Automation World covers news and trends around industrial automation software and hardware for professionals in the discrete and batch/hybrid manufacturing industries.
Paper-based work instructions have long been the standard for guiding shop floor processes. But today’s production environments demand speed, precision and traceability, which means that clinging to analog methods can create more problems than benefits.
I/O technology may seem like a straightforward component of industrial automation, but its evolution is redefining how manufacturers connect, collect and act on data. From distributed...
Manufacturing's risk-averse culture is delaying AI adoption, but the industry’s workforce is aging and economic pressures are mounting. This means there’s still time for early...
Universal Robots’ new UR15 showcases the OptiMove AI motion algorithm developed with Nvidia, which is now available for all the company’s cobots. AI tech developed with Nvidia...
Automation efficiency depends on seamless component integration, with connectors playing a crucial role in power transfer and data communication. However, the overwhelming variety...
Bosch Rexroth's ctrlX Flow6D and FlowHS linear motion show how smart conveyance tech is addressing manufacturers’ demands for faster changeovers and adaptable production lines...
Experts from Rockwell Automation and Endress+Hauser explain the evolution of smart sensors and their role in scaling IIoT capabilities while overcoming legacy device challenges...
The Quint High-powered (HP) AC Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) adds a higher energy output level and panel-mount package to Phoenix Contact’s Quint AC UPS technology....
The new SA1N series of space-saving subminiature photoelectric sensors is available in a barrel-mount fiber-type diffuse-reflective infrared LED style, secured with M6 nuts through...
The Catan C1 EN controller is designed for building and room automation. The compact REG housing has an overall width of 6 HP to fit in all electrical distributors. The flexible...
The Weidmuller M-Series M4000 programmable automation controller (PAC) expands traditional PLC capabilities by integrating real-time control, IT and OT convergence and edge computing...
The UR AI Accelerator was developed in collaboration with Nvidia using Nvidia Isaac’s CUDA-accelerated libraries and models and running on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin system...
At Automate 2025, Universal Robots, Teradyne Robotics and MiR, along with Nvidia, highlighted the MC600, which combines a MiR PalletJack autonomous mobile robot (AMR) integrated...
John Atchison, product manager of high-speed smart conveyance at Bosch Rexroth, explained that Bosch Rexroth uses a permanent magnet motor system in its ctrlX Flow6D system to...
Dave Cameron, director of product and project management at Bosch Rexroth, highlights the company's ctrlX Automation portfolio, featuring its ctrlX Drive and ctrlX Core in a 40...
