Robotics and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
How Most Manufacturers Are Adopting Agentic AI Without A Governance Plan
Most coverage of this research treats the gap as evidence that governance is behind schedule. Fewer accounts explain what closing it actually requires once the AI in question is not summarizing a report but deciding whether a robot should act on what it just detected.
The Invisible Nervous System: Wireless Connectivity for Physical AI and Humanoids
As AI moves from labs into homes, warehouses, and factory floors, wireless connectivity has become as critical to a robot's intelligence as the AI model driving it. Here we look inside the low-latency, low-power, high-speed, multi-radio stack making embodied AI possible.
Inventory Intelligence: How AI is Leading the Third Wave of Warehouse Automation
We have automated the movement of goods and the tracking of goods, but we have not yet automated the truth about goods. Closing that gap is the third wave of warehouse automation, and it is being driven by AI and computer vision.
How Multiway Robotics Transformed a Malaysian Manufacturer’s High-Bay Smart Warehouse with 5,000+ Storage Locations
Featuring 5,000+ storage locations, multi-model autonomous forklift collaboration, and 30%+ improvement in storage density, the solution enables efficient, scalable, and digitalized warehouse operations, supporting the customer's ongoing supply chain transformation.
Sunrise Robotics Accelerates Automation with AI-powered GoFa™ cobot cells
Sunrise Robotics needs its autonomous cells to perform precise manipulation for high-mix manufacturing, including pick & place, positioning, and machine-tending operations in human-centric environments.
Hand in hand
The integrated machine vision software MVTec MERLIC significantly enhances quality assurance in the assembly process by displaying all relevant information for assembling the component to the production worker, then verifying the process and documenting quality.
How to Select the Best Motor for Mobile Robots and Automation
A mobile robot is a chain of compromises where the motor, gearbox, controller, battery, wheels, and mechanical layout constantly influence one another. Looking at any of them in isolation almost always leads to a second design iteration.
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What Robotics and Automation Investment Can't Fix If Your Data Is Still Manual
Plants keep adding automation and robotics without fixing the underlying data foundation. Here's why that gap quietly caps the ROI on every new investment.
Automation and Robotics Will Not Solve Your Workforce Problem. They Will Move It.
While there is real innovation happening, the driver of productivity growth for the near term does not lie in automation. It lies in training and upskilling and it will become an even bigger bottleneck for manufacturers across the automotive and machine-building industries.
What It Really Takes to Integrate AGVs into a Busy Hospital
Here AGV system specialists, Aerocom, take a look at what it takes to integrate AGVs successfully into hospitals by looking at the planning, the importance of staff buy-in, and the benefits and constraints of this essential technology.
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DC MOTORS/DRIVES vs AC MOTORS/DRIVES
AC drives, also known as adjustable speed drives or variable frequency drives (VFD's) control motor speed by changing the frequency of the electrical supply to the motor. With DC drives, the motor turns at a speed directly proportional to the voltage applied to the armature.
How peak torque values are affected by the Output Planet Carrier Tooth Count
When installing a motor, gearmotor, motor control or servo amplifier into any system or equipment, universally accepted engineering practices should always be observed.
OPEN MIND Joins FANUC 5-Axis Integrated Technology Initiative
Though providing benefits to manufacturers in all markets, the motivation of the FANUC Initiative is to improve efficiency, accuracy, and repeatability in the production of complex parts, which will be especially beneficial for the U.S. aerospace market.
D-Robotics at IFA 2026: The Computing Platform Powering the Next Generation of Home Robots
From TCL's hey AiMe family companion robot and Vbot's household quadruped to the xLean TR1 floor washer, D-Robotics' AI chips and robotics developer kits now power hundreds of robot products worldwide.
FANUC America Brings Robotics, Automation, Physical AI and CNC Innovation to IMTS 2026
FANUC to display products and applications designed to help manufacturers improve productivity, flexibility and deployment speed
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Zimmer Group - THE PREMIUM GRIPPER NOW WITH IO-LINK
IO-Link is the first standardized IO technology worldwide for communication from the control system to the lowest level of automation.
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ResinDek / Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products
As the manufacturer of ResinDek® panels, we have been at the forefront of testing and innovating flooring panels for the Material Handling Industry since 1994. In 2007, we began providing ResinDek panels for automated warehouse distribution robots. Much of our initial research and development occurred with Automated Guided Vehicles. In the last decade, we have provided a variety of ResinDek engineered flooring products to numerous Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) and Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) manufacturers for their testing labs. As a result, millions of square feet of ResinDek panels are in service worldwide with robotic traffic in distribution centers, warehouses, microfulfillment centers, and retail environments.
