OMRON’s FHV7-AI Detection Camera simplifies AI-based quality control for manufacturers and machine builders. Part of OMRON’s proven family of industrial vision systems, it combines advanced AI-driven ...

Jan Van Den Bossche highlights how the adoption of standardised open communication protocols and low-code tools has affected the role of SCADA software in industrial environments.

A new generation of AI-powered robots aims to give AI its own robot body. According to Takayuki Ito, President at the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) AI is transforming the field of ...

Schneider Electric has introduced the EcoStruxure Foxboro Software Defined Automation (SDA), which it says is the industry’s first open, software-defined Distributed Control System (DCS) which will ...

Bolletje, a Dutch manufacturer of bakery products, has automated its quality inspection process. A compact quality inspection solution – consisting of a camera and a four-axis robot – is being ...

Founded by Tony Herridge in 1975, Dual Pumps Limited began as a small garage-based venture and has grown into a leading distributor of pressure washers, pumps, and fluid-handling components. Over the ...

Suzanne Gill spoke with Christian Johansson, Global Product Manager at ABB Automation Technology about device management and exploring the strategies that can be employed to enable smarter plants.

Atreya Mukerjee explores the challenges faced by visiting contractors, the safety protocols essential for their protection, and the role digital Control of Work can play in safeguarding all workers on ...

With its Virtual PLCnext Control, Phoenix Contact offers a software-based controller solution that enables flexible automation functions in virtualised IT environments.

Stephan Schultz discusses the challenges and benefits associated with the use of wireless communication and data transmission in hazardous areas.

ABB launches the latest version of its distributed control system (DCS) – Ability System 800xA 7.0 – to help industrial operators modernise without disruption.

How is artificial intelligence (AI) enabling organisations to move from reactive insights in the operational technology environment to prescriptive insights and autonomous decision making, and how is ...