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Address the Risk in Automation

While automation projects carry substantial short-term risk, choosing not to undertake them could be far more disastrous in the long-term.

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Moving Robots Into the Matrix

Otto Motors uses simulation to mitigate risk when deploying a fleet of autonomous mobile robots.

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Defining the Digital Twin

Siemens explains its view of ‘comprehensive’ and ‘executable’ digital twin technology and how a shift to the left in thinking about product lifecycle management can put companies in verification mode with the first design.

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5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Industrial Wearable Devices

Smart wearables that monitor employee postures and movements can reduce workplace injuries and improve a company's bottom line, but understanding how to get the most out of the data they provide is key.

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Improving Human-Machine Interaction with Spatial Computing

The Digital Twin Consortium and AREA are working together to accelerate use cases for spatial computing—technologies that integrate digital twins and augmented reality to facilitate more dynamic interactions between workers and machines.

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A Solid Foundation for Design

Often, limitations in time, staff, and resources lead companies to skip the design phase when pursuing automation projects. However, doing so can be extremely detrimental.

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A Digital Thread for Industrial Lithium-Ion Battery Innovation

A new partnership between Rockwell Automation and Cadenza Innovation will create a digital thread to gather real-world data pertaining to the performance of lithium-ion batteries to improve their cost, efficiency, and safety.

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Space-Saving Cable Plates and Frames from Icotek

The KEL-DPZ-CLICK and KEL-SNAP can help end-users more efficiently manage their cables at a time when space often comes at a premium.

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Dorner’s Flexible Conveyors Take Center Stage at PACK EXPO Booth

Product Demonstrations include the FlexMove Helix and Helix Wedge Modular Belt Conveyors.

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Video Games and the Industrial Digital Twin

Think video game development only affects the consumer gaming industry? The reality is that consumer game technology can make digital twin technology easier to understand and share.

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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.

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Streamlining CAD Deliverables for Digital Transformation

Model-based definition can substantially increase the efficiency with which documentation is created from computer-aided design projects.

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Spatial Computing and Digital Twin Drive Interactive AR Simulations

PTC’s Vuforia Engine Area Targets brings augmented reality and digital twin technologies together to create interactive, photorealistic simulations of factory environments.

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The Electrification of Transportation and Mobility

Electric vehicles are expanding beyond the personal market into trucks, buses, and other forms of mobility. Discover the technological and design challenges that come with transforming manufacturing of internal combustion engine cars to EV.

The future of manufacturing can't be imagined in a present-forward mindset. Innovation comes from the future-back.

Reverse Engineering the Organization

A new book reveals how “future-back” thinking—defining what the company will look like decades from now and working backwards—can encourage innovative ideas that will create breakthrough growth.

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Closing the Loop Between CAD, PLM, Digital Twins, and the Cloud

Siemens Digital Industries Software adds to its Xcelerator portfolio to enhance design, engineering, and manufacturing software, and partners with IBM on service lifecycle management.

Software as a Service Enters Engineering and Manufacturing Circles

PTC introduces Atlas, a SaaS-based product development platform, and teams up with Rockwell Automation and Microsoft to deliver Factory Insights as a Service.

Dave Jacek, additive manufacturing technician, oversees production of 3D-printed disposable respirator mask prototypes at Ford's Advanced Manufacturing Center.

Ford Motor Drives COVID-19 Medical Mission

Responding to the Coronavirus crisis, the automotive manufacturer teams up with 3M and GE Healthcare to expand production of much-needed medical equipment.

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