October 16, 2005 When English physicist, futurist and science fiction master Arthur C. Clarke wrote “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” (in “Profiles of the ...

Manufacturers have always had to be nimble, adjusting their production processes to meet their customers’ needs, and that means using technology to create a flexible manufacturing process in today's ...

Material handling and the provision of supporting resources, particularly tools, in flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) can constrain production. To improve the productivity for an existing FMS, we ...

Adaptive production is a smart manufacturing approach that uses real-time data, AI and automation to continuously adjust processes. Source: Siemens In this exclusive interview with Automation World, ...

Fastems MMS5 allows managers at multiple levels of an organization to have a customized GUI for predictive scheduling, combined with comprehensive resource planning. The MMS Station Commander lets ...

New genomic technologies such as mRNA, antisense oligonucleotides, and cell and gene therapies have propelled biomanufacturing into a period of rapid evolution. Cell and gene therapies are expected to ...

Manufacturers are replacing rigid, sequential production lines with autonomous workcells connected by intelligent mobile robots that transport materials dynamically based on real-time data. AMRs ...