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Vibration Monitoring in Predictive Maintenance (PdM)

Vibration Monitoring in Predictive Maintenance (PdM)

Advanced automation and IoT devices can detect vibration, but even complex systems can miss a variable and cause chaos.


Faulhaber Expands BLDC Motor Family with Size-conscious Magnetic Encoder

Faulhaber Expands BLDC Motor Family with Size-conscious Magnetic Encoder

Faulhaber looks to reduce the anxiety of integrating bulky encoders with its newest motor system.


News Jan 24, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Researchers Model New Soft Robotic Grippers After Sea Anemones

Researchers Model New Soft Robotic Grippers After Sea Anemones

Researchers have developed a novel, flexible robotic gripper that can be used to pick up differently-shaped objects.


News Jan 23, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
A Year Out: A Look at How Yaskawa’s GA800 Motor Drive Fits into Industrial Trends

A Year Out: A Look at How Yaskawa’s GA800 Motor Drive Fits into Industrial Trends

Take a look at Yaskawa's motor drive released a year ago and how new products try to future-proof against new trends.


News Jan 19, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
EVT’s Newest 3D Sensor Enables Optical Character Recognition in Industrial Settings

EVT’s Newest 3D Sensor Enables Optical Character Recognition in Industrial Settings

3D sensors are gaining new uses in industrial settings. EVT's most recent offering identifies characters in labels and barcodes.


News Jan 18, 2020 by Kate Smith
H2W Supports Precision Motion Control with New Two-axis X-theta Positioning System

H2W Supports Precision Motion Control with New Two-axis X-theta Positioning System

H2W's new precision positioning system uses dual-axis linear and rotary-to-linear motion in industrial settings.


News Jan 17, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
What Is Vertical Farming? A Look Into Airflow and Lighting Automation in Agriculture

What Is Vertical Farming? A Look Into Airflow and Lighting Automation in Agriculture

The vertical farming industry has been gaining popularity in the last several years. Here are some ways to automate lighting and airflow processes in this application.


News Jan 14, 2020 by Maddie Bradshaw
Rockwell Set to Acquire Avnet Data Security in Bid for Systemic IIoT Cybersecurity

Rockwell Set to Acquire Avnet Data Security in Bid for Systemic IIoT Cybersecurity

With cybersecurity a major talking point across the news, Rockwell Automation cements a deal to acquire an ICS- and SCADA-heavy security firm.


News Jan 13, 2020 by Kate Smith
Honeywell Pursues Innovations in Anti-Counterfeiting, Photonics as 2019 Ends

Honeywell Pursues Innovations in Anti-Counterfeiting, Photonics as 2019 Ends

Honeywell rounds off 2019 with moves towards comprehensive facility monitoring, anti-counterfeiting, and a look at the biggest innovations of the year.


News Dec 30, 2019 by Kate Smith
Robots for Hire: MusashAI Launches as World’s First Robotics Employment Agency

Robots for Hire: MusashAI Launches as World’s First Robotics Employment Agency

Looking to hire a new employee? A new partnership between an AI robotics company and an automotive parts manufacturer argues that maybe it should be a robot.


News Dec 24, 2019 by Kate Smith
Mining Equipment Gets Smarter as Metso Standardizes Its Metrics Data Analytics Solution

Mining Equipment Gets Smarter as Metso Standardizes Its Metrics Data Analytics Solution

Much of Metso's mining and aggregate equipment will now come standard with Metso Metrics for data analytics to increase process efficiency and reduce downtime.


News Dec 23, 2019 by Kate Smith
Mitsubishi Electric and Realtime Robotics Extend Motion-planning and Robotics Partnership

Mitsubishi Electric and Realtime Robotics Extend Motion-planning and Robotics Partnership

Mitsubishi Electric and Realtime Robotics have been developing solutions for faster, safer motion planning for industrial robots and cobots.


News Dec 15, 2019 by Kate Smith
Meet Li-Fi: Fraunhofer Research Introduces Optical Real-time Data Transmission Solution

Meet Li-Fi: Fraunhofer Research Introduces Optical Real-time Data Transmission Solution

Fraunhofer IPMS, a research institution based in Dresden, this week introduced a new TNS (time-sensitive networking) solution that is optical and wireless.


News Nov 27, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Schneider Electric Prepares for the Future of Smart Grids with New EcoStruxure DERMS 

Schneider Electric Prepares for the Future of Smart Grids with New EcoStruxure DERMS 

This week, Schneider Electric announced they are expanding their EcoStruxture brand with the introduction of EcoStruxure DERMS. 


News Nov 22, 2019 by Kate Smith
Renesas Releases New Application-specific Standard Product for ASi-5 Industrial Automation Smart Sensors

Renesas Releases New Application-specific Standard Product for ASi-5 Industrial Automation Smart Sensors

Renesas today introduced a new application-specific standard product (ASSP) IC geared towards industrial automation applications.


News Nov 20, 2019 by Kate Smith
Researchers Unveil Controls Methology for More Efficient Wind Energy Generation

Researchers Unveil Controls Methology for More Efficient Wind Energy Generation

Researchers out of an institution in Brazil have released findings that support a new nonlinear control theory for wind power applications.


News Nov 13, 2019 by Kate Smith
Emerson’s New Asset Monitoring Device Brings Smart Analytics to the Edge

Emerson’s New Asset Monitoring Device Brings Smart Analytics to the Edge

Emerson has announced their latest product, the AMS Asset Monitor, which is an edge IoT device that will monitor the health of machinery in industrial environments.


News Nov 11, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Johnson Controls to Acquire Synchrony, Inc. from Siemens

Johnson Controls to Acquire Synchrony, Inc. from Siemens

This week, Johnson Controls announced its acquisition of Synchrony from Siemens.


News Nov 07, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
An Overview of Software Languages for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)

An Overview of Software Languages for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)

What software languages are used with programmable logic controllers?


The State of Automation in the Automotive Industry

The State of Automation in the Automotive Industry

Automation is constantly evolving. How is it affecting the automotive space?