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Also commonly referred to as BPA for short, business process automation involves automating certain complicated business tasks using advanced technologies - all to generate consistent, repeatable results that are virtually free from human error. BPA is not about replacing the human workforce, however - far from it. It's about supporting and empowering those workers so...

The Secret to Growth  As a leader, we are always thinking about growing our business. We need to be spending our precious time on the most important things, but how can you do that? The good (or bad) news is that there are only three ways: look at the tasks you are doing and ELIMINATE, DELEGATE, or AUTOMATE.   Eliminate – Are you...

The Shape of Things to Come: Projections for Robotics in 2021 and Beyond If you had to sum up the major theme of 2020 as far as robotics was concerned in a single word, “acceleration” would undoubtedly be it. The technology at the heart of these robotics systems and machines took a major leap forward...

The Story So Far: Looking Back at the Top Robotics Trends of 2020   As a new year is upon us yet again, it’s important to take a moment to appreciate just how far we’ve come in the last 365 days. At the beginning of 2020, there were a number of “hot trends” that were...

While it’s absolutely true that there are many industrial robot manufacturers operating today, there are four major organizations that stand head and shoulders above the rest. FANUC, YASKAWA, KUKA and ABB each bring something wholly unique to the table that is absolutely worth a closer look. FANUC By far one of the most prominent robot...

One of our major customers operates several plants in NA.  They were built in 1940’s, 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s.  The fact that factories 32 – 76 years old are still operating is testimony to the continual investment in machine and process upgrades but where does this leave them in the race to industry 4.0?  Investing...

Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to Implement Robotics In the November 2020 MIT research brief 15: “The State of Industrial Robotics” I was introduced to the top-down versus the bottom-up approaches to implementing robotics. Top down refers to specifying a robotic cell largely by a corporate engineering entity, while bottom-up promotes gaining insights from the operators...

The Future of Tires: What's Next?  07-28-2023 The rubber tires we rely on today have come a long way since their inception, but the future promises even more exciting advancements in tire technology. As the automotive industry embraces sustainability and innovation, tire manufacturers are continuously exploring new possibilities to create safer, eco-friendly, and high-performance tires....

The transportation industry has acted as the backbone of the United States’ economy for much of its existence, and now robotics (and related concepts like machine learning and artificial intelligence) are taking things one step further. Robotics can be used to offset a lot of the challenges, most importantly safety risks inherent in the transportation...