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4 articles from Industrial IoT practitioners
A3's 2026 automation whitepaper wave signals a shift from fixed hardware to software-defined factory floors
A3 members including Intel, Bosch Rexroth, Cognex, and Zebra are publishing technical guidance that points operations teams toward software-defined, AI-governed
AI and automation's adoption gap: why most manufacturers haven't crossed the line yet
80% of U.S. factories have zero automation. New hardware, software, and C-suite strategy are converging to close that gap.
Schneider Electric Advances Open, Software-Defined Automation at Automate 2026
Schneider Electric headlines the convergence of energy technologies — open software-defined automation, industrial AI, and electrification — at Automate 2026; Company leaders share the spotlight with an ecosystem of collaborators, including AVEVA, AWS, Barbara, ETAP, HPE, Intel, and Microsoft, among others, to demonstrate real-world, hardware-agnostic open automation
Standard Bots raises $200 million as industrial automation reshapes into a software discipline
Standard Bots secures $200M in fresh funding while Automation World's June coverage signals a broader pivot in industrial automation toward software and AI.