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Going From a Crisis to a Competition: How the US turned around its manufacturing sector

  • August 22, 2019
  • Feature

By Mark Howard, United States Country Manager, EU Automation Even though the US economy is the largest in the world by nominal GDP, it was a crisis in the manufacturing sector that prompted the US Government to act to save the industrial sector over the last decade. This article investigates how the US has turned it around.

Balluff introduces online Machine Vision configurator tool

  • August 20, 2019
  • News

Users start by inputting basic physical parameters including working distance and image size and the configurator filters selections of cameras, lenses, filters, lighting devices and accessories to only those tested and proven to work together.

Steps to Accessing the Value of the Digital Twin

  • August 8, 2019
  • Feature

By Eric Green, Dassault Systèmes Across all industries, there is increasing discussion regarding the benefits of implementing a digital twin. At its simplest, a digital twin is a virtual model of a process, product or service -- but not just a static model.

Bentley Systems announces finalists for Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards program

  • August 8, 2019
  • News

The annual awards program honors the work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. Twelve independent jury panels of distinguished industry experts selected the 54 finalists from 571 nominations submitted by more than 440 organizations in more than 60 countries.

Inside Bosch Rexroth’s Factory of the Future Experience

  • August 6, 2019
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Continuous manufacturing improvement is fundamental to remain competitive. Understanding new technologies, methods, and what these technologies and methods make possible is important for manufacturers to prosper in the new wave of manufacturing digitalization.

HANNOVER MESSE announces second iteration of Industrial Pioneers Summit

  • August 5, 2019
  • News

Some 500 participants from around the world are expected to attend the event on 22 April 2020 being staged under the tagline “Industrial Transformation”. Toby Walsh, international expert on artificial intelligence, to give keynote address.

University of Surrey team announces applications filed for inventions generated solely by artificial

  • August 2, 2019
  • News

The AI inventor, named “DABUS” by its creator Stephen Thaler, relies upon a system of many neural networks generating new ideas by altering their interconnections. A second system of neural networks detects critical consequences of these potential ideas and reinforces them based upon predicted novelty and salience.

Game4Automation introduces 3D CAD drawings for virtual commissioning

  • July 31, 2019
  • News

The original data of the manufacturers is based on the eCATALOGsolutions technology by CADENAS and can be integrated directly into Game4Automation as a free development framework for visualization, virtual commissioning, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in automated environments.

"Regulate Me!" - Artificial Intelligence Comes of Age

  • July 30, 2019
  • Feature

By Laura Sallstrom, Access Partnership Regulation should be targeted at actions and human behavior, not at a type of technology. Regulatory approaches that take this into account – like the ethics by design concept – are a good way forward.

The Need for Green in 3D Printing

  • July 29, 2019
  • Feature

By Ben Smye, Matmatch It has been 35 years since the first instance of what we now think of as additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing. Lauded for its rapid production speed and minimal waste, the process is becoming a staple of product prototyping. However, there is still room to improve the sustainability of this process.