Industrial simulation and emulation are powerful but still underemployed techniques for designing, developing, and testing better automation solutions and machines. When used as a central part of a ...

Engineers are under constant pressure to deliver automation systems faster. To help streamline the design and configuration process, Rockwell Automation has enhanced the Rockwell Software Studio 5000 ...

Machines are moving beyond single-point sensing. Multi-sensor fusion now delivers vision, ranging and inertial data. The ...

Since the 1970s, safety has been a part of automation and motion control. The problem has always been that many safety regulations are out of date and safety methods resulted in basic “stop” or ...

Universal automation can be bolstered by the implementation of technologically advanced manufacturing equipment, advancing opportunities for engineers while removing challenges. Information technology ...

Factories are making a fundamental shift away from monolithic architectures towards microservices. Individual services can be developed, updated and scaled independently of each other. This can ...

MILWAUKEE and TURIN, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, and Comau, a global ...

Industrial-automation system design presents unique challenges. This is, in fact, the story of conflicting demands. The introduction of low-cost modular racks to house system components such as ...

In less than two weeks, the EDA industry will convene for its biggest conference of the year, the Design Automation Conference, again in San Francisco. Last year, I “came clean” with a post called ...

Selecting industrial automation equipment like motors, drives and communications modules requires careful attention to detail. Adding to its complexity, there are numerous differences between the ...

As design complexity grows, so does the need for every piece in the design flow—hardware, software, IP, as well as the ecosystem — to be tied together more closely. At one level, design flow capacity ...

The tools a medical device company uses for designing automation equipment can make or break the transition to automation. The key is knowing what's out there. Kenneth Lindner, Eric P. Kilburg, Roger ...