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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

smart manufacturing and digital transformation. Control Engineering asked these questions and others about smart manufacturing and digital transformation to Jeff Winter, senior director industry strategy, manufacturing, Hitachi Solutions, and an industry expert on Industry 4.0 initiatives. Understand Industry 4.0

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Improved methods for using sensors in robots

Control Engineering

Sensors play a vital role with implementing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions and act as the eyes, ears and fingers of the robots. When trying to simplify robot startups, sensor-level networks are imperative and there are several network types that can help with this process. Visibility affects management and maintenance.

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Modern Manufacturing Expo To Showcase How Robotics and AI Can Turn Supply Chains Into ‘Value Chains’

Manufacturer's Monthly

In a crowded global market manufacturers are always on the lookout for technologies that will give them an ‘edge’. Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are increasingly being viewed as the key to unlocking Australia’s manufacturing competitiveness. Robotics and the creation of a value chain.

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Jeff Burnstein, president of A3, 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. 2022 was no different.

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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. Initially, people working remotely may help advance robotic processing.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial IoT

ATS

Smart manufacturingSmart” is the watchword in modern manufacturing, and with AI in the mix, we’re seeing a revolution. Whether it’s smart manufacturing or predictive maintenance, this approach reduces costs and improves efficiency and quality.

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Cobots lend a hand on the shop floor

Automation Mag

Until very recently, Marc Sauvé never imagined he’d be teaching his team members to program robots. “I I would never even have thought about a robot,” he says. That was something for car manufacturers.”. Like many Canadian manufacturers, CIS has been affected by the perennial shortage of skilled workers.

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