After COVID-19, the “new normal” for manufacturers will be major progress toward digital manufacturing.

In his Virtual Engineering Week presentation, Ryan Chan of Upkeep described the changes in the manufacturing labor we can expect during and after the pandemic.

Creating a digital twin of a product or manufacturing process provides a way to store data and simulate performance.

The pandemic sent engineers home to do their work. When the pandemic is over, things won’t go back to normal.

Whether it’s predictive maintenance systems or smart PLCs, manufacturers are grabbing data to improve throughput, reduce downtime, and replace retiring knowledge workers.

Automation solutions stemming from the pandemic could reshape the medical device industry. 

The manufacturing sector is number one when it comes to browser hacks, particularly from the dark world of phishing.

After a dip in sales during 2020, the industrial robot market is set to take off again in 2021, according to Interact Analysis.