Artificial Intelligence Drives New Industrial Inspection Drones

Digital Aerolus has created autonomous industrial inspection drones using a combination of artificial intelligence and multi-dimensional mathematics, allowing them to operate without external sensors or navigational aids such as GPS.

David GreenfieldDirector of Content

Mar 10th, 2020

Jameson Huckaba of Digital Aerolus explains the technology behind and capabilities of the company's Aertos industrial inspection drones during the Tech Crunch Robotics+AI 2020 event.

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Managing Operations Technology with IT

As enterprise and operations networks converge, IT will increasingly help manage plant floor assets and their data because of its systems management experience. This is developing around a mix of workflow software and IT-driven business systems.

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Rockwell Automation Has Its Sights Set On the Cloud

The industrial automation supplier’s recent acquisitions of Plex and Fiix expand its supply chain and operations management vision.

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Using the Digital Thread to Deliver CAD-Based Instructional Materials

PTC’s Vuforia Instruct allows OEMs to use computer-aided design data to deliver interactive training materials to frontline workers.

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Creating the Digital Thread to Connect OEMs and End Users

Siemens and SAP expand their partnership to connect plant floor operations, remote condition monitoring conducted by OEMs, and product development via digital twins to facilitate collaboration across an asset’s entire lifecycle.

Lessons Learned: Powering the First Remote Wireless Device

Long-life lithium batteries have been instrumental in powering remote wireless devices used for a variety of Industrial Internet of Things applications.

Low cost, compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies

Low cost, compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies

The XP Power DRC series compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies designed for low cost applications in industrial & control electronics.

Festo uses predictive maintenance in the automotive industry to increase efficiency in the maintenance of servo-pneumatic welding guns by avoiding unforeseen downtimes and service and complaint costs. Source: Festo.

How Festo Applies Artificial Intelligence for Predictive Applications

To showcase the use of AI in its automation technologies, Festo highlighted two use cases involving predictive maintenance and predictive energy.

Blake Griffin, senior analyst, Interact Analysis presenting on predictive maintenance strategies at PMMI's Executive Leadership Conference.

Live at the ELC: OEMs Can Monetize Predictive Maintenance

Predictive maintenance is an emerging technology for packaging and processing equipment that has the potential to disrupt the OEM business model.

ServiceNow combines data from equipment and systems to align operations, maintenance, quality, safety, and reporting processes.

How Digital Workflows Improve Manufacturing Operations

Operations workflow software is about more than directing workers from point A to point B; it can also dramatically reduce downtime, improve cybersecurity, and reduce labor and maintenance costs.

What Are Digital Workflows for Manufacturing?

In this episode, we connect with James Destro of ServiceNow to learn how digital workflow software can provide visibility into plant floor equipment and direct operations on a day-to-day basis to connect people, functions, and systems.

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The Best Way to Power Remote Wireless Communications

Why remote wireless sensors that communicate with the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) demand long-life, industrial grade lithium batteries.

Low cost, compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies

Low cost, compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies

The XP Power DRC series compact DIN rail AC-DC power supplies designed for low cost applications in industrial & control electronics.

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OpX Best Practices for Accessing Equipment Remotely

How to select a solution for accessing equipment remotely that can work for both OEMs and CPGs.

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The Long Term Effects of Remote Access

The virtual world is creating new end user expectations around how products are delivered and serviced, requiring OEMs and technology suppliers to partner in new ways.

Using Beumer Smart Glasses provides operators with hands-free troubleshooting, and helps to mitigate the costs of a technician traveling to the customer site.

Smart Glasses Ease Troubleshooting Communication

Beumer has added augmented reality to the tools available to its customers while servicing equipment, enabling faster, easier support. The OEM even used the smart glasses technology to commission and install new equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Augmented Reality Gets to Work

In both discrete and process manufacturing, augmented reality technologies are proving to be an operator’s best friend by helping to decrease repair times in the plant and in the field, improve accuracy, increase situational awareness, and boost safety.

Jason Anson, Automation Manager at Interstates

Use Remote Upgrades to Prevent Software Obsolescence

Find out what steps your team should consider when implementing plant software upgrades in order to avoid increased downtime and lost productivity.

How to Improve Throughput and Cut Costs During the Tire Curing Process

This article explores how monitoring the devices in your curing system can help you reduce tire scrap, improve energy efficiency, and avoid downtime.

Heather Johnson, automation manager, Interstates.

Simulation Environments: Worth the Investment?

Establishing a simulation environment in a facility can have many benefits when it comes to testing, risk management, downtime, and even troubleshooting. But deciding if the investment is worth it depends on the facility itself.

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Compressed Air Measurement Helps Reduce Energy Use

Installing Festo’s E2M energy efficiency modules helped medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers tackle their environmental footprint, not only saving money but using the data to provide predictive maintenance as well.

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Dick Slansky, senior analyst, ARC Advisory Group

Virtual Commissioning Evolves into a Model-driven Digital Twin

Virtual commissioning needs to go beyond emulating controls logic for emulation hardware. Model-driven digital twins make virtual commissioning more accessible and adds the power of simulation technology and capability to the overall automation process.

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Augmented Reality for Machine Troubleshooting

A look at how workers in Schneider Electric's Batam, Indonesia, factory use Aveva’s Augmented Operator Advisor to perform equipment troubleshooting by focusing on color-coded points of interest on each piece of equipment.

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Smart Glasses for Remote Assistance at Schneider Electric Batam Factory

A look at how workers at Schneider Electric's Batam, Indonesia, factory use Smart Glasses Remote Assistance to connect with third-party OEMs for help with equipment troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair.

David Kelley, lead automation engineer, Panacea Technologies

Ensuring a Successful Automation Migration Project

Migrating or upgrading a system can be long and often difficult process, which oftentimes leaves organizations second-guessing the project as a whole. However, there are possible steps to take to make sure everything is easier and successful

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Optional Technology Turns Essential

Honeywell Process Solutions CTO sees remote access, simulation, and virtual reality influencing business continuity beyond the coronavirus crisis.

Abb Supports Operations In Critical Healthcare Facilities, Utilities, Industrial And Commercial Buildings With Free Software Solutions

ABB Offers Free Access to Several Products Amid Pandemic

To help industrial organizations struggling with the effects of COVID-19, ABB is eliminating charges on the use of some of its key robotics and power technologies.

Bosch Rexroth sees rising interest in using virtual assistants on the shop floor to aid in training and safety applications. Image courtesy of Bosch Rexroth

Are Virtual Assistants Headed to the Plant Floor?

Intelligent agent technology promises to boost operations and engineering efficiencies by delivering ready access to critical data and encouraging more natural interactions with industrial equipment.

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Maintenance Leads Dana Inc.’s Digital Transformation

A look at how Dana Inc. is digitizing to improve production operations, reduce costs, and train workers using Fluke’s emaint CMMS as a core tool in the process.

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Nord Gear's Condition Monitoring Software

Dan Breitbarth of Nord Gear demonstrates how the company’s condition monitoring software works on Nord’s variable frequency drives, which have internal PLCs for data analysis and Ethernet communication capabilities to transmit data to dashboards.

To Audi, premium automobile quality means high quality vehicle bodies created using efficient production systems and new high-tech solutions. Increasing digitization is clearing the path for smart factories.

How Audi Addresses the Predictive Maintenance Challenge

The challenge with preventive maintenance mainly lies in accessing the data that could point out a flaw and then processing it in such a way that it can also be used. Audi demonstrates how to successfully address that challenge.

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GE Digital Responds to COVID-19 Concerns

To help manufacturers work remotely and keep production going, the company is offering free remote monitoring licenses to iFix and Cimplicity customers.

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AutomationDirect adds Click PLC input simulator and high-current relay output modules

Higher amperage relay output modules and an 8-point input simulator module are now available from AutomationDirect for the Click series stackable micro brick PLCs.