Factory Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
How Drone-Based Construction Progress Monitoring Is Driving Smarter Industrial Workflows
The ultimate goal of drone-based monitoring is transparency. When everyone—from the site foreman to the remote investor—looks at the same high-resolution digital twin, the "guesswork" of construction vanishes.
From Forklifts to Laser Guided Vehicles — The Operational Shift in High-Volume Manufacturing
Forklifts are highly flexible, but they're also dependent on operator skill, shift conditions, fatigue, and congestion. LGVs introduce repeatability into material flow, which is something manufacturing systems desperately need as volumes rise and tolerances tighten.
The Rationale for Persistent Infrastructure Identity in Manufacturing and Robotics
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Cobots share workspace with human operators under carefully engineered safety boundaries. Every one of these systems was specified, integrated, commissioned, and validated against a detailed record. Within a few ownership cycles, most of that record is effectively gone.
KNF Introduces Intelligent Pump Features for Flow, Pressure and Vacuum Control and Versatile Dosing
The pumps can operate autonomously or can be controlled via analog signals such as control voltage. For use in complex systems, the pumps also support modern communication protocols like UART, enabling seamless integration into smart environments.
Revolutionizing Cheese Production with AI and Machine Vision: A Success Story from Eberle Automatische Systeme
The food industry is experiencing a transformative shift in quality control, due in part to advances in artificial intelligence (AI). When combined with rule-based machine vision, AI is enabling automation of processes that were previously impossible.
The Perfect Marriage: How CNC Solutions Turned ENCY, a Stäubli Robot, and a Beckhoff Controller into a Product
On paper, a robot is just a set of joints and motors. On a production floor, however, it becomes something entirely different.
7 Key Engineering Hurdles in Building High Precision Gantry Systems for Automation
Multi-axis gantry platforms are central to high-throughput automation in fields like semiconductor inspection, laser processing, and advanced metrology. Yet, the difficulty of making them precise, reliable, and production-ready is often underestimated.
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Advantages of Pre-assembled Conveyor Modules
Ultimately, pre-assembly supports tighter project schedules and helps integrators deliver consistent results across geographically distributed deployments.
When Machines Learn to See Like Experts: The Rise of Vision Language Models in Manufacturing
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VLMs will not resolve every challenge in manufacturing AI. But for quality assurance in high-complexity production environments, they offer a capability step-change that no other current technology matches.
Product Q&A with Ambi Robotics - AmbiVision
AmbiVision was born out of the development of Ambi Robotics' robotic stacking system, AmbiStack, and leverages the same AI skills that power the robot's ability to perceive and interact with packages.
Factory Automation - News Headlines
LG CNS Unveils Logistics Robot Operating at -15°F, Steps Up North American Expansion
-Upgrades intralogistics automation robot "Mobile Shuttle" for reliable operation at -15°F, expanding into cold chain logistics
-Achieves over 30% higher storage efficiency via four-way movement and high-density storage design
Basler Introduces a Complete CoaXPress-over-Fiber TDI Vision System
The vision system includes a TDI line scan camera, data forwarding frame grabber, software, and other components. Efficient data reduction simplifies system complexity, ensuring more cost-effective complete solutions.
Onward Robotics Showcases Innovative Fulfillment Orchestration Platform With Live Demonstrations at MODEX 2026
Pyxis Suite™ Fulfillment Orchestration Platform and Next-Gen Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) to be Demonstrated Live at Premier Supply Chain Trade Event
Factory Automation - Featured Product
OnLogic Karbon 520 Series of Scalable Rugged Computers
OnLogic Karbon 520 Series of Scalable Rugged Computers
The OnLogic Karbon 520 Series of rugged computers is purpose-built to deliver unwavering performance and reliability in the face of extreme temperatures, vibration, and dynamic power conditions. Powered by the latest Intel® Core™ Ultra processors and validated by MIL-STD-810H testing, the Karbon 520 Series makes it possible to deploy dependable computing for AI at the edge, advanced automation, or critical remote and in-vehicle applications in even the most challenging environments.
Factory Automation - Featured Company
KNF Neuberger, Inc.
We are KNF. Founded in 1946 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, we are a family-owned manufacturer that has established itself as a global solution provider specializing in the development, design, production and distribution of diaphragm pumps for the transfer of gases and liquids or for vacuum generation. With 24 locations and over 900 employees worldwide, we continue to expand our industry expertise and broad range of applications, including medical technology, inkjet, gas analysis and laboratory.
