There’s been a lot of buzz the past few years about how augmented reality can be used to guide workers through various maintenance and repair procedures. At Hannover Messe 2019...
A brief look at two of the many exhibits visited on our first day at Hannover Fair 2015. This video showcases the Bosch Rexroth exhibit and its focus on Industry 4.0 down to hydraulic...
To connect the technologies used in food and beverage production, packaging, shipping and recycling, Tetra Pak is working with a variety of partners—including ABB, SAP, Ericsson...
In two separate moves, Tetra Pak and SIG partner with Microsoft and GE Digital, respectively, signaling a shift toward smart equipment and modernized service operations.
Though IT and software-based approaches to industrial cybersecurity will continue to be critical aspects of automation system security, embedded firmware-based approaches are ...
A new white paper from the OPC Foundation provides details for end users, system integrators, device vendors and OEMs on how to secure industrial data exchanges with OPC UA.
SCADAfarm—a cloud-based system built by WaterForce and Schneider Electric on Microsoft Azure—helps farmers monitor and control their irrigation and wastewater, saving resources...
Cloud services were much in the limelight at the Honeywell Users Group symposium this year, including Honeywell’s new Experion Elevate cloud-based SCADA.
Demonstrations at GE’s Minds + Machines 2016 event show how virtualization is fast reaching a tipping across industry as more companies discover business-changing insights from...
The release of a new OPC UA open-source reference stack from Microsoft will speed the ability to connect plant floor devices of all types for greater interoperability.
Displays by Lenze and Beckhoff at Hannover Messe highlighted the trend toward enabling field-level devices to send data directly to the cloud for analysis.
With a focus on manufacturing at the recent Hannover Fair, Microsoft unveiled extensions of its Azure IoT Suite related to security, on-premise capabilities, time series data ...
In separate efforts to aid the creation of Internet of Things-related products and services, Siemens and Microsoft have launched programs designed to ease the development process...
Tetra Pak is expanding its service offering with cloud-based condition monitoring, predictive analytics and augmented reality for on-site maintenance of equipment.
As industry takes advantage of Internet of Things capabilities to improve manufacturing operations, it is highly unlikely that anybody will be able to go it alone.
OpsDataStore’s new product builds relationships between systems, applications and machines across the enterprise to provide a clear view of interactions and anomalies in the work...
As technology companies extend their product capabilities for Internet of Things applications, launching these initiatives across industry are getting easier and easier.
Siemens and Microsoft announce the release of Siemens Industrial Copilot, which uses generative AI to improve how manufacturers design, develop, manufacture and operate.
By connecting Siemens Teamcenter PLM with Microsoft Teams and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, multiple new capabilities can be brought to industry, from helping frontline workers correct equipment...
As part of the new Siemens Teamcenter app for Microsoft Teams, this integration of generative artificial intelligence reportedly enables users to input feedback verbally to aid...
With a direct, high-level view of the impacts across industry, Microsoft’s Jeff Winter says when digital transformation is successful, it fundamentally changes everyone’s job....
Applying analytics tools in the same engineering platform as the controller, motion control, and HMI can lead to more successful Internet of Things implementations and boost competitive...
This first installment in a four-part series on key industrial network technologies explains how an ultra lightweight data transfer protocol became a widely used data gathering...
An Automation World survey reveals an uptick in cloud and edge deployments as manufacturers roll out performance monitoring, collaboration, quality assurance, and predictive maintenance...
A look at how digitalization and the need for scalability are driving more interest and investment in cloud-based industrial applications and how automation technology suppliers...
Applications of machine learning and other forms of artificial intelligence have been recognized in robotics and analytics. Now the technology is adding some spice to basic control...
The plan includes a “cloud-first” strategy, leveraging AI, IoT, and digital twins across its businesses, focusing on intelligent supply chains, and delivering hyper-relevant consumer...
From getting data to the cloud to machine learning and analytics, there are some key aspects of the Industrial Internet of Things that should not be overlooked.
Shell, Baker Hughes, Microsoft, and C3 AI fuse their expertise to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) for energy sector applications.
The aim of this new partnership is to connect development, operations, and maintenance teams through a “singular, trusted data environment” that extends from the edge to the cloud...
The new automation model focuses on services that reduce a manufacturer’s financial risks by shifting the responsibility of asset acquisition on to the OEM or technology supplier...
PTC introduces Atlas, a SaaS-based product development platform, and teams up with Rockwell Automation and Microsoft to deliver Factory Insights as a Service.
Ansys, Dell, and Microsoft are among the founding members of a new consortium created to develop standard terminology and reference architectures around digital twin technology...
