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Suhner to Unveil New Robotic Electric Force Compliance System at AUTOMATE

Fabricating & Metal Work

Recognizing the role robotics plays in adding efficiency and lowering production costs for manufacturers of all types and sizes, Suhner continues to expand its robotics offering. An advanced control algorithm then dynamically adjusts force and automates grinding processes based on pre-programmed parameters. The result?

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Utilizing controllers successfully in smart manufacturing, digital transformation

Control Engineering

In the rapidly evolving landscape of smart manufacturing, control units such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs) remain essential components in automated operations, helping to streamline processes, enhance productivity and optimize plant performance. “As

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Universal automation lays the foundation for smart factories

Control Engineering

Understand the shift toward the smart factory and the challenges process manufacturers face. Will companies be dealing with vendors that work in a proprietary world, or vendors that manufacture hardware that work in an open world? and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. Smart devices expand industrial data flow.

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Engineers using AI for safer real-world learning

Control Engineering

This concern led the researchers to ask the question: How do we develop algorithms that enable these types of reinforcement learning agents to learn safely in the real world without making very bad decisions that cause things to break or people to get hurt? The control algorithm was able to maintain a -0.5/+0.5,

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Emerson Launches Advanced Dust Pulse Technology Control System

i4.0 today

In addition to monitoring, the DPT Control System optimizes the performance and uptime of dust collector systems of all sizes through efficient and reliable pulse-jet filter cleaning control. inch) of water column of set point while minimizing pulsing.

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Ageing More Slowly in Space?

i4.0 today

The camera is controlled by a microcontroller, which processes and compresses the data while still on the satellite, after which it is to be sent to Earth. The software as well as the control algorithms are developed and tested by the students of the Swiss Academic Space Initiative themselves. MPixel • Dimensions: 36.0