Reducing shop-floor hardware, Siemens’ Simatic Automation Workstation delivers centralized software-defined factory automation and control. The system allows manufacturers to replace a hardware ...

Rockwell Automations' Embedded Edge Compute Module targets factory automation applications with remote support functions. It supports Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk software framework. Embedded ...

Emerson Electric has successfully transitioned into a high-growth industrial technology company through active portfolio management and divestitures. The company is well-positioned to benefit from ...

Warehouse automation success is a software architecture problem, not a hardware problem. As automation density increases, ...

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 ...

Shares of Rockwell Automation (ROK) rose 5% in premarket trading Thursday after the industrial automation company reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street expectations, ...

Automation vs. Robotics Defining Automation: The Broad Spectrum of Task Execution. When we talk about automation, we’re ...