Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Autonomous mobile robot insights Autonomous mobile robots are designed with built-in safety features that can carry large amounts of weight and are useful in logistics and warehousing operations. Both applications — the shipping/receiving RFID system and the manufacturing RFID system are autonomous.

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Control Engineering

MAY 23, 2023

Information management insights Manufacturers have access to enormous amounts of information, but they need to have put in context for them to make any sense of it. Give manufacturers data they can turn into information. Giving engineers the right context can help improve operations and reduce potential downtime troubles.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Target audience for Automation Fair 2023 Rockwell Automation include automation professionals on the plant floor, plant-floor management and manufacturing management. Rockwell Automation chairman and CEO Blake Moret discussed the need for agile, resilient and sustainable manufacturing at the 2022 Automation Fair at McCormick Place in Chicago.

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i4.0 today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

With the increasing likelihood of a global economic recession in 2023, many industries are struggling with increasing manufacturing cost, such as labor and raw material costs, and maintaining their profit margins. Robotics and automation have significantly revolutionized how people work and live across a number of industries. Industry 5.0

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Control Engineering

APRIL 12, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how a material handling focus can help manufacturers, distribution centers and warehouses. Warehousing, distribution center insights A material handling focus can help manufacturers, distribution centers and warehouses, as Siemens explained at ProMat 2023. Courtesy: Mark T.

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Control Engineering

MAY 28, 2023

Learning Objectives Learn how effective traffic management and real-time communications among warehousing system robotics are enabled via EtherCAT. AS/RS Insights: Ongoing labor shortages and the rising cost of warehouse real estate have led to increased adoption of automation technologies among logistics providers.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 16, 2023

Robotics insights The mobile robot component market is set to have a projected value of more than $7 billion by 2027 thanks to increased use in manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. But not just in the warehousing and logistics sector, but also in the manufacturing sector.”

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Control Engineering

MAY 18, 2023

A report by Interact Analysis indicates the future overall for the cobot market is strong as manufacturers continue to look to automation to improve their supply chain and logistics issues. Currently, most mainstream collaborative robot manufacturers provide RDK for system integrators or customers to conduct secondary development.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 9, 2023

Workforce development insights The Work of the Future task force is emphasizing positive-sum automation to help dispel certain beliefs and attitudes relating to automation in manufacturing and its impact on jobs. The Work of the Future Initiative is conducting research onsite at manufacturing firms and generating collaborative work on campus.

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AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Article by Rob Stummer, Asia Pacific CEO of Syspro The Australian fabricated metal manufacturing industry has experienced subdued revenue growth over the past five years, despite a contraction of product sales to key building markets following the pandemic, according to this July 2022 report from IBIS World.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 27, 2023

Robotics aren’t only for the largest manufacturing or warehousing applications. Kajuch: Robotics technologies are emerging in more applications for the third-party logistics (3PL) space. Also consider wireless networks, cybersecurity, cyber-resiliency and where components are manufactured.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

High availability (HA) is one modern way manufacturers can reach their efficiency goals. With manufacturers seeking new ways to maximize the efficiency and profitability of their operations, there is greater emphasis on control system technology that helps to ensure continuous production and greater plant availability.

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Control Engineering

JULY 21, 2022

Due to staffing shortages and major supply chain issues, manufacturers are willing to emphasize automation more to meet surging demand. Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) used machine vision and sensing technologies to move around freely and a key part around automation when it comes to logistics.

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