Industrial IoT

Case picking automation fails when nobody schedules the human

Vecna explains why AMRs alone stall at case picking and how CaseFlow schedules workers, handles exceptions and keeps robots from piling up in one aisle.

A3's final mobile robot safety standard is written for the sites running the robots

A3's R15.08 Part 3 completes the mobile robot safety series and sets out what user sites are expected to keep doing after their robots go live.

Schneider's $22.6 billion PTC deal is a bet on design data for industrial AI

Schneider Electric will pay $205 a share for PTC, betting CAD and PLM data can help power industrial AI. Closing is expected by Q3 2027.

Matt Kelly says packaging automation pays back under two years

Matt Kelly and Joe Bradley say brownfield warehouses often miss packing until faster picking exposes the pack-out bottleneck.

For constant plant-floor process streams, a data historian is often a better fit than SQL Server or Oracle

Bill Schmidt explains why high-speed plant-floor streams are often a better fit for a data historian, and where SQL Server and Oracle still earn their keep.

CED: Specify holding brakes where gravity can move a servo axis

CED’s Nicholas Rodacz shows where spring-set holding brakes fit on servo axes, and why the decision belongs in the original motor spec.

Mapbox says Traffic 2.0 gets arrival times right on 98% of trips

At BUILD, Mapbox introduced Traffic 2.0, a Places API in public preview, and agent tools. The 98% ETA claim is what fleet teams can test first.

Telit Cinterion shows LTE-linked RTK GNSS demo; 1–2 cm in testing

At The Things Conference, Telit Cinterion's GNSS demo averaged 1-2 cm in testing using RTK corrections downloaded over a cellular connection.

Toyota estimates 1T yen/year for automation from 2028

Toyota told investors automation across its factories and major suppliers could cost about 1 trillion yen a year from 2028 and involve roughly 400,000 robots.

Flexxbotics updates platform controls; cites 125% capacity gain

At IMTS 2026, Flexxbotics announced the latest release of the Flexxbotics Platform.

Luxonis OAK 4 cameras run up to 52 TOPS of AI on board from $749

Luxonis's OAK 4 cameras run 52 TOPS of AI inference on the device with no host PC, priced from $749. Hub handles fleet updates and model drift.

IoT sensor market forecast to grow 37.6% a year to $549 billion by 2035

Global Market Insights puts IoT sensors at $24 billion in 2025 and $549 billion by 2035. Predictive maintenance and public infrastructure lead the drivers.

Lockheed Martin and Xaba cite 10x gain in robot drilling accuracy with xCognition

Lockheed Martin and Xaba say xCognition improved robot drilling accuracy and consistency by 10x, based on a two-phase evaluation in an aerospace work cell.

FFRA’s California film recycling pilots run through Nov. 30 to track warehouse wrap recovery

FFRA launched two California pilots using Rack n’ Pack systems to test commercial film collection via 1-800-GOT-JUNK? routes and Shorr Packaging’s warehouse

Industry voices flag data labeling and AI relabeling as plant-floor hurdles

Recent industry Q&As and interviews highlight data labeling, timing gaps and edge hardware as themes in plant-floor AI discussions through 2026.

Cognizant Pitches a 'Central Nervous System' for Factories

Cognizant Pitches a 'Central Nervous System' for Factories.

Aligned plans Ohio AI campus next to retired Conesville power plant, with first capacity targeted mid-2026

Aligned Data Centers plans a 197-acre Ohio campus next to the former AEP Conesville Power Plant, with initial capacity targeted for mid-2026, according to a Jul

A Micro LED chipmaker just raised nearly 100 million RMB, and lighting specs are getting stricter

VIJO’s new funding highlights a shift: buyers are moving from “LED equals LED” to driver design, thermal headroom, and controls integration.

Construction robots are starting to roll out like software, and Caterpillar knows the drill

Caterpillar is porting lessons from autonomous mining into AI rollout, as Gravis raises $200M and Starlink-style LEO links reshape remote ops.

Augury’s first appearance in Gartner’s APM Market Guide signals that plant AI is moving toward agent-led automation

Augury’s inclusion in Gartner’s 2026 APM Market Guide and Gartner’s July view of AI-enabled automation point to a new buying pattern: agent orchestration as an

Industrial Defender and Fortress cut "which machines does this flaw hit" from weeks to minutes

Industrial Defender and Fortress integrated OT asset intelligence with AI-driven vulnerability correlation, aiming to rank what’s affected in minutes for critic

Natural language CAD automation is moving into production workflows, and voice-first wearables are a preview of how operators will trigger it

PTC’s new natural-language path to reusable CAD automation scripts points to a UI shift that voice-first AI wearables are already training users to expect.

Why Reshoring Is Quietly Reshaping Who Buys Packaging Equipment

Reshoring's headline is jobs. The quieter story is a whole new category of packaging equipment buyer — building a line from scratch, making a seven-figure decision, and shopping on trust because they have no other way to shop.

Custom Coaters Making More Revenue Due to IntelliFinishing System

Some custom coaters are experiencing a significant uptick in revenue thanks to the implementation of their IntelliFinishing systems. Equipped with high volume capacity and enhanced flexibility, the system allows coaters to undertake and efficiently manage larger contracts that were previously unatta

Can a Finishing System adapt to fluctuating labor availability?

Labor shortages have become a pressing issue across many sectors, including manufacturing, where the availability of skilled workers is increasingly precarious. As businesses strive to maintain productivity and efficiency, the adoption of automated solutions has proven to be a viable strategy to cou

IntelliFinishing Conveyorized Systems Scale and Expand

In today's industrial landscape, flexibility and scalability are essential attributes for manufacturing systems. As labor shortages continue to impact various sectors, companies are turning towards automation to maintain efficiency and productivity. Conveyorized finishing systems, like the one offer

The importance of Data in a Conveyorized Finishing System

In conveyorized finishing operations, the volume of data generated across a single production shift is substantial. Paint batches, carrier timestamps, load bar launches, line speeds, and process recipes all produce records that can either be captured and used or quietly lost. For finishing operation

AI safety agents hit zero misses in first industrial trials as automation sector accelerates

Industrial AI safety deployments achieve a perfect recommendation capture rate in early trials, while automation launches and leadership moves signal a sector i

What Separates IntelliFinishing Custom Coaters from Their Competition?

In the custom coating industry, differentiation is rarely about a single advantage. It is the combination of flexibility, capacity, quality controls, and competitive pricing that separates operators who can sustain long-term customer relationships from those who cannot. For IntelliFinishing custom c

Cranswick deploys Rockwell Automation robotics to hit 240 picks per minute on pigs-in-blankets line

UK food maker Cranswick replaced manual end-of-line packaging with an autonox Delta robot system that picks and places 240 sausages per minute.