Automation and Control

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • New microneedle tech promises painless glucose tracking

    Using this less invasive approach, the team found that the device could accurately detect sugar levels and wirelessly transmit information to a smartphone in real time.

  • What it takes to design safe autonomous vehicle systems

    Successfully designing autonomous driving systems that can communicate with the world around them requires safety programs that were unheard of ten years ago.

  • Encapsulating wearable sensors using two-part epoxy

    Master Bond’s pre-mixed non-cytotoxic EP21LSCL-2Med epoxy, and Nordson EFD’s precision dispensing equipment, ensure reliable, bubble-free wearable sensor encapsulation that protects components and supports scalable medical device manufacturing.

  • Nutanix expands capabilities to help customers build and operate distributed sovereign clouds

    The cloud platform now provides orchestrated lifecycle management of multiple dark-site environments, along with on-premises deployment options for governance and control planes.

  • Armed drone achieves perfect accuracy in Chinese military tests

    The drone fired 20 single shots, striking the target — which was a human-sized silhouette featuring a 20 inch by 20 inch chest board — every time.

  • Column: Building an AI for buildings — “AI shouldn’t optimize a task; it should help build the entire store”

    Construction is where abstract decisions become physical reality. It’s where safety, regulation, budgets, weather and human lives intersect. And it's an industry where AI is making quick inroads.

  • NORD enhances efficiency with new digital twin and simulation capabilities

    This new digital twin and virtual commissioning technology significantly reduces the system development process from planning to commissioning.

  • Quiet operation: With 22GPT LN and 32GPT LN

    These new gearheads are specifically designed for applications where noise reduction is crucial such as in laboratories, optical devices, medical applications or testing and measuring systems.

  • Always inspection ready: SEEPEX launches Smart Joint Access

    The inspection-friendly pump design was developed for demanding industrial environments where uptime and reliability are critical.

  • Hydraulics helping hands: Data centers keep their cool

    The hydraulic backbone, whether radiator cooled or immersion cooled, involves high-efficiency pumps and scores of specially designed server farm fluid fittings.

  • Blecon launches Blecon Agent, transforming Zebra Technologies’ frontline devices into an autonomous Bluetooth tracking network

    New software solution for Zebra devices instantly converts its global frontline device ecosystem into a continuous tracking network for Bluetooth Low Energy sensors and labels, without new infrastructure.

  • Siemens and 1898 & Co. collaborate to automate critical grid protection

    The turnkey solution that replaces static spreadsheets with dynamic digital twins to support autonomous grid development.

  • New-generation SSV Sprockets

    The sprockets set a new standard in sanitary sprocket performance, enhancing cleanability, ensuring reliable operation and maintaining long-term durability under frequent washdown conditions.

  • Apollo Seiko brings expanded selective soldering lineup and new dual-pot innovations to APEX 2026

    The company will highlight two new inline platforms and a dual-pot selective system along with three industry-proven soldering robots.

  • Software for smarter networking and manufacturing

    The networking solution improves overall communications with CNC machines, CMMs, PLCs, 3D printers, robots, laser markers, dot peen markers, tool presetters and test stands.

  • Softing Industrial expands dataFEED OPC Suite with FANUC CNC connectivity and MQTT Version 5

    Users gain access to process and status data from modern FANUC controllers without having to make changes to the existing control program.

  • Motion potion: A (slightly magical) look at digital servo growth

    Precision motion control options are being used more and more in fields like robotics, semiconductor equipment, and electronics manufacturing.

  • Digital twin fine-tunes floating solar system performance

    The system uses a physical floating photovoltaic twin deployed on a water surface, with sensors transmitting data to the cloud and to the digital version of the installation.

  • Horizontal pumping with low-voltage motors

    These low-voltage motors are designed to provide medium-voltage-class power density within a low-voltage package.

  • Power you trust: FPT engines triumph at Dakar 2026

    The trucks, powered by the iconic CURSOR 13 engine, set the pace from the very first stages of the rally.

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