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Grant awarded to increase artificial intelligence and robotics use in poultry processing

Control Engineering

Researchers in Arkansas and two other states will be using a $5 million grant to increase use of artificial intelligence and robotics in chicken processing to reduce waste in deboning and detect pathogens. Robotic hands are not adept at holding a chicken, he said. The grant from the U.S.

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AI in manufacturing: Where it’s been and where it’s going

Control Engineering

Manufacturing AI insights The integration of AI into discrete manufacturing aligns with the concept of Industry 4.0, which is characterized by advancements in technologies like the industrial internet of things (IIoT) and robotics. Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere.

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How to optimize industrial motor communications, Part 1, data types

Control Engineering

Are motor and drive communications getting easier or more difficult with smart manufacturing industry 4.0 It has a fair number of motors, robots synchronized motion, and other motion applications. What communications protocols are being used with industrial motors and drives and what needs to be communicated?

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Jim Beretta, president of Customer Attraction, shares top automation trends for 2023

Automation Mag

Advances in automation technologies are transforming the industrial manufacturing landscape. Broadly termed “digital transformation,” these smart manufacturing initiatives bring physical and cyber systems together for greater performance, efficiency, sustainability and safety. Manufacturers used to have a choice.

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Pack Expo Recap: Developing automation systems for facilities

Control Engineering

Many of the advances displayed highlighted progress with the Internet of Things (IoT), smart manufacturing and artificial intelligence (AI). Manufacturers are trying to deliver products that go beyond their initial offerings because their customers need to resolve many problems at once. .