When the general public sees a semi-truck on the road, most just think about the exterior — a cab, a trailer, a driver and 18 wheels. They don’t often stop to wonder about what else it takes to make ...

Photo courtesy: Control Concepts, Inc. Control Concepts, Inc. announced its continued leadership in providing expert support and solutions for various manufacturers’ products and control system ...

Converging wireless architectures are forcing automation teams to navigate deeper into specialization, spectrum constraints ...

"Self-learning" software could enable damaged aircraft to be flown to a safe landing NASA has completed evaluation flights of a revolutionary "self-learning" flight control system that could enable ...

Sodecia GTAC has built 49 manufacturing lines based on PC-based control, ranging from machines with a single robot to lines with more than 20 articulated robots. With ever-increasing electronics and ...

NASA Space Technology’s Game Changing Development Program has selected eight proposals to develop advanced thermal control system technologies for future spacecraft. The selected proposals will ...

In the information technology world, open-source platforms and software, as an alternative to proprietary ones, have long been commonly accepted. In process controls, not so much. That could be ...

First published in 2000. As told by Chris Monchinski, 2019–20 Vice President, ISA Standards & Practices Department. ISA-95 from its inception sought to solve an important issue in our industry: ...