Siemens is bringing generative AI, industrial copilots and digital twins onto the factory floor, helping manufacturers tackle ...

As manufacturers increasingly automate existing facilities, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) can improve internal material flow without major infrastructure changes. However, brownfield environments ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the nexus of innovation, finance and operations. It is no secret that the manufacturing industry in the US has ...

Automation may help support worker productivity by reducing dangerous or tedious tasks, helping address skills gaps and ...

Unified Namespace (UNS) is becoming a critical enabler for the next generation of manufacturing. It provides an a real-time, ...

"It takes you less than one hour to source the components you need to make a robot." ...

Recent advances in the internet of things (IoT) have resulted in an explosion of new products and applications for automation, including smart homes and cities, autonomous vehicles, fastening ...

We live in a collaborative world. Tens of thousands of programmers combine efforts in open-source initiatives such as Linux. Crowdfunding enables ordinary people to convert prototypes to market-ready ...

Built for industrial applications, assembly lines, PLC-integrated vision systems, and factory floor monitoring that must ...

AI is fundamentally changing smart factory automation – here’s how manufacturers, especially Europe’s SMEs, can prepare for the transformation Smart factory automation is projected to double by 2029, ...