Monthly Archives: August 2023

Phoenix the Robot

Phoenix's counterpart, Charli

Geordie Rose, the chief executive of Sanctuary AI explained the business value of his company’s new humanoid robot, Phoenix. “The long term total addressable market is the biggest one that’s ever existed in the history of business and technology,” he told the BBC. “The labor market.” Manufacturers continue to face a severe labor shortage. The… Read more »

Why We Only Work with Rexroth

Although the top 10 most exciting projects Rexroth has helped with are, well, exciting, we’re equally excited by practical applications of servo technology to do things like increase production. The rig Rexroth made for Master and Commander to “float” a ship is really neat but names like Hershey’s, Nestle, Kraft, Coca-Cola, Modelo, and Wilson Sporting Goods affect our daily… Read more »

Rexroth CTRLX for CPG

Rexroth is presenting new CTRX solutions for CPG at Pack Expo Las Vegas. Rexroth’s CTRLX solutions for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) represent a transformative leap in the industrial automation landscape. In an era defined by rapid technological advancement and evolving consumer demands, CPG manufacturers are under immense pressure to enhance productivity, optimize processes, and ensure… Read more »

New Study Offers Reassurance on AI and Jobs

The International Labor Office took a look at how AI might change human work patterns in the future. Focusing on Chat GPT-4, the study determined that clerical work is likely to go the way of the dinosaurs. 24% of the tasks can just be taken over directly by generative AI tools, and another 58% of… Read more »

The Bigger Picture: Quality of Life

When Goss International won the Siemens Award, Jeff Upchurch, senior vice president of Research and Development, said it was all part of their mission to ” improve productivity and short-run agility while reducing waste and maintenance requirements.” This is what automation is about, in a sort of jargon-filled way. Let’s break it down: Improve productivity–… Read more »

Overvoltage or Overcurrent?

Error codes give you insight into what might be wrong with your Rexroth motion control systems. It’s much better than having to stare at it blankly and hope for inspiration. But some error messages can be confusing. For example, these are two different Rexroth error messages: F8025 Overvoltage in power section F8028 Overcurrent in power… Read more »

Welcome to the Post-industrial Service Economy

56% of the American workforce consists of people without a college education. In the past, these workers could count on manufacturing to provide a solid career. They could expect to buy a house, raise a family, and maybe send their kids to college. Has all that changed? Haves and have-nots Since the 1980s, and even… Read more »

Why Automation Is So Important to Manufacturing

“The factory of the future will have only two employees,” said Warren G. Bennis, “a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.” We haven’t reached that point. Machines are, however, becoming more fully automated and more… Read more »

Robot Density in the USA

The United States is #6 in robot density among nations, but that doesn’t reflect the reality across the nation.  Some parts of the U.S. have hardly any robots in play, while other regions make a much more robust showing. Which region has the most robots? The Midwest is the winner. These states have the highest… Read more »

On Site Service

We’re happy to provide support for your Rexroth Electric Industrial Motion Control over the phone. Often, we can diagnose the problem confidently in a single conversation, and get you on your way back to servo motor health quickly. We are also happy to provide field service. With one simple exception. If you have already had… Read more »