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Whether you’re an electric vehicle (EV) startup or established automaker, steadying demand and intensifying competition require faster pivots than ever before.
April 20, 2026
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The future of smart manufacturing is here. This essential handbook cuts through the hype to deliver real-world insight — from embedding human intelligence in industrial...
April 20, 2026
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Cut through AI hype and focus on what matters for manufacturing. Learn how AI applies to production environments, what to prioritize, and how MES can make AI more accessible across...
April 16, 2026
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In this webinar, Productive Robotics — the only USA manufacturer of 7-axis collaborative robots — walks through real shop examples and side-by-side video demonstrations showing...
April 9, 2026

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How ABB is Bridging Legacy Control Systems and Digital Innovation
Stefan Basenach, senior vice president of automation technology at ABB, explains how ABB's Automation Extended separates stable process control from digital capabilities, enabling...
April 15, 2026
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Insights for manufacturers on the benefits of AI vision inspection from Norfolk Southern. Using this technology, the rail company identified more than twenty-five thousand defects...
April 8, 2026
Virtual Controllers in Manufacturing
In this excerpt from Automation World's podcast discussion with Jayesh Jariwala of Applied Control Engineering about the use of virtual controllers in manufacturing, Jayesh addresses...
April 7, 2026
Could i3X Finally Solve Manufacturing's Interoperability Problem?
CESMII's new i3X platform aims to standardize manufacturing APIs, enabling portable apps across vendor platforms and ending costly system fragmentation. We connect with Jonathan...
March 20, 2026

Factory

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A unified interface can provide supervisors with a consolidated view of KPI tracking across key operations pillars.
Digital dashboards are key to streamlining shift handovers, reducing miscommunication, and ensuring continuity across operations.
April 21, 2026
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From power sources to fixturing tolerances, every component in a welding cell determines whether your automation investment pays off or collects dust.
April 16, 2026
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On-site AI platforms combining rugged IPCs with purpose-built machine learning acceleration are giving machines the ability to see, decide and correct in real time, eliminating...
April 15, 2026
Siemens Visual Drivetrain Analyzer
The first module release focuses on condition monitoring of drivetrain components using AI for pattern recognition and anomaly detection.
April 15, 2026

Process

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“We do what we do to improve productivity, increase the speed to solutions that are faster and easier to both develop and maintain.” Trihedral Engineering President Glenn Wadden kicked off festivities at the company’s ScadaFest event.
Trihedral Engineering President Glenn Wadden kicked off festivities at the company’s ScadaFest event.
April 13, 2026
Honeywell Experion Operations Assistant
The Experion Operations Assistant is built on Honeywell’s existing control system and merges data with operational insights for plant performance monitoring.
April 8, 2026
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Rising energy costs, increasing demand on the grid, and expanding sustainability expectations are pushing manufacturers to rethink how they monitor and control power. What was...
April 6, 2026
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Opentrons' new simulation tool lets researchers visually inspect and step through AI-generated robotic protocols before running them in the lab.
April 3, 2026

Products

Igus PRT-04 Slewing Ring
A new compact version of the PRT-04 slewing ring bearing are designed for precise rotary movements under medium loads.
April 21, 2026
Wago 750 Series Safety I/O Modules
Wago has introduced three functional safety I/O modules to be used with its PFC controllers.
April 20, 2026
Tronics Microsoystems Vibration Sensors
Tronics Microsystems now offers vibration sensors aimed at process and asset monitoring applications.
April 17, 2026
Texas Instruments TMAG5134 Hall-effect Switch
Texas Instruments’ TMAG5134 Hall-effect switch features an integrated magnetic concentrator.
April 15, 2026

Control

ABB's Automation Extended Ecosystem
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ABB's Automation Extended separates stable process control from digital capabilities, enabling AI adoption and cybersecurity compliance without requiring replacement of existing...
March 24, 2026
ABB Optimax
This new version was developed to provide operators with greater flexibility in the deployment, scaling and operation of energy and process optimization applications.
March 4, 2026
Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered
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Automation World: Gets Your Questions Answered
In this episode, we connect with Stefan Basenach, senior vice president of automation technology at ABB, to learn how ABB's new dual-environment architecture, called Automation...
Feb. 27, 2026
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The technology decouples hardware from software to protect existing investments and help companies modernize their hybrid and process control systems faster.
Feb. 24, 2026

Robotics

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The facility would expand the company’s U.S.-based manufacturing for robots, bringing production closer to key markets.
April 14, 2026
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The partnership will focus on capturing data from real-world robotic operations to improve Google DeepMind's models and expand industrial robotics capabilities.
April 6, 2026
robot training for AI-driven applications
The trainer allows robotics developers to shift towards fully AI-driven tasks by automatically capturing synchronized robot and vision data.
March 31, 2026
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The companies will integrate Nvidia’s Omniverse libraries into ABB’s RobotStudio to simulate robots in digital twins and generate synthetic data to train physical AI models.
March 26, 2026