Monthly Archives: July 2015

3-D for Automation

3-D printing, or additive manufacturing, is a fairly recent idea. It’s used primarily for prototyping in manufacturing today, and most of the excitement about it is not based in or indeed anywhere near industrial automation. The jazziest 3-D printing plans have to do with creative custom applications in healthcare or food and nothing to do… Read more »

The Robot Revolution

Automation World reports that there is a robot revolution going on. Just not the one you might have been expecting if you keep up with the movies. The first thing people think about when they invest in a humanoid robot like Baxter, its makers say, is how it might endanger them: Will it hurt me?… Read more »