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Annual installations of industrial robots more than tripled within ten years (2010-2019) reaching 381 thousand units in factories around the world. The International Federation of Robotics shows top 5 trends shaping industries around the globe.

This year, the 1.4 million square meter Deutsche Messe exhibition site in Hanover, Germany will become 5G-ready.

Teradyne, Inc., today announced that Kim Povlsen has been appointed President of Universal Robots.

Learn what fog computing is and how it differs from cloud and edge computing in the manufacturing space.

Over this decade, demand for connected worker solutions is expected to rise exponentially with the high-end technologies such as IIOT (Industrial Internet of Things), 5G adoption by manufacturing industries in order to boost their productivity, and workplace safety.

KPM Analytics Inc. announced today that it has acquired EyePro System S.r.l., a company headquartered in Trento, Italy, that specializes in vision inspection technology and vision-based process control solutions for the baking and snack industries.

Senseye, the Machine Health Management company, today announced a collaboration with PTC to make Senseye’s predictive maintenance software suite (Senseye PdM) available to users of PTC’s ThingWorx® Industrial IoT (IIoT) Solutions Platform.

Ensuring high-quality code in open source software to avoid an increased cyber risk to industrial control systems is becoming a pivotal challenge.

The two-day Machine Tending Expo Feb. 23-24 focuses on manufacturers looking for concrete insights on deploying cobots to tend machines such as CNC, press brakes, injection molding machines or 3D printers.

NORD keeps the grain industry moving with safe, reliable, and efficient solutions to power bucket elevators, conveyors, feeders, slide gates and more.

With more than 70% of labor in warehousing being dedicated to picking and packing, numerous companies are gradually investing in logistics automation. But what happens when the robots must handle an unlimited number of (unknown) stock keeping units? These companies need a fast, reliable and robust way to automate picking and placing of a large variety of objects.

Bentley invests in FutureOn for subsea planning, engineering and visibility.

In addition to automation in factories, John Deere has applied a wide range of technologies to the difficult task of automating farming. Leading edge technologies and Industry 4.0 concepts are incorporated in John Deere’s new products, increasing productivity enabling farmers to produce more to feed a growing global population.

Latest Honeywell process automation technologies boost production performance and help increase supply of vital petrochemical products to Egyptian market.

Professor Friedhelm Loh, Owner and CEO of the Friedhelm Loh Group, appointed Markus Asch (49) as CEO of Rittal International Stiftung & Co. KG and Chairman of the Management Board of Rittal GmbH & Co.

The global virtual event will explore the challenges and acceleration of digital transformation over three months.

In his February column, 2021 International Society of Automation (ISA) President Steve Mustard encourages member recruitment.

Independent Service Provider for a major ground logistics company relies on Peak-Ryzex’s turnkey mobile workforce solution to improve operational efficiencies.

Senseye ROI Lock, co-developed with expertise from global reinsurer SCOR, provides confidence for predictive maintenance customers.

Seeking to help fix societal issues around youth skills development in the STEM sector, leading engineering business adi Group marks 2021 with the five-year anniversary of its unique pre apprenticeship scheme.

The Ceneri Base Tunnel in Switzerland opened in December 2020. The last section of the New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA) serves as a southern feeder to the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest railway tunnel.

Endress+Hauser and partners drive digitalization towards customer value.

An innovative connectivity solution based on the deployment of a private cellular campus network is supporting the digital transformation of enterprises in Greece.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT in Aachen, together with partners from mechanical engineering, network technology and robotics, is now developing an end-to-end real-time-capable communication infrastructure based on 5G mobile technology and the Time Sensitive Networking (TSN).

Industrial sector customers on AWS use OPC UA-enabled tools and a portfolio of services that extend cloud functionality into industrial operations.

New digital technologies can provide significant operational improvements, but connectivity and cybersecurity concerns must be addressed.

ICS cybersecurity experts weigh in on the February 2021 breach of a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida.

Business and process reliability depends on 24/7 access to knowledge management systems.

Although robotic systems are sometimes limited by constraints in automation and drive technology, this issue can be easily minimized.

GE Digital's OpShield technology to be integrated into Bayshore Networks' solutions.