PLCs, HMIs, servo motors, and automation controllers
Industry 4.0 is a name for the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It is also know as the Smart Factory or “Lights-out Manufacturing”. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, cloud computing[1[2][3][4] and cognitive computing. Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a large role in executing the smart factory as do industrial robots and autonomous mobile robots, which are […]
One of the more impressive engineering feats of the past 25 years is the FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperature Spherical Telescope) in China. According to Wikipedia: “It has a novel design, using an active surface made of metal panels that can be tilted by a computer to help change the focus to different areas of the sky.[5] The cabin […]
