Just about every product and machine we come in contact with uses electricity. To keep us safe, almost all of them have built-in safety features, especially those on the factory floor. Technicians, ...

The Industrial Internet of Things (or IIoT) is a key aspect of Industry 4.0—the fourth wave of innovation in the history of technology. As the trend towards smart factories grows, it is important to ...

GE Aviation in Hooksett, N.H., continues to transform the factory floor of a 2015 expansion it undertook to produce blisks for the LEAP aircraft engine. The only constant in life is change. Those ...

The automotive factory floor doesn't look like it used to. Walk into Hyundai's new Georgia facility or Xiaomi's smartphone plant in China and you'll see robots working alongside humans, and AI systems ...

Digital integration in manufacturing brings together machines, systems, and data using technologies like IoT, cloud platforms, and AI. This creates a connection on the factory floor where information ...

Imagine the day when the packaging machine on the plant floor automatically detects that it needs more materials and it alerts the supplier—ordering and paying for product and scheduling delivery, all ...