Automation and Control

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Emerson expands automation portfolio with Afag feeding and handling solutions

    Afag's feeding and handling solutions will now be integrated into Emerson’s extensive automation portfolio.

  • Excelitas Technologies introduces new LINOS inspec.x L 5.6/105 VIS-NIR lens series

    Four lenses in series capture ultra-sharp, high-contrast images for visual and non-visual inspection.

  • Octiv Auto Frac from Halliburton promises to revolutionize autonomous fracture control

    The Octiv platform digitizes and automates workflows, information and equipment across all aspects of Halliburton’s fracture operations, thus resulting in safer, more efficient operations.

  • A system of wearable sensors continuously tracks fatigue in factory workers

    A new system of wearable sensors and machine learning can continuously monitor factory workers for signs of physical fatigue.

  • Path Robotics unveils robotic welding advances at FABTECH 2024

    Innovations engineered to revolutionize how companies approach welding and related projects will be showcased.

  • Comau to develop innovative cell formation and testing technology solutions for National Institute of Chemistry in Slovenia

    Comau is tasked with industrializing flexible machines for advanced cell formation and testing of next-generation cell technologies.

  • Delta to demonstrate its collaborative open ecosystem with world-leading AI partners at OCP 2024 Global Summit

    The collaboration includes Delta’s portfolio of cutting-edge power, fan and liquid thermal management, and infrastructure solutions for next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) servers and data centers.

  • AI tasked with finding non-opioid pain relief options

    The deep-learning framework identified several gut microbiome-derived metabolites along with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs that can be repurposed to select non-addictive, non-opioid options for treating chronic pain.

  • Halliburton introduces LOGIX: Precision drilling via intelligent automation

    LOGIX assists with autonomous drilling, streamlines well delivery, shortens production timelines and reduces rig time via intelligent automation.

  • New swab test predicts aging speed, death clock

    Dubbed CheekAge, the new tool uses methylation patterns found in cheek cells to reliably estimate mortality risk, even when epigenetic data from various tissues are used for analysis.

  • New agribot promises to cut costs, tackle labor shortages

    The team explained that the prototype picks strawberries using its robotic arm, and it then weighs each strawberry before it places the fruit in its packaging.

  • ARBURGadditive: Applications for injection molders in industrial 3D printing

    At Fakuma 2024, Arburg is showcasing two exhibits used for industrial additive manufacturing, focusing on applications that are of particular interest to injection molding customers.

  • Robotic 'finger' taking patients' pulses

    Thanks to the robot’s sophisticated sense of touch, the researchers suggest that the technology could one day make it easier for doctors to detect diseases like breast cancer early on, when they are more treatable.

  • McCrometer rebrands municipal market offerings as Hach's Flow Solutions by McCrometer

    An innovative portfolio of closed pipe and open channel flow solutions for municipal water and wastewater utilities is now branded as Hach's Flow Solutions by McCrometer.

  • OGP announces Smartscope M-series, the next evolution of the popular 3D multisensor metrology systems

    The metrology systems have been equipped with enhancements in image accuracy, optics and throughput.

  • Microscope achieves attosecond resolution

    Greater speed in imaging has been achieved with the development of a microscopy system that can generate images representing events lasting just one quintillionth of a second.

  • This tree planting robot is inspired by the pangolin

    Taking inspiration from the pangolin, the new robot dubbed the Plantolin is designed to dig and disperse seeds, traveling along on its two wheels and using its long, movable tail for balance.

  • Team builds rebar-tying robot for construction sites

    The robot can reportedly outperform any human at the rebar tying job and can complete one task in just five second versus the three to four times that amount of time for a human worker to perform that same job.

  • Keysight introduces advanced 14-bit precision oscilloscope for general applications

    The instrument delivers four times the signal resolution and half the noise floor of other general-purpose oscilloscopes.

  • Festo demonstrates new solutions for automating EV battery manufacturing

    An artificial intelligence/machine learning system to lower energy use and improve predictive maintenance on pneumatic systems will be showcased.

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