Automation is intended to boost productivity across all industries. Implementing the right sort of automation can free up valuable human resources for other efforts. Automation is being used in ...

In my previous article “What Manufacturers Need to Know about Software-Defined Automation”, I discussed how Software-defined automation (SDA) is changing the nature of industrial automation, with a ...

Having covered the increasing use of open software and systems in industry over the past several years now, it’s easy to see how u-OS (an open operating system designed to handle tasks such as device ...

Automation takes mechanization one step further. While mechanization replaces manual labor with machines, automation replaces human guidance with controls hardware, computers, and programming (PCs, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gaurav Sharma is a London-based analyst who covers energy & ESG. If you were to walk past global energy management and digital ...

In the structured world of industrial automation, innovation is often driven by large, specialized teams. Yet some of the most effective solutions come from individuals who combine deep operational ...

Why engineers are making software defined automation, digital twins, soft PLCs and other agnostic tools part of the manufacturing automation toolkit. Change is happening at record speed. More ...

As industries race towards full automation, 2025 is emerging as a defining year for industrial transformation, with artificial intelligence (AI)-driven systems, cloud-powered analytics and ultra-fast ...

Robotic process automation (RPA) combines robotic automation with artificial intelligence (AI) to automate human activities for banking. RPA has reshaped the back-end of banking processes, and banks ...