Automation

Solve Process Problems Before Adding Smart Automation

August 27, 2019

Atlantic Design & Manufacturing - New York

Companies struggle when they add smart manufacturing tools to faulty processes. Process problems have to be solved before the benefits of advanced manufacturing and be reaped.

10 VR Companies to Watch in 2019

August 19, 2019

Design Hardware & Software

Sensors, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Automotive, Aerospace, Consumer Electronics, Electronics & Test, Design Hardware & Software, Automation, Medical

Chris Wiltz

Here are 10 companies in the enterprise VR space that everyone should be paying attention to for the rest of this year and on into 2020.

Opto 22, EPIC devices, edge devices, ARM, Linux devices, PLC, IoT, edge computing, control engineers

White Paper Explains PLC Data Capture at the Edge for IoT

August 14, 2019

Automation & Motion Control

Automation

Rob Spiegel

Opto 22 has created a white paper to guide users through the process of obtaining, using, and sharing data from programmable industrial controllers

Single Pair Ethernet Technology Megatrend

August 06, 2019

Automation & Motion Control

Automation

Al Presher

Single Pair Ethernet technology that works with IEEE 802.3 extending from sensors to the cloud is moving toward worldwide and widespread adoption.

Catalyic, automation, skills gap, knowledge workers retiring

Retiring Knowledge Workers May Get Replaced with Technology

July 18, 2019

Automation & Motion Control

Automation

Rob Spiegel

As Baby Boomers retire and take their knowledge with them as they leave manufacturing facilities, their replacements may be hardware and software run by kids.

TwinCAT Scope Software, OPC UA, data security, controls systems, Beckhoff Automation

Beckhoff Automation Offers OPC UA Integration in TwinCAT Scope Software

July 16, 2019

Automation & Motion Control

Automation

Rob Spiegel

Complete analysis of heterogeneous data is now available from TwinCAT controllers and third-party components.

Rubber Digital-Logic Technology To Create Soft Robot

April 23, 2019

Materials & Assembly

Automation & Motion Control, Industrial Machinery, Automation, Materials

Elizabeth Montalbano

Researchers at Harvard University have built a soft robot with no rigid parts thanks to their invention of a rubber digital logic gate, which operates the robot.

Process Automation Device Information Model

March 28, 2019

Automation & Motion Control

Automation

Al Presher

Liaison agreement encompasses Process Automation Device Information Model (PA-DIM) and development of function blocks and FDI technology within OPAF “standard of standards.”