The market for Collaborative Production Management solutions for process manufacturing (CPM-P) is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of about 14 percent over the next five years, ...

The next phase of collaborative robots eliminates the need for programming. Applications such as machine tending and palletizing can be deployed in a few simple steps. Robot programming has come a ...

With the increased focus on return on assets (ROA) and Operational Excellence (OpX), users must find ways to effectively migrate from one generation of control system to the next, whether it is from ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil said today it has signed collaboration agreements with six other companies to accelerate the development of Open Process Automation (OPA) systems. The companies ...

Automation has reshaped work over the past few decades, bringing notable improvements in speed, scale, and efficiency across industries. Consequently, machines and software took over repetitive tasks, ...

Processes and process automation take many forms. Here’s how to navigate the growing ecosystem of tools for automating everything from simple repetitive tasks to complex custom workflows. In 2015, ...

Robot technology is often associated with dangerous, dirty or dull work. Robotic process automation (RPA) takes that concept into the digital world. As a software tool, RPA sets out to free human ...

Digitalization, Internet of Things (IoT), big data, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality are some examples of rapidly developing areas of technology that will have a big impact on how ...

A detailed look at O-PAS™ Standard, Version 1.0 Process automation end users and suppliers have expressed interest in a standard that will make the industry much more open and modular. In response, ...

While automation is definitely part of the goals of artificial intelligence, and in particular automating things that require human cognitive capabilities, simply automating things doesn't make them ...