Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
The Next Industrial Epoch is Here: Why Acting Now is a Strategic Imperative for Manufacturers
The convergence of technological maturity, proven financial returns, and a strategic need for resilient domestic production has created a generational opportunity, and the window to act is now.
Why Automation, Not Wafer Size, Determines Semiconductor Fab Cycle Time
New 200 mm capacity is often built from scratch or heavily refurbished, making it easier to apply the same automation patterns used in 300 mm fabs. The result is convergence; wafer diameter still affects output per lot, but it no longer indicates the level of automation.
How Real-Time Manufacturing Operations Drive Competitive Advantage in Volatile Markets
Manufacturing executives confronting today’s operational challenges recognize a fundamental truth: traditional execution systems designed for stable markets have become organizational liabilities.
AI in Manufacturing: Why Now Matters
In an environment driven by Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement, AI empowers shops to act faster and smarter, without adding more headcount.
Using AI to Solve the "Execution Gap" in Manufacturing
Max AI doesn't just bridge the execution gap - it sets a new standard for modern manufacturing. By acting in real time - watching, thinking, and doing - it removes the friction and firefighting that once consumed operators, supervisors, and planners.
The Library of Machine Malfunctions and Changing the Factory-Worker Relationship
The goal from day one was clear: build the definitive source of industrial reliability knowledge, and open it up to empower teams everywhere to shift from reactive troubleshooting to proactive control.
How Machine Vision is Enhancing Automation Safety and Efficiency
Technologies to extract high-level meaning from images are increasingly common. Within the research community, such technologies are often considered different from machine vision. However, all are different ways of achieving machine vision and in many cases overlap.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Stories
How to Employ AI in Manufacturing Sales
AI agents can help ensure every interaction across every channel contributes to a single, intelligent sales motion, including always-on gathering insights like on which SKUs are trending to develop and implement real-time optimizations.
When Clean is the Key to Precision
Micro molded parts are often invisible to the naked eye, measured in millimeters or fractions of millimeters, with features that can be smaller than a human hair. In this context, a single dust particle can disrupt form, fit, or function.
"Building for the Surge: How to Prepare Your Factory Storage for Times of Peak Demand"
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To truly manage seasonal peaks efficiently and safely, facilities need a storage infrastructure designed to flex with changes in demand, regardless of whether they’re seasonal, planned, or one-time occurrences.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
Protolabs Significantly Expands U.S. Metal 3D Printing Capacity
As more industries turn to metal 3D printing for end-use production applications, the digital manufacturer has expanded its capabilities and capacity for increased scalability
Lattice to Showcase Advanced Industrial and Edge AI Solutions at SPS 2025
Lattice will deliver a presentation on secure motor control solutions and technology demonstrations with industry partners focused on advanced embedded vision and machine learning applications for the Industrial market.
RuggON Launches VULCAN 10A: AI-Enhanced Rugged Vehicle Mounted Computer Built for Always-On Industrial Mobility
Purpose-built with Qualcomm ® C6490 and Android 14, delivering always-on performance across harsh environments
MVTec Introduces New Deep Learning Feature "Continual Learning in HALCON 25.11
• New feature: retrain deep learning models quickly and efficiently
• Only a few images are required
• Continual Learning available with the release of HALCON 25.11 on November 12, 2025
Chang Robotics and OTTO by Rockwell Automation Announce Collaboration to Transform Automation in Manufacturing and Consumer Products
This collaboration combines Chang Robotics' expertise in deploying large-scale, complex robotic systems with OTTO's industry-leading AMR technology to deliver integrated solutions that enhance productivity, flexibility, and efficiency across North American production lines and warehouses.
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