HomeDavid MillerAutomation World Contributing WriterIIoTOpen AI Energy Initiative Partnership FormedShell, Baker Hughes, Microsoft, and C3 AI fuse their expertise to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) for energy sector applications.SafetyMobile Robot Safety Standard PublishedR15.08 Part One is the first type-C standard for mobile robots from the Robotics Industry Association; it is expected to reduce costs as well as lower risk and liability for end-users.3D Printing / Additive ManufacturingLiquid Metal 3D Printing Makes Its DebutXerox’s new ElemX 3D liquid metal printer promises to solve challenges associated with traditional 3D printing methods, though deployment is still in its early stages.Business IntelligenceProgress Continues on Industrial Open Source SoftwareWith demand for interoperability in the industrial software and hardware space continuing to grow, the Eclipse Foundation releases a report on the status of the organization’s work in several areas affecting industrial technology.