The global automotive industry suffers significantly at the hands of counterfeiters. According to Frost and Sullivan, the global automotive industry los...The global automotive industry suffers significantly at the hands of counterfeiters. According to Frost and Sullivan, the global automotive indus

The call of technology was music to the ears of Loggins who turned his back on a career as a musician to drive SMC’s digital transformation Working to transform the global team at SMC to an Agile mindset and become “AWESOMEr” is Michael Loggins Global Vice President of IT.“I ha

Automation and the manufacturing/production industries are no strangers; they’ve been bosom buddies since the 1970s and have been quietly reshaping bu...Automation and the manufacturing/production industries are no strangers; they’ve been bosom buddies since the 1970s and have been quietly re

According to the Association for Advancing Automation, more credit is owed to automation technology for its role in the fight against COVID-19John Payne is the Chairman of the Board of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), North America’s largest automation trade association represent

The award-winning digital skills academy CodeClan offers manufacturers five skills they need to outperform automation. Killian McAleese breaks them down…We’ve been living in fear of the rise of the machines for so long now that it’s difficult to recall exactly what that means. While (so

Automation is becoming ubiquitous across most industries. In manufacturing, global sales of industrial robots are expected to almost double in volume by...Automation is becoming ubiquitous across most industries. In manufacturing, global sales of industrial robots are expected to almost double in vo

Jason Chester, Director of Global Channel Programs at InfinityQS, explores how new technology & industrial automation can introduce information automationAutomation has been the driving force behind manufacturing advancement, dating back decades, says Jason Chester, Director of Global Channel Pr

What if your next surgery was planned and performed by a robot? A team at Johns Hopkins University is working to turn this idea into reality. The concept of robot-assisted surgery is not new: several systems have already been developed and are being used to treat human patients. One example is the d

Inspired by the natural dexterity of the human hand, a team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has created a reconfigurable hybrid robotics system that is able to grip a variety of objects: from the small, soft, and delicate to the large, heavy, and bulky. This technology i

Engineering researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new type of flexible, robotic grippers that are able to lift delicate egg yolks without breaking them, and that are precise enough to lift a human hair. The work has applications for both soft robotics and biomedical te

MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat patients experiencing a stroke or aneurysm. With a modified joystick, surgeons in one hospital can control a robotic arm at another location to safely operate on a patient during a critical window of time t

Automation escapes many small and mid-sized manufacturers due to the high cost of robotics. Particularly for unique applications, finding the right solutions to remove the barrier to entry while also finding the components to get the job done is a challenging task. RHEWUM®, a German manufacturer o

With their stretched bodies, immense wingspan and iridescent coloring, dragonflies are a unique sight. But their originality doesn’t end with their looks: As one of the oldest insect species on the planet, they are an early innovator of aerial flight. Now, a group led by Jane Wang, Professor of Mech

A mechanical jumper developed by University of California Santa Barbara engineering professor Elliot Hawkes and collaborators is capable of achieving the tallest height — roughly 100 feet (30 meters) — of any jumper to date, engineered or biological. The feat represents a fresh approach to the desig

Professor Robert MacCurdy and his team at the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed and characterized a method to print 3D structures with the simultaneous use of different materials, including liquids and solids, to produce complete functional systems, not just individual components. Tec

NASA’ Deep Space Network (DSN), a sort of GPS system for space, relies on atomic clocks for extreme accuracy. Any modern navigation system must accurately time radio signals to triangulate a location. But the need for accuracy is even higher in space, where great distances can compound even tiny err

With a training technique commonly used to teach dogs to sit and stay, computer scientists showed a robot how to teach itself several new tricks including stacking blocks. With the method, the robot (named Spot) was able to learn in days what typically takes a month. By using positive reinforcement

The automation of additive manufacturing (AM) is limited and usually still requires human labor workflows, including the fundamental step of removing the finished object from the printer platform. NASA Ames Research Center has developed a novel method to increase automation of AM by embedding additi

Georgia Tech researchers have shown that robots about the size of a particle of dust are capable of precise bidirectional control. By harnessing the power of a magnetic field generated by a single electromagnetic coil, the mobile micro-robots are the smallest of their type. “There are swimmer micr

Legged robots are very promising for use in real-world applications, but their operation in narrow spaces is still challenging. One solution for enhancing their environmental adaptability is to design a small-sized biomimetic robot capable of performing multiple motions and carrying payloads. In thi