BMW Automated Robot Process Ensures Perfect Quality
At the BMW’s Spartanburg USA manufacturing site, the future has already begun: In door assembly, people and robots work side by side – without a safety fence – in one
Read Article →
Industry 4.0
Digital Twin Validate Manufacturing Processes
A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical product or process, used to understand and predict the physical counterpart’s performance characteristics. Digital twins are used throughout the product
Read Article →
The Birth of Constant Optimization
Today, modern production facilities don’t simply exist in the physical world. Everything that is crucial for their functioning – whether it’s milling machines, assembly line robots, automated warehouses, or even
Read Article →
What is Augmented Intelligence? How Does it Enhances Our 8 Core Cognitive Capacities?
In the future decision-making will involve a creative mix of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), with the added input of human judgment. The result is augmented intelligence – where
Read Article →
WiFi 6 Successfully Completes First Phase Of Industry 4.0 Trials
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the body leading development of next generation Wi-Fi services, has announced the successful completion of its phase one trial of Wi-Fi 6 infrastructure and services at
Read Article →
Go Beyond 4.0 – Digital Manufacturing Revolutionizes Mass Production
The current globally implemented production concept is all about the mass production of identical products to maximize production efficiency. On the other hand the future of automotive, aerospace and lighting
Read Article →
Real-Time Design-Data Feedback Critical To Industrial Digital Twin
As engineers in industry and research look to develop Digital Twins of their physical products—with the longer-term goal of integration with the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)—the pivotal importance of
Read Article →
SKF Acquires Maintenance 4.0 Artificial Intelligence Company
SKF has signed an agreement to acquire Presenso Ltd., a company based in Haifa, Israel, that develops and deploys artificial intelligence (AI)-based predictive maintenance software. Presenso’s AI capability enables production
Read Article →
New Simulation Tool For Digital Twin Development
B&R has integrated the industrialPhysics simulation tool into its Automation Studio engineering environment. The 3D simulation software greatly simplifies model-based machine development. Developers can import CAD data from machine components
Read Article →
Universal Networked Data Flow Showcased at EMO
70 companies from ten countries have connected 110 machines and 28 value-added services at EMO Hannover 2019 via the umati standard interface. “umati is opening up a new chapter in
Read Article →