Manufacturing Tech Update: Industrial GenAI and HMI/MES Collaborations, Automated Storage Success and IoT ROI
Get Automation World’s insights on four key news items showcasing automation hardware and software successes: a game-changing industrial AI partnership led by Siemens, 177% throughput gains at Balluff...
18 Nov 202512min
Does the Cable Connecting Your VFD and Motor Really Matter?
In this episode, we connect with Steve Wetzel, a member of IEEE and principal applications engineer with Southwire Company, one of North America's largest wire and cable manufacturers and the sponsor ...
4 Nov 202520min
AI in Manufacturing: What’s Working, What Isn’t and Why
In this podcast episode, we've assembled insights from three articles recently published on automationworld.com that paint a picture of where AI is succeeding, where it's struggling and, most importan...
21 Okt 202513min
Are Smart Sensors Changing Manufacturing?
Learn how smart sensors enable predictive maintenance, AI-powered manufacturing, and revolutionary ADAR technology that's changing industrial automation and robot safety economics with insights from E...
7 Okt 202512min
Why MES Software Has Become Central to Smart Factory Operations
In this episode we explain how IT/OT convergence, the need for digital thread traceability and agentic AI have extended MES software beyond its production tracking roots and are putting it at the core...
23 Sep 202513min
Will Tariffs Force a Revision of Automation Plans and Sourcing Strategies?
In this episode we'll look at the impact of the recently imposed U.S. tariffs on industrial automation technologies, with insights from Endress+Hauser USA, Fluke Reliability, Weidmuller USA, Actemium ...
9 Sep 202510min
Robot News Update
The summer of 2025 has shaped up to be very eventful for the robotics industry, with A3 reporting significant growth for both robots and cobots, key moves by well-known robotics experts, a new humanoi...
26 Aug 202511min
How Are Manufacturers Addressing the Workforce Shortage with Technology?
Tim Gaus from Deloitte Consulting joins us again — this time to discuss how automation technologies, particularly those aided by AI are helping manufacturers address the industrial workforce shortage ...
12 Aug 202523min
