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Making AI Ready for Industry with an Industrial Foundation Model

June 10, 2025 Siemens is making AI ready for industry with an Industrial Foundation Model. AI is transforming everyday life — but its understanding remains largely limited to text, images, and audio. It still falls short when it comes to the modalities that matter most in industry: complex 2D diagrams, 3D models, and time-series data….

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Reinventing the Edge: Siemens, Cadolto and Legrand Introduce New Modular Data Centre

June 10, 2025 Reinventing the Edge Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Cadolto Datacenter GmbH (Munich, Germany), and Legrand Data Center Solutions (Baiersdorf, Germany) are jointly unveiling a next-generation modular edge data centre – a turnkey solution engineered for speed, scalability, and sustainability. The innovative system will debut at Data Center World Frankfurt, taking place on June 4–5,…

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New Festo E-Book Highlights the Latest Developments and Future Trends in Robotic Gripping Technology

June 10, 2025 New Festo E-Book Highlights the Latest Developments and Future Trends in Robotic Gripping Technology To help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and end users understand the latest developments in robotic gripping technology and to dispel gripper misconceptions, Festo application experts prepared a new e-book, All About Robotic Grippers. The e-book explains to readers the current state…

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Tariff-Free Automation Products in Canada from Electromate

June 6, 2025 Electromate understands how recent tariff policies have impacted the cost and availability of automation products and components across North America. That is why the have made it easier for Canadian manufacturers, OEMs, and system integrators to source tariff-free mechatronic and robotic automation products and components. Electromate is a Canadian-owned and operated company…

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Ninety-Five Percent of Manufacturers Are Investing in AI to Navigate Uncertainty and Accelerate Smart Manufacturing

June 5, 2025 10th annual global report reveals how the convergence of people and technology is transforming operations and strengthening industrial resilience among manufacturers Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), one of the world’s largest companies dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, announced on the third of June the results of the 10th annual “State of Smart…

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Electric Automation Test Bench from Festo

June 5, 2025 Electric Automation Test Bench from Festo Get Hands-On with Key Electric Automation Technologies from Festo! The Electric Automation Test Bench is a portable and convenient solution for learning, demonstrating, testing, validating, and integrating electric automation components from Festo. Designed for system integrators and industrial users, it provides a versatile platform to train…

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Wieland Electric’s samos® PRO MOTION Controller Wins Gold Award 

June 4, 2025 Wieland Electric is proud to announce that its samos® PRO MOTION Controller has been selected as the Gold winner in the Control Systems category of the Plant Engineering 2025 Product of the Year awards program. This award highlights the samos® PRO MOTION Controller’s innovation, performance, and contribution to advancing industrial automation and safety….

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Teradyne Robotics and Honeywell Team Up

June 2, 2025 Teradyne Robotics and Honeywell Team Up to Help Companies Automate Material Transport and Successfully Scale Automation Solutions Teradyne Robotics is teaming up with Honeywell to deliver automation solutions for logistics, warehousing and fast-moving consumer goods companies throughout the Americas and Europe. The collaboration brings Teradyne Robotics’ autonomous mobile robot (AMR) and collaborative…

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Kollmorgen Launches the New Generation of AC and DC Motor Controllers for AGVs and AMRs: Power, Precision, and Performance

May 30, 2025 Kollmorgen, a global leader in navigation and controls technology for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), announces the launch of the AC7 and DC7 Motor Controllers, a powerful new generation of AC and DC motor controllers engineered for AGVs and AMRs. With this innovation, Kollmorgen delivers the performance, durability, and…

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Circularity and Eco-Design at SEW-EURODRIVE

May 28, 2025 Circularity and Eco-design at SEW-EURORDRIVE Attractive products in all three dimensions: technical, economical and ecological SEW-EURODRIVE has always been committed to good eco-design: Durable and efficient products, easy to repair with first-class services that extend service life, all from a modular system and worldwide. Based on their experience over the past decades,…

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Modular Solution for Mobile Systems. Insights into the Operating Principle | SEW-EURODRIVE

May 28, 2025 Modular solution for mobile systems. Insights into the operating principle. In this video, SEW-EURODRIVE’s product and market managers explain the operating principle of the model of an omnidirectional vehicle with many innovative components and modular solutions. How does SEW-EURODRIVE software help? Which kinematic solutions are involved? The tool for automatic safety zone…

Can Robots Save (What Is the Role of Technology in) Canadian Manufacturing? A Reality Check with Schneider Electric 
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What Is the Role of Technology in Canadian Manufacturing? A Reality Check with Schneider Electric 

May 28, 2025 By Krystie Johnston Canadian manufacturing is in a tricky situation: it faces a labour and skills shortage that threatens its competitiveness and profitability. These shortages mean Canada missed out on almost $13 billion last year, according to a recent survey. An economic loss that by any means should not be discounted, especially…

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GERMAN INNOVATION AWARD 2025: Smart Automation with the EZU Centric Gripper

May 27, 2025 The EZU mechatronic centric gripper from SCHUNK simplifies flexible loading and unloading of cylindrical workpieces – reliably, efficiently and with future-proof technology. The sophisticated concept also impressed the jury of the German Innovation Award 2025. “Our mechatronic gripper is based on a standardized functional concept, enabling customers to map their gripping processes…

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Ultra-Rugged Fischer UltiMate™ Series Now Features USB-C Connector with Ratchet Locking System for Maximum Vibration and Shock Resistance

May 23, 2025  Fischer Connectors, a global leader in high-performance connectivity solutions, has brought its world-renowned Swiss engineering expertise to the universal USB-C standard. The Fischer UltiMate™ Series, the company’s flagship range for harsh environments, now includes a pre-cabled USB-C connector equipped with Fischer Connectors’ new Ratchet Locking System (RLS). This connector provides unmatched resistance…

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ABB Supplies Automation System for Cattle Feed Additive Facility to Support Methane Reduction Goals

May 23, 2205 ABB has been selected to supply automation and electrical systems by animal nutrition and health specialist dsm-firmenich, as part of a project to develop a cattle feed additive production facility at Dalry, 40 kilometers west of Glasgow in Scotland, to support methane reduction goals in the livestock sector. ABB’s solutions will improve…

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Meet the All-New UR15 · A Sharper, Faster, More Agile Cobot

May 23, 2025 UR15 is Universal Robots’new high-performance collaborative robot. UR15 is engineered for ultimate versatility, combining a lightweight design with a compact footprint to deliver unmatched flexibility—even in the most space-restricted environments. It reaches an impressive maximum speed of 5 m/s, which ultimately enables reduced cycle times and increased productivity, and is designed to…