A quick pass through Automate 2026 shows how select motion and automation technologies are evolving across different layers ...

Spurred on by the colossal shortage of welders in manufacturing and other sectors, robotic welding has gained enormous ground since it was introduced in 2017. Now, with AI growing in power, both the ...

Elon Musk says programming may soon become obsolete. For mechanical engineers, the bigger question is how AI will reshape ...

Building autonomy into cobots, Teradyne Robotics’ Automate demonstrations traced a path from robot training and imitation ...

The automation giant sees its combination of digital technologies—including AI, digital twins, digital thread and SDA—as the ...

Schneider Electric has integrated Weidmüller SNAP IN spring-clamp connection system into its TeSys Deca motor control ...

The latest palletizing system from Doosan Robotics strips complexity out of palletizing operations by bringing AI, robotics ...

Cobots are taking on repetitive and heavy-duty tasks in factories and warehouses, while Single Pair Ethernet and standardized ...

Engineers tend to view themselves as much less liberal and slightly more conservative than the general public, according to a recent survey of over 1,200 readers of MACHINE DESIGN and Electronic ...

The best controllers and software can't overcome a poorly designed hydraulic system. Global competition ensures that plant operators face the neverending task of making equipment more productive. This ...

Front and center at Automate 2026, machine vision solution suppliers showed how vision systems are foundational to industrial automation. Explore some of the products featured at this year’s show. The ...

The most common systems for transmitting power from a drive to a driven shaft are belt, gear, and chain drives. But V-belt drive systems, also called friction drives (because power is transmitted as a ...