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MISUMI Americas Launches $50 Million Fund for Emerging Hardware, Robotics and Physical AI Companies
MISUMI Americas supports new technology development by providing capital and access to a Fortune 500–caliber global manufacturing supply chain. -
Your Digital Plant Is Only as Strong as Its Data Foundation
Advanced digital tools can optimize performance and reduce costs, but only when based on accurate, connected data. This article discusses how data can be captured and structured to facilitate all the promises of a digitally integrated facility. -
Bridging the Gap: Bringing HART Diagnostics to Legacy 4-20mA Systems
For plants weighing modernization against budget and downtime constraints, extracting existing HART data is one of the lowest-disruption steps available. -
Physical AI in the Real World: Four Requirements for Reliable Robot Manipulation
When selecting the right End-of-arm tooling (EOAT) for physical AI-driven robotic applications, these four requirements are critical. -
Securing a Safer Foundation for AI in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Governed Industrial AI for connected work takes the risk out of AI integration while inspiring frontline workers to work smarter. -
Are We Over-Automating? How to Decide Where Automation Actually Adds Value
The goal isn’t to automate everything that can be automated. It’s to make deliberate investments that leave the operation safer, more reliable and more productive than it was before. -
Industrial Workforce Capacity Gap Being Filled by Agentic Digital Workers in Manufacturing
77% of decision-makers have delayed or avoided a strategic initiative because their team lacked the capacity to pursue it. -
Industrial AI Is Ready for More Authority. Operators Will Decide How Much It Gets.
The future of industrial AI hinges as much on operator trust as it does on technical capability. -
CESMII Discusses Importance and Future of Interoperability, Introduces i3X
CESMII and Manufacturing Leadership Council hosted a webinar to demonstrate interoperability under one shared architecture. -
Wistron Celebrates Grand Opening of First U.S. Smart Factory Marking Milestone in Global Smart Manufacturing Strategy
Wistron Corporation celebrated the grand opening of its D1 AI smart facility in Fort Worth, Texas, the site where the first NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip was built and mass-produced in the United States. -
2026 Check-In: Was the Agentic AI Hype Just a Mirage?
Agentic AI is a real technology that was sold on a fictional timeline, and telling those two things apart is the most useful thing an automation professional can do this year. -
Transforming Continuous Extrusion with AI-Driven Process Control
For the first time, manufacturers can deploy control systems that don't just execute instructions but understand processes. -
DigiKey and Arduino Unveil Challenge to Award $20,000 in Prizes
Project submissions that utilize Arduino’s UNO Q microcontroller board are open through Sept. 30 -
CESMII Releases i3X 1.0 Open API Specification for Manufacturing Interoperability
The standard defines a common way for software, platforms and AI applications to discover, access and understand manufacturing information. -
Why an 'Outcome-First' Mindset Is Essential for Turning AI into Measurable ROI
Integrating AI into core operations enables scalable impact, improved efficiency and sustained performance gains. -
Rolls-Royce Expands Minnesota Logistics Operations Center for Backup Power Systems
Expanded logistics and assembly operations supports increased production of mtu Series 4000 generator sets. -
Taiwan Shows Technologies Powering Next Generation Manufacturing at Automate 2026
Pavilion showcased 23 Taiwanese companies' edge AI, robotics and other industrial automation technologies. -
Outcome First, Technology Second: Smart Manufacturing Insights from a Continuous Process Practitioner
When technology works, why does a pilot or project fail? Here are three clues to better outcomes. -
What Agentic AI Needs from Your Plant Data: A Readiness Checklist for Operations Leaders
Let's examine a practical readiness framework for operations leaders can use to assess the data infrastructure before committing to agentic AI investment and defines the boundaries within which autonomous action can be responsibly deployed. -
Why Smart Factories Are Still Leaving AI on the Table
The transition from static, siloed automation to a dynamic, agentic ecosystem is underway across the industry.