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  • Siemens launches nationwide Process Automation Innovation Tour

    Siemens launches nationwide Process Automation Innovation Tour

    The traveling tour is designed to bring the latest innovations in automation, instrumentation, networking, and cybersecurity right to the doorstep of the process industries.
    By: SIEMENS
    11 March, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Guiding the Industry: AGVs and the Smart Factory

    Guiding the Industry: AGVs and the Smart Factory

    This article discusses how automated guided vehicles have advanced from simple materials handlers to intelligent autonomous robots.
    By: Jonathan Wilkins
    11 March, 2020 | 4 minutes
  • Manufacturers sensor-ing an opportunity

    Manufacturers sensor-ing an opportunity

    The automotive sensor market saw the highest growth in 2018, and the Research and Markets predicts the automotive sector will continue to dominate the sensor market until 2029. So, what can the wider manufacturing industry learn from this?
    By: Mark Howard
    06 March, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Embracing the Cloud for Labeling

    Embracing the Cloud for Labeling

    There are a host of advantages in adopting the SaaS model for business solutions such as labeling. Not surprisingly there is both a growing trend for companies to integrate labeling with their cloud-based enterprise applications as well as a distinct move to embrace cloud based labeling solutions.
    By: Loftware, Inc., Josh Roffman
    05 March, 2020 | 3 minutes
  • Senet announces partnership with T-Systems, North America

    Senet announces partnership with T-Systems, North America

    T-Systems currently offers several solution bundles including LoRaWAN sensors, gateways, Senet network connectivity plans, and integration with T-Systems’ Cloud of Things IoT platform for application management and expansion.
    05 March, 2020 | 1 minute
  • HANNOVER MESSE announces postponement of 2020 event

    HANNOVER MESSE announces postponement of 2020 event

    HANNOVER MESSE 2020 has been postponed to the week of 13 to 17 July. Deutsche Messe AG is thus responding to global developments related to the Coronavirus.
    04 March, 2020 | 1 minutes
  • Emerson announces partnership with Quantum Reservoir Impact to develop AI-based analytics tools

    Emerson announces partnership with Quantum Reservoir Impact to develop AI-based analytics tools

    The collaboration combines Emerson’s global reach and an independent E&P software portfolio with QRI’s industry expertise in applying augmented AI, machine learning and advanced analytics for asset and reservoir management.
    By: Emerson
    04 March, 2020 | 1 minute
  • HANNOVER MESSE USA 2020: A North American Stage for Industrial Digitalization

    HANNOVER MESSE USA 2020: A North American Stage for Industrial Digitalization

    HANNOVER MESSE USA will highlight the entire scope of Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions from digital ecosystems to engineered parts & solutions; automation, motion & drives; energy solutions, augmented reality, AI & robotics; and more.
    03 March, 2020 | 1 minutes
  • Industrial Internet Consortium announces Long Term Evolution (LTE) for Metro Testbed

    Industrial Internet Consortium announces Long Term Evolution (LTE) for Metro Testbed

    The first testbed for the rail transportation industry, the LTE for Metro Testbed shows the feasibility of adapting LTE for Metro technologies for the urban rail sector.
    03 March, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • ABB and Covariant announce partnership to deploy integrated AI robotic solutions

    ABB and Covariant announce partnership to deploy integrated AI robotic solutions

    ABB, a supplier of industrial robots, and Silicon Valley AI start-up, Covariant, announced a partnership to bring AI-enabled robotics solutions to market, starting with a fully autonomous warehouse order fulfilment solution.
    By: ABB
    03 March, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Moscow announces 5G for Business monthly digest

    Moscow announces 5G for Business monthly digest

    “5G for Business” is devoted to the fifth-generation wireless technology, its application to different fields and sectors, and related opportunities to the city’s business. The first issue is dedicated to the theme of 5G and its use in immersive technologies, including artificial intelligence (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and 360 ° video.
    26 February, 2020 | 1 minutes
  • How Bright is the Future of Automation?

    How Bright is the Future of Automation?

    When machines run 24/7, with or without supervision, their components can wear out quickly. This article explains the potential of lights-out manufacturing.
    By: Mark Howard
    26 February, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Automation Knowledge & Innovation

    Automation Knowledge & Innovation

    Products are becoming commodities in the fast-moving new global business environment. To succeed, businesses need a competitive differentiator – a proprietary edge which can only be developed through innovation, knowledge and experience.
    By: Jim Pinto
    25 February, 2020 | 7 minutes
  • Intelligent Robots Will Be Everywhere

    Intelligent Robots Will Be Everywhere

    The world of HAL and Data, of sentient machines, is fast approaching. Indeed, in some ways it has already arrived as humanlike machines increasingly take on the work of humans. As processing power increases exponentially, and as MEMS technology brings smaller and smarter sensors and actuators, robots are the breeding ground for future-generation products with new, varied and exciting applications.
    By: Jim Pinto
    25 February, 2020 | 5 minutes
  • Open Systems International announces Dr. Thierry Godart as Senior Vice President of Industrial Technology

    Open Systems International announces Dr. Thierry Godart as Senior Vice President of Industrial Technology

    Dr. Godart is known for developing high-performance teams and applying groundbreaking technologies to improve business productivity and sustainability. He comes to OSI well equipped to provide strong strategic leadership to the company’s industrial energy management business unit.
    24 February, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Bentley Systems announces call for nominations for Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards

    Bentley Systems announces call for nominations for Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards

    The awards, which are judged by independent juries of industry experts, recognize infrastructure projects for digital innovations that improve project delivery and/or asset performance. The deadline for nominations is May 1, 2020.
    19 February, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Interact Analysis Report: Bumpy road ahead predicted for global manufacturing industry

    Interact Analysis Report: Bumpy road ahead predicted for global manufacturing industry

    The report shows that the current deceleration in manufacturing output seen in 2019 is expected to continue into early 2020. However, a solid recovery is anticipated by 2021, before the sector enters another natural business downcycle towards the end of 2022. A rise in output for most industrial segments is then forecast beyond 2022.
    19 February, 2020 | 1 minutes
  • Industrial Internet Consortium announces winners of Smart Buildings Challenge

    Industrial Internet Consortium announces winners of Smart Buildings Challenge

    Designed to help digitalize the smart buildings industry, the Smart Buildings Challenge had technology suppliers compete to design solutions for four different use cases.
    19 February, 2020 | 1 minute
  • National Instruments announces Averna as SystemLink Platinum Alliance Partner

    National Instruments announces Averna as SystemLink Platinum Alliance Partner

    SystemLink was developed by National Instruments as a tool to help engineers and engineering management navigate through Industry 4.0. It works to simplify tasks such as software deployment, device configuration, system monitoring, and data management.
    By: National Instruments
    18 February, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Taking a Grounded, Integrated Approach Through the Industry 4.0 Hype

    Taking a Grounded, Integrated Approach Through the Industry 4.0 Hype

    Talk of Industry 4.0 has been useful in helping businesses understand the value of industrial automation and connectivity. This article explains why it’s not only vital to work with a systems integrator to get the most from industrial connectivity, but to also take a grounded approach.
    By: Sean Robinson
    14 February, 2020 | 2 minutes
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