The Smart Factory Institute has announced a generous donation of FANUC industrial robots from Volkswagen, which will be ...

Learn when factory automation is appropriate and how to successfully grapple with the considerable time, expense, and special skills necessary for implementing automation. Recent advances in the ...

Universal Robots, Bosch, Danfoss, and Festo have all launched new partnerships and collaborations with academic institutions in the interest of bridging the automation skills gap. Though the use of ...

The basics of industrial automation, smart factory, and Industry 4.0. The importance of power and connectivity in smart factories. The outcome of applying the lessons learned. Automation does not a ...

Connected workers provide the critical human touch needed to supervise and complement automated processes through the use of wearables, augmented reality and mobile devices. Connected workers are the ...

How to train young engineers in industrial automation is a thorny issue. Most factories have big things that can do a lot of damage and cost tons of money if the newbie causes a crash. Solution: ...

In today's rapidly evolving field of robotics, many companies are focused on creating humanoid robots or achieving full factory automation. However, the San Francisco-based startup MicroFactory has ...

The world has transformed more in the last three months than it has for decades – and with it, so has the skillset required. As factories around the U.S. reopen and ramp up production, it has become ...