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Agility Robotics shows off latest advances for Digit humanoid

Robotics Business Review

The new safety features include: A Category 1, or CAT1 stop, which maintains power to the machine actuators during the deceleration process, allowing the machine to stop smoothly and safely before a shutdown. A safety programmable logic controller (PLC) provides safety functions that meet Performance Level d (PLd).

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Covering Industrial Market Cycles

Gary Mintchell

Product category booms and busts, especially in the 80s, affected the types of positions and companies where I worked. A small group of us started Automation World, which as editor-in-chief, I defined as control plus information. Do they mean machine learning and neural networks that we’ve used for decades?

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FABTECH 2025 Registration Opens; Exhibit Hall Expected to Break Record Size

Fabricating & Metal Work

This year marks FABTECHs largest show floor ever, spanning a record-breaking 850,000+ square feet with 1,500+ exhibitors across 40 technology categories. FABTECH 2025 will highlight advancements in automation, precision engineering, and materials innovation that support high-performance applications across the manufacturing sector.

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FDT Group Welcomes Two New Board Members

Gary Mintchell

In the category of people moving on and qualified replacements needed, this post-Hannover news came to me from FDT Group. Mr. Brooks and Mr. Birkhofer replaced board members Lee Lane, Rockwell Automation; and Francois Ichtertz, Endress+Hauser, respectively, due to their departure to new roles.

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MAZAK Northeast Event Highlights Speed, Precision and Productivity

Fabricating & Metal Work

Visitors to the event, taking place at Mazaks Northeast Technology Center in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, will also discover how to overcome todays high production demands with automation solutions and guidance from onsite Mazak applications engineers.

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Internet protocols are the new frontier for Ethernet

Control Engineering

Time-sensitive networking (TSN) has become a major need because of its ability to deliver precise synchronization. The same cannot be said for network communication protocols. These are often driven by vendor support, but they also fall into feature categories that benefit certain applications. IoT communication.

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3 women share advice for navigating the robotics industry

Robotics Business Review

Here, she observed how automation could improve food distribution, which led her to pursue robotics. ” Finally, Peterson’s talk, “Case Studies: How Automation is Changing the Warehouse,” will dive into the challenges of warehousing and how to solve them with automation.

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