Opto 22, Temecula, Calif., developed RESTful API, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) application designed to reduce time to market in machine and system design.
The combined brands will offer a full spectrum of innovative solutions ranging from light automation to the most advanced robotics.
November 29, 2016
FORTE Industries and Power Automation Systems (PAS) will join Swisslog WDS Americas, Newport News, Va., under a single brand name and corporate structure, effective Jan. 4, 2017.
The study predicts that 16% of U.S. jobs will be replaced, while the equivalent of 9% jobs will be created.
June 28, 2016
Forrester Research, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., forecasts that cognitive technologies such as robots, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and automation will replace 7% of U.S. jobs by 2025.
The report found that 83% of respondents have automated some part of their manufacturing process over the past five years, and 76% say they will do so within the next three years.
June 23, 2016
U.S. manufacturers continue to invest in automation technologies, spurred on by competitive factors and supply chain pressures, according to a report published by MAPI (Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation), Arlington, Va.
The manufacturing sector, a traditional driver of overall productivity, has seen its pace of productivity growth slow over the last 15 years.
March 21, 2016
A new study by the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), Arlington, Va., analyzes productivity growth in a range of manufacturing subsectors over the past 25 years.
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), Brunswick, Ga., extended its use of process automation technology from Identec Solutions, Dallas, Texas, to support the operation of new ship-to-shore and rubber-tired gantry cranes at the Port of Savannah, Savannah, Ga.