Despite rapid advances in automation and AI, I believe humans will remain central to manufacturing success in 2026.

Connected automation systems enable manufacturers to monitor multiple sites remotely through real-time data collection, allowing them to shift from reactive to proactive maintenance strategies that ...

Automation has been making manufacturing more productive, cost-efficient, competitive and safe since the first Industrial Revolution. Today, tariff policies, the shift toward onshoring and reshoring, ...

Why engineers are making software defined automation, digital twins, soft PLCs and other agnostic tools part of the manufacturing automation toolkit. Change is happening at record speed. More ...

Developing robust automation and control systems in manufacturing facilities has historically been dominated by proprietary technology stacks. While this offered users highly reliable and ...

Discover how industrial robots boost manufacturing automation with faster production, tighter precision, and measurable ROI. Explore benefits, applications, worker impact, and implementation ...

Low-cost automation offers accessible solutions for manufacturers seeking to improve production without substantial capital investment. Simple automation tools like gravity-fed systems, basic sensors, ...

Rules-based policies and processes offer opportunities for enterprises to begin successful AI automation journeys. Provided byIntel In June 2023, technology leaders and IT services executives had a ...

Robotics adoption challenges persist in manufacturing, even as hardware costs drop by 30%, because integration complexities often exceed $500,000 per production line. Automation barriers arise as ...