Videos

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    • Automation
    • (02/09/2025)

    IoT-enabled interoperable architecture enables plug-and-play innovation

    Dave Sutton of Schneider Electric explains why he thinks EcoStruxure Automation Expert, the open, IoT-enabled, interoperable architecture platform for plug-and-play innovation at every level, should win DPA Product of the Year.

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    • Robotics
    • (26/08/2025)

    Industrial robotics: A new era of radical change

    With AI, edge computing and intelligent sensing, the physical, digital and biological worlds are merging at an accelerated speed. This is transforming the pace of innovation, as well as the complexity and interdependence of systems. Analog Devices looks at some foundational technology upon which future platform solutions will depend, and highlights how it is accelerating robotic platform developments through core competencies positioned across three key vectors – Connect, Control, Interpret.

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    • Network Communications
    • (08/08/2025)

    The potential of Ethernet multiprotocol couplers

    Turck Technical Trainer Jörg Tauert and Dustin Küpper, Product Manager Product Manager Position/Proximity Sensors, talk about the functions and possible applications of Turck's inductive Ethernet multiprotocol couplers.

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    • Robotics
    • (31/07/2025)

    Mechatronics solutions for an Industry 4.0 future

    To compete, manufacturers need to define value beyond the cost of their individual factory floor components. For the last 40 years, Routeco has strived to bring the benefits of Industry 4.0, be at the forefront of product innovation, support and help their customers to stay ahead, and keep modernising. Routeco's mechatronics solutions focus on the engineering of both electrical and mechanical systems, and includes a combination of robotics, vision, pneumatics, control systems, networking, and so

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    • Automation
    • (18/07/2025)

    EU Machinery Regulation explained

    The EU Machinery Regulation will officially replace the Machinery Directive from January 2027. Here, Connectivity Publisher Andrew Quenault chats with Jason Reed, Sales Manager at Pilz, to learn more about the key changes of which machine builders must be aware.






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    Bringing low-voltage control and automation technology to control panel manufacturers

    At Smart Manufacturing Week 2025, Malcolm Greenhill, MD of Charter Controls, highlighted his company's strengths in sourcing and bringing low-voltage control and automation technologies to manufacturers of electrical control panels. Key areas served by Charter Controls include the machine building and building management system sectors.

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    How robots fulfil your online shopping order

    Educational YouTuber Tom Scott gives an insight into how Ocado's vast grocery warehouses control the movements of the thousands of mechanical boxes that contain customers' groceries. Are they all individual robots, or is this one giant hive mind?

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    Next-level machining for small batches

    Since unplanned downtime and operator shortages can cripple productivity, CNC specialist WU Mechanische Werkstätte GmbH is redefining small batch manufacturing with compact, robot-based automation cells. With the support of FANUC, the company's flexible automation solutions can boost throughput, reduce costs, and keep production local. Benefits include compact, space-saving design, seamless CNC integration, increased uptime and repeatability, and competitive part costs for small batches.

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    ABB launches Flexley Mover P603 platform autonomous mobile robot platform

    ABB has launched the AI-powered Flexley Mover P603 platform AMR, claimed to be the most compact model in its class to handle payloads up to 1500kg. Designed to boost intralogistics efficiency, the P603 combines compact design with AI-driven Visual SLAM navigation and the latest version of AMR Studio software that maximises flexibility by enabling different top modules to be integrated into the AMR.

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    Low-cost automation and robotics integration simplify customer journeys

    Mike Spaziano, Low-Cost Automation & RBTX Product Specialist at igus, and Willem Oswald, Founder of Industrial Robot Help, talk about how customer's journeys may be simplified through the implementation of low-cost automation, facilitated by the partnership between RBTX and Industrial Robot Help.

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    Condition monitoring is more important than ever

    The average cost of unplanned downtime in the UK is over £5,000 an hour. Here, Dave Breckell of Omron offers practical advice on how manufacturers can use condition monitoring to tackle this important issue.

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