory Group research on the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Machinery Applications market reveals that all regions will experience strong market growth to one degree or another.

Wurth Electronics ICS, Inc., is celebrating its 10th anniversary as well as its move to a new site with twice the production space as the old facility.

With technology, it's possible to better predict how people use water and monitor its quality.

The digital world is only going to continue advancing - and if you don’t move with the digital transformation, you’re going to get left behind.