Interviews

Dell Inc., provider of an Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure portfolio from edge to core to cloud, is helping new

By Ian Humphries, Managing Director, Boulting Group Research conducted by the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) shows that just

By Michael LaGrega, RFID and Code Reading Systems Engineer, Siemens Radio frequency identification is becoming increasingly common in industrial environments as

By Thomas R. Cutler, Manufacturing Media Consortium From manufacturers to 3PL (third-party logistics) companies, swings in low or high Pick-to-Light

By Brian Joe, Rosemount Wireless Product Manager, Emerson Automation Solutions Until recently—when engineers wanted to monitor plant equipment such as steam traps,

By Jonathan Wilkins, Marketing Director, EU Automation In 1984, The Learning Company released Robot Odyssey, which has been called the

By Alberto Martinez, CEO, Lantek  The metal industry is in a transformation stage. Digital technologies are at the heart of this transition

By George Schuster, TÜV-certified Functional Safety Expert (FSExp), Certified Functional Safety Engineer (CFSE), Rockwell Automation There’s a distinct disparity between

By Jan Pingel, Product Director, Process History and Analytics, Honeywell Process Solutions & Matthew Burd, Chief IIoT Solutions Architect, Honeywell

By Kent Lennartsson, Research Manager, Kvaser AB A Controller Area Network (CAN) is a message-based protocol that allows microcontrollers to

By Stefan Hoppe, Global Vice President, OPC Foundation A central challenge posed by Industrie 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of

By Jonathan Wilkins, Marketing Director, EU Automation An etymological fallacy is an assumption that a word’s current and historical meanings

By Tom Gilheany, Product Manager, Learning@Cisco The manufacturing sector has the dubious distinction of being the second-largest target of cyber

By John Murdoch, CEO, Alfacon Solutions At lower wages, it was more difficult to cost-justify the automation expense. Management could

By Jonathan Wilkins, Marketing Director, EU Automation Since the invention of the first automobile in the late 1800s, driver safety