Automation
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Mills CNC Books 41 Machine Orders at Record-Breaking MACH 2026Mills CNC closed MACH 2026 with 41 machine orders and 200 enquiries — its best result in 52 years • The motorsport-themed stand drew 3,000+ visitors and feature...
Remote Lean Consulting Cuts Process Improvement Costs by 80% for SmallRemote lean consulting is finally making continuous improvement affordable for small manufacturers who've been priced out of ...
Physical AI Is Moving to the Edge, and Humanoid Hype Is Missing the PointThe real money in robotics isn't humanoids — it's edge-deployed physical AI that can actually make decisions on the factory floor ...
Conveyor TCO: Three Engineering Levers That Actually Move the NeedleConveyor TCO is a make-or-break issue for heavy industry — energy alone can chew through 60% of operating costs. Technidrive's ...
Emerson Ports Factory Automation Stack to Marine VesselsEmerson is porting its factory-floor automation stack to marine vessels, betting that superyachts and ships need the same "single pane of glass" reliability as ...
Davi's All-Electric MCE e-POWER Plate Roller Doubles Positioning PrecisionDavi's all-electric MCE e-POWER plate roller doubles positioning precision to 0.05 vs. 0.1 typical, while eliminating hydraulics ...
CGTech Icam V26 Tightens Post-Processing and Simulation LoopCGTech's Icam V26 tightens the loop between post-processing and simulation, cutting programming friction while giving engineers more control over how their mach...
Robotic Force-Controlled Deburring Becomes Must-Have for Aerospace ManufacturingRobotic force-controlled deburring is moving from nice-to-have to must-have for aerospace manufacturers chasing tighter tolerances and higher throughput. It rep...
Bats Weighing Less Than Two Paper Clips Are Navigating Dark Caves. Engineers Are Taking Notes.Bats weighing less than two paper clips navigate pitch-black caves with just a few neurons — WPI's drone proves engineers can replicate ...
Cobots are closing the gap between manual CNC tending and full automation—delivering 24/7 uptime without the safety cages or lengthy ...
Wide belt deburring is the go-to for high-volume sheet metal shops because it outpaces alternatives on speed and consistency for flat parts—directly cutting pro...
Ecoclean's parts2clean expo presence highlights how industrial cleaning has evolved from a simple wash step to a precision process ...
Prima Power is doubling down on "Evolve by integration" at Blechexpo 2025, betting that manufacturers want fully automated, connected ...
TL;DR LED-based optical wireless power transmission (OWPT) is finally getting smart enough to be practical for indoor IoT, with an AI-driven system that auto-ad...
European sheet metal manufacturers are under real pressure to automate without bloating their floorspace — LISSMAC's compact deburring solutions show that "work...
LISA brings AI-assisted setup to sheet metal processing, cutting what used to take minutes down to seconds — a genuine productivity win for shops drowning in or...