By Robert Huschka In 1900, London was home to roughly 50,000 horses. More than 11,000 horse-drawn cab drivers carted folks around the city. Thousands of workers helped bring in hay. Blacksmiths tended to the animals. And, laborers carted away the millions of pounds of manure that was generated every day. Technology has always changed the […]

By Jeff Burnstein President of the Association for Advancing Automation Robots don’t take away jobs. When companies lose to their competition, that’s when workers lose jobs. There seems to be this idea: If the robots hadn’t shown up, the jobs would have stayed. But nothing could be further from reality. Here’s the truth: We aren’t […]

This Week in Automation   Key Questions to Ask Before Automating Automation is a proven way for companies to speed up production, produce higher quality products, and compete globally. A clear understanding of needs must be matched with the solutions that automation provides. Use these key assessment questions as an evaluative framework before investing in […]

This Week in Automation   Video Interfaces Deliver Advantages in Industrial Automation Complicated and expensive. If this is your perception of machine vision for industrial automation, it’s time to reconsider. Choosing the right video interface can help designers and end-users reduce complexity, lower costs, and gain performance advantages. Read More     A3 Business Forum Set […]

Complicated and expensive. If this is your perception of machine vision for industrial automation, it’s time to reconsider. Choosing the right video interface – the hardware and software used to format imaging data and send it to a computer for analysis or display – can help designers and end-users reduce complexity, lower costs, and gain […]

Trends in Robotics Sales Trends in robotics sales show companies in diverse industries are making greater use of automation. The automotive industry still accounts for most sales, but more companies in the life sciences and food and consumer goods industries are using automated solutions. A greater use of robotics is creating demand for integrators to […]