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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.

Grounds-care contractors are buying for uptime, not horsepower

Contractors’ 2027 wish list is telematics, batteries, and automation, as “physical AI” moves from factory demos into field equipment.

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

Conveyorized Finishing Systems that are Expandable and Scalable

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.

How Many Product Painting Recipies Do You Need?

For custom coaters and some OEM manufacturers, finishing recipe flexibility is not a luxury. It is a core operational requirement. Managing a wide range of part numbers, substrates, and customer specifications means that coating systems must be configurable enough to handle significant variation whi

What is SCADA?

SCADA, or supervisory control and data acquisition, is a foundational technology for plant managers and operations teams that need real-time visibility and control over industrial processes. Despite how widely it is deployed across manufacturing and process industries, the term still draws blank sta

What is a friction driven conveyor used in finishing?

In finishing environments, conveyor selection has a direct impact on cleanliness, noise levels, maintenance costs, and overall operational efficiency. One technology that draws consistent attention from facility managers and finishing professionals is the friction-driven conveyor, a system built aro

Prince Hydraulics Finally Gets The SCADA System They Wanted

For Prince Hydraulics, the road to a functioning SCADA system was more than a decade in the making. As far back as 2011, a group of plant employees presented to corporate leadership with a clear ask: find a way to bring all the information operators need into one place and make it easy to apply to t

Industrial automation's mid-2026 moment: AI picking, superhumanoids, and the safety certification push

From AI-based grippers to ISO 27001-certified robot makers, industrial automation's summer 2026 wave carries concrete operational implications.

Agentic automation hits enterprise scale: Automation Anywhere, Yaskawa, and KUKA signal a new operating model for industrial AI

From billion-request IT service desks to robots that write their own work orders, agentic AI is moving from pilot to production across manufacturing and operati

Roland Berger forecasts 6-9% annual growth as industrial automation shifts from traditional systems to intelligent platforms

Industrial automation is entering a five-year growth cycle, but humanoid hype at Automate 2026 is outpacing what factory floors can actually deploy today.

AI kaizens, agentic systems, and pricing pressure: what manufacturers are actually doing with industrial AI in 2026

From TE Connectivity's AI vision gains to outcome-based pricing debates, industrial AI is moving from pilot to operational reality across the plant floor.

Industrial manufacturing M&A hits $173 billion as convergence deals crowd out single-theme bets

PwC's 2026 midyear outlook finds industrial M&A up 28% year-over-year, with mega-deals and strategic buyers driving the surge.