Industry 5.0 marks the beginning of a new phase of industrialization, one that places people at the centre of technological advancement. While Industry 4.0 focused primarily on automation, connectivity, and efficiency, Industry 5.0 combines...
By Jared Worth Material handling quietly eats a large share of the working day on most production floors. Order picking alone accounts for about 55% of warehouse operating costs. Operators load and unload machines,...
By Ulf Hottung (Edited by Shizu Yamaguchi) In small laboratories across North America, many routines, such as insertion or removal, have been performed manually by lab staff. This process can tie up personnel and...
By Adriana Glazer (Rewritten by Shizu Yamaguchi) The name “low cost automation” (LCA) says it all. By definition, this concept focuses on generating the maximum possible benefit while working with limited resources. Complexity vs....
Adriana Glazer | June 24, 2021 (Edited by Shizu Yamaguchi) Although robotics and automation offer advantages for customers, employees, and production processes, they are still viewed critically by many SMEs. Entering automation can require...
Christian Schäfer | 3. April 2020 (Edited by Shizu Yamaguchi) The IAP1 sprue picker is used across more than 60 injection‑molding machines at igus. It supports cost‑effective automation, more economical production, and it also...
Here’s a major trend emerging in warehouse automation today: automation is accelerating, but not in the flash‑cut way the public imagines. It’s slow, incremental, engineering‑intensive, and deeply reliant on solving hundreds of small mechanical...
