This is just an ad. We enjoyed it, so you might like to watch it during your coffee break, too. But we’re not going to pretend that there’s a lot of information here. The thing that struck us was the promise to keep up with “the technological storm we’re in.” That’s a metaphorical storm, created… Read more »
Rexroth’s electric industrial motion control systems of the 20th century were revolutionary in their day for their modular design and “personality modules.” These early innovations allow you even now to pull a damaged module off the machine and quickly replace it with another. Downtime is minimized and flexibility is maximized. Rexroth is taking the concept… Read more »
What jobs will robots take on in the future? Cooking fast food is one of the possibilities. On the one hand, robots are not nearly as good at tasting food as humans are. Food is a social thing for people, and interactions with other humans are an important part of the whole mel experience, even… Read more »
May marked 21 months in a row of growth in manufacturing. We’re seeing an average increase of 12.5 million square feet in factory space, which is very near to the 12.6 million square feet seen before the Great Recession. Vacancy rates for manufacturing facilities are down to 3.8% — less than half the ten-year average…. Read more »
Rexroth motion control has been the gold standard for well over a century. Rexroth’s technology powers world-class projects like the Panama Canal and the Eiffel Tower. Naturally, Rexroth has a sterling reputation. That doesn’t mean you won’t hear grumbling on the factory floor. In fact, when the talk turns to Rexroth legacy machinery, you can… Read more »
Controversy continues to rage when it comes to the question of whether robots threaten our jobs. A new article in Wired brings up a different point, though. Author Matt Beane, who has been studying the subject for seven years, agrees that robots can take on dangerous, dull, and dirty work for humans. He just doesn’t… Read more »
Rexroth has a long history of focusing on training. From its apprenticeship programs to online training options, Rexroth is an industry leader in this area. And now there is a new tool in the Rexroth Training kit. Cyber Physical System (CPS) i4.0 uses new hardware and software in a networkable cube assembly system. The cubes… Read more »
A recent poll found that 90% of manufacturers are committed to Industry 4.0 — gathering information throughout the supply chain, using that data to make decisions, and eventually seeing much of that decision making done in the cloud by artificial intelligence. Or something like that. Because 60% of respondents had only the vaguest idea of… Read more »
In the fantasy classic series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, there is a planet called Golgafrincham. On this planet, the powers that be saw that doom was coming to the planet, so they built three arks/ spaceships to take everyone to safety. Ark A was for leaders and scientists and such. Ark C was… Read more »
