Podcast Added–A Tale of Two Trends
This podcast is sponsored by Inductive Automation. Two topics dominated my inbox this year--and will probably continue to do so. These are AI Large Language Models and Cybersecurity.
Strategic Plan for the Manufacturing USA Program
Have you noticed new buildings under construction during your drives around your areas? I have observed for many years. The purpose was often from the point of view of sales. I was looking at potential clients. Over a period of 40 years I have noticed the change from...
Industrial manufacturing US Deals 2025 outlook
I think I recently wrote about how much I don’t care for year end recaps or next year prognoses. But, OK, I’m a sucker for a high level discussion of anticipated merger and acquisition deals in the coming year. “The M&A outlook for Industrials is strong going into...
Cobot Conference and Tradeshow
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January not exactly your cup of tea? Try a January conference specifically on collaborative robots. Discover ways these technologies can help your manufacturing plant survive in this era of difficulty finding...
Fluke Reliability Predictions 2025
The devil is in the data - harnessing AI and predictive technologies to drive resilience in an era of connectivity These year-end predictions stories always seemed like some sort of journalist fill-in piece to me. I seldom did them as a magazine editor. And here....
Flexiv Robotics Participates in the Opening of the Stanford Robotics Center
I’ve recently heard of Flexiv Robotics and its Gecko Gripper. I thought I had written something, but evidently it didn’t make the cut. This news regarded participating in the opening of the Stanford Robotics Center. This makes sense given that the company’s four...
U.S. Manufacturers Make Encryption Essential for Protecting Critical Data
I’ve written about other companies working on the rather local problem of cybersecurity vulnerabilities of the ubiquitous USB sticks. This news comes from yet another company working on the problem. Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS...
New Mobile Collaborative Robot Combines High-Payload Autonomous Mobility and Precision Robotics Arm
You got peanut butter in my chocolate; no, you got chocolate in my peanut butter. This didn’t come to me because I just ate a dish of peanut butter chocolate ice cream. No, it’s because someone got their collaborative robot on someone else’s autonomous mobil robot...
Rethink Robotics Rebirth
Rethink Robotics, founded by Rodney Brooks of iRobot fame in 2008, pioneered the concept of robots working collaboratively with humans. Here are a few previous posts. First post about Rethink Robotics 2015 Employees hired by Universal Robots 2018 Rethink Re-emerges...
Andy Grove Was Right
John Gruber’s Daring Fireball consistently provides a perceptive view into the tech industry. This post dives into the situation at Intel and how Pat Gelsinger was forced out. The Verge’s Sean Hollister penned an excellent high-level summary of how Pat Gelsinger wound...
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