Automation World covers news and trends around industrial automation software and hardware for professionals in the discrete and batch/hybrid manufacturing industries.
Fragmented data across enterprise systems often disrupts product lifecycle management (PLM), preventing companies from receiving the intended benefits. To avoid this problem, it’s critical to understand the 5 common obstacles that can arise as well as the 5 ways to construct effective digital threads.
Traditional industrial vision systems face resolution, environmental and processing limitations. Cloud-centralized, AI-powered vision systems overcome these constraints through...
While technology hype cycles come and go, Siemens indicates it’s playing the long game with the acquisition of Altair and plans for a specialized AI model trained exclusively ...
Ensuring equipment reliability, avoiding costly unplanned downtime and maximizing operational efficiency are paramount in industrial manufacturing. Here’s how condition monitoring...
Paper-based work instructions have long been the standard for guiding shop floor processes. But today’s production environments demand speed, precision and traceability, which...
At Automate 2025, Weidmuller demonstrated how open control systems are reshaping the manufacturing landscape using app-based ecosystems and industry-standard protocols to deliver...
Alex Greenberg, director of robotics 4.0 simulation at Siemens Digital Industries Software, explains how immersive virtual reality, photorealistic simulations and AI are accelerating...
The Quint High-powered (HP) AC Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) adds a higher energy output level and panel-mount package to Phoenix Contact’s Quint AC UPS technology....
The new SA1N series of space-saving subminiature photoelectric sensors is available in a barrel-mount fiber-type diffuse-reflective infrared LED style, secured with M6 nuts through...
The Catan C1 EN controller is designed for building and room automation. The compact REG housing has an overall width of 6 HP to fit in all electrical distributors. The flexible...
The Weidmuller M-Series M4000 programmable automation controller (PAC) expands traditional PLC capabilities by integrating real-time control, IT and OT convergence and edge computing...
Beckhoff describes its TwinCAT CoAgent as an intelligent AI assistant that supports PLC code development, I/O configuration and human-machine interface creation. Using natural...
According to Beckhoff, the MX-System is an IP67-rated modular automation system that can be used to replace traditional control cabinets with pluggable function modules that can...
At Automate 2025, Universal Robots, Teradyne Robotics, and MiR showcased the MC600, a game-changing fusion of MiR PalletJack AMR and UR20 cobot. This innovation promises to redefine...
