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GM and Cruise Partner with Microsoft to Utilize Cloud Capabilities for Automotive Manufacturing

GM and Cruise Partner with Microsoft to Utilize Cloud Capabilities for Automotive Manufacturing

Both Cruise and General Motors choose Microsoft Azure as their preferred cloud provider to harness cloud capabilities and innovate the manufacturing of self-driving vehicles.


News Feb 10, 2021 by Stephanie Leonida
Rapid Robotics Hopes to Close the Automation Gap with the Rapid Machine Operator

Rapid Robotics Hopes to Close the Automation Gap with the Rapid Machine Operator

Control Automation virtually sat down with Rapid Robotics CTO Ruddick Lawrence to discuss their Rapid Machine Operator (RMO) and its automation benefits to help reshore U.S. manufacturing.


News Feb 10, 2021 by Aline Dias
Schweitzer Engineering Releases New Automation Solutions for Power Systems

Schweitzer Engineering Releases New Automation Solutions for Power Systems

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories released its SEL-3350 compact controller and its Time-Domain Link technology solution.


News Feb 09, 2021 by Stephanie Leonida
Dematic Adds Realtime Motion Planning to Semi-Autonomous Palletizing Solutions

Dematic Adds Realtime Motion Planning to Semi-Autonomous Palletizing Solutions

Realtime Robotics and Dematic partner to boost speed and reactivity for pallet-loading autonomous robots in unstructured factory environments.


News Feb 08, 2021 by Leah Scully
Fuji Electric’s Control and Operational Systems at Risk of Code-Execution Bugs

Fuji Electric’s Control and Operational Systems at Risk of Code-Execution Bugs

Bugs discovered in Fuji Electric’s industrial systems would allow attackers to take control of OT-IT convergence equipment, according to a new advisory from the CISA.


OMRON Launches i4 Series SCARA Robots to Automate Assembly and Transportation Processes

OMRON Launches i4 Series SCARA Robots to Automate Assembly and Transportation Processes

OMRON announced a new series of industrial SCARA robots with high precision and high-speed capabilities.


Hyundai Robots Launches New Remote Service Control Center for Industrial Robot Maintenance and Solutions

Hyundai Robots Launches New Remote Service Control Center for Industrial Robot Maintenance and Solutions

Hyundai Robotics recently unveiled the new remote Hyundai Robot Management Service (HRMS), connecting robot owners with technical support and service technicians.


News Feb 04, 2021 by Seth Price
Emerson Awarded 2021 IoT Breakthrough Award for ‘Analytics Platform of the Year’

Emerson Awarded 2021 IoT Breakthrough Award for ‘Analytics Platform of the Year’

The product that caught IoT Breakthrough’s attention was Plantweb Optics, a comprehensive plant and manufacturing analytics software system.


News Feb 03, 2021 by Sara McCaslin
Latest 3-Phase AC-DC Power Supplies from Absopulse Designed for Industrial Applications

Latest 3-Phase AC-DC Power Supplies from Absopulse Designed for Industrial Applications

Absopulse recently announced its latest AC-DC 5kW power converter for rugged environments.


News Feb 02, 2021 by Robin Mitchell
Quick Laser and Beckhoff Continue Strategic Cooperation to Enhance Laser Cutting Machine Performance

Quick Laser and Beckhoff Continue Strategic Cooperation to Enhance Laser Cutting Machine Performance

Quick Laser continues to work alongside Beckhoff to optimize high-end laser cutting machines’ performance by using TwinCAT software as an open computerized numerical control system.


News Feb 02, 2021 by Stephanie Leonida
Banner Engineering Debuts New ABR Barcode Reader for Long-Range Industrial Applications

Banner Engineering Debuts New ABR Barcode Reader for Long-Range Industrial Applications

Banner Engineering released the latest ABR range of automatic barcode readers. What advantages do barcode readers provide, and what does the new range include?


News Feb 01, 2021 by Robin Mitchell
B&R’s Operating System Supports High-Level Programming Languages in Industrial Control Systems

B&R’s Operating System Supports High-Level Programming Languages in Industrial Control Systems

B&R Automation, the machine and factory automation group from ABB, recently improved its enhanced crossover Operating System (exOS)’s flexibility.


News Feb 01, 2021 by Seth Price
Walmart Parterns with Robotic Startups to Scale Local Fulfillment Centers 

Walmart Parterns with Robotic Startups to Scale Local Fulfillment Centers 

Walmart works with three robotics-focused startups on intelligent robot technology to scale its local fulfillment center (LFC) operations.


Steel King Focuses on Logistics Solutions with New Industrial Platform Group NexCaliber Structures

Steel King Focuses on Logistics Solutions with New Industrial Platform Group NexCaliber Structures

Material handling products manufacturer Steel King announced the launch of NexCaliber Structures last week.


Rockwell Automation Completes Acquisition of Fiix Inc to Improve Asset Management Capabilities

Rockwell Automation Completes Acquisition of Fiix Inc to Improve Asset Management Capabilities

Rockwell Automation acquires Fiix Inc. and plans to improve industrial customers’ asset management capabilities as part of its software strategy.


News Jan 28, 2021 by Stephanie Leonida
Cognex Introduces In-Sight 3D-L4000 Vision System for 3D Inspections

Cognex Introduces In-Sight 3D-L4000 Vision System for 3D Inspections

Cognex introduced the In-Sight 3D-L4000, a vision system aiming to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of inspection.


News Jan 28, 2021 by Seth Price
NEMA Partners with Cadeo Group and NEEA to Publish Research on Power Drive Systems’ Energy Savings

NEMA Partners with Cadeo Group and NEEA to Publish Research on Power Drive Systems’ Energy Savings

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) partnered with the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) and the Cadeo Group on a new report about energy savings for power drive systems (PDS).


Vecna Robotics Releases New Automated Counterbalanced Fork Truck for Industrial Applications

Vecna Robotics Releases New Automated Counterbalanced Fork Truck for Industrial Applications

Vecna Robotics releases the first automated counterbalanced fork truck of its Silverback Series product line.


News Jan 27, 2021 by Stephanie Leonida
MakerBot Collaborates with Oryx Additive on Removal Solutions

MakerBot Collaborates with Oryx Additive on Removal Solutions

Together, MakerBot and Oryx Additive enhance the post-processing and cleaning process of 3D-printed parts.


News Jan 26, 2021 by Stephanie Leonida
Seoul Robotics Develops Software Platform to Process LiDAR Sensors Data

Seoul Robotics Develops Software Platform to Process LiDAR Sensors Data

3D computer vision company Seoul Robotics released a new software platform to process LiDAR sensor data.