Why is it so hard for manufacturers to bring AI to the factory floor? What will it take? It boils down to strategic ...

The raging fire that heavily damaged the historic Singer Sewing Machine factory in Elizabeth continued to smolder Monday, as officials said the cause of the blaze remains under investigation. “As of ...

Imagine the day when the packaging machine on the plant floor automatically detects that it needs more materials and it alerts the supplier—ordering and paying for product and scheduling delivery, all ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The next industrial revolution is upon us, as Industry 4.0 brings in a new wave of connected ...

Automation is an equalizer and is spawning a rapidly growing trend that’s advancing the use of robots to smaller factories. Manufacturers using Robotics as a Service (RaaS) gain the benefits of ...

A factory worker drives a forklift carrying a four-ton metal casting across a polished concrete floor. Surrounded by looming robotic equipment, he’s the only human in sight at DMG Mori Seiki’s ...

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At the core of any automated system is the basic closed-loop paradigm: sense, decide, act. This model reverberates from the lowest machine component all the way to the business enterprise, starting ...