Autonomous mobile robots are more than automated material handling.
A member of SME describes how to get started on the automation journey.
The virtual thread enables connected data flow for all asset information and related metadata.
Robotics and AI meet the challenges of constant commerce at Pitney Bowes.
TIMTOS x TMTS 2022, the first co-branded machine tool mega show in Taiwan has opened. A total of 950 exhibitors in 5,100 booths has packed Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1 & 2. The physical show will go for six days while the one-month online exhibition till March 21.
The advent of private space vehicle development companies has transformed the manufacturing environment for rocket and satellite components.
Smart Manufacturing will come to the fore in 2022 as a holistic strategy that considers the entire process throughout a product’s entire lifecycle.
As the 2022 SME president, I hope to build on the successes of my predecessors with a particular emphasis on workforce development and especially the workforce itself.
Unlike other forms of automation and what we now think of as ‘traditional’ robots, cobots are much safer for humans to interact with them. They can work side by side with humans. But this leads to new ways of thinking about automation. And there are misconceptions that persist around cobots.
Artificial intelligence and automation help modernize machining.