Automation is often spoken of, but it may not always be obvious what it really looks like in practice. Over human history, the use of tools and machines has had clear benefits, and automation ...

There was a time when the term “automation” was synonymous with advanced manufacturing plants full of robotics. While replacing human labor with machine labor is a prime example of workplace ...

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 ...

If you’re a job shop or other high-mix manufacturer you may not assume that automation is the right solution for you. But there are a variety of automation solutions that can be applied in high-mix ...

It is an essential – but not universal – feature of manufacturing operations, but adopting an automation platform without a plan is akin to investing in machines you don’t know how to use. Start by ...

Festo’s Eric Rice explains two commonly used concepts “(software-defined automation” and “function integration”) in simple terms before contextualizing how Festo applies these concepts. The goal of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are taking the world by storm. More and more we are seeing everyday actions turned into digitally automated tasks. While the construction industry hasn’t ...

How has technology changed the way we conduct research? Lab automation takes many different forms with the purpose of streamlining several aspects of experiments, data collection and data analysis.