Machines are moving beyond single-point sensing. Multi-sensor fusion now delivers vision, ranging and inertial data. The ...

Quantum Devices, a U.S.-based encoder manufacturer, designs and manufactures high quality, high performance incremental optical rotary encoders for a range of industries and applications. As seen at ...

At Automation Fair 2021, Sarah Larson of Rockwell Automation explained how the use of simulation and emulation software from Emulate3D, a Rockwell Automation company, is used to develop, test, and ...

Breaking down a machine into systems based on both functionality and resources can simplify design and maintenance, a concept explored in a recent column from Control Design. For controls engineers, ...

Festo introduced System Configurator, a free online tool that enables OEMs, system integrators and distributors to design complete automation systems in one […] ...

Businesses looking to deploy advanced robotic solutions in their e-commerce and fulfillment operations can take advantage of OSARO’s AI-powered robotics software combined with Mission’s decades of ...

Manufacturing stands at a crossroads where traditional methods intersect with the promise of advanced technology. Machine vision, once a specialized field, is now central to transforming factory ...

The year is 2009, during the Design Automation Conference (DAC) at a press dinner in a posh little restaurant in San Francisco’s Civic Center. About two glasses of red wine in, one of the journalists ...

Spanning a wall in a separate area is a large automatic storage and retrieval system that feeds multiple lasers and stores cut blanks for later denesting. This works well for high-quantity products ...

Low-cost automation offers accessible solutions for manufacturers seeking to improve production without substantial capital investment. Simple automation tools like gravity-fed systems, basic sensors, ...

Smart manufacturing is evolving beyond traditional automation toward autonomous "lights-out" factories where digital twins ...