Manufacturing Minute: This Robotic Gripper Has A Sensitive Touch

A new soft gripper can decipher the shape of unknown objects just by touching it.

Oct 25th, 2017

Rachelle Blair-Frasier

Preparing Your Product for Export

Preparing Your Product for Export

Selecting and preparing your product for export requires knowledge of the unique characteristics of each target market. It is very important to do research. This guide discusses things to consider to prepare your product for export.

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Q&A: What is the Outlook for Smart Factories?

"Smart Factory" has rapidly gone from concept to commonplace in manufacturing. What exactly are smart factories and what's their near-term outlook? We chat with a Deloitte expert about it.

How Is the Quantum Apocalypse Different than Y2K?

Quantum computing doesn't have a start date and the fixes won't be as clean.

Shocking Development in Weed-Killing Business

Farmland weeds now have to deal with Tom, Dick and Harry.

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Welcome to Industry 4.0: How Cloud Platforms Unlock Manufacturing’s New Era

Cloud manufacturing enables a library of digital designs and production data that can show us what works, and why.

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10 of the Worst Cyberattacks Against Manufacturers

DuPont, Nissan, Shell and Mondelez have all been victims. A look at what happened and how to guard against these hacks and ransomware schemes.

The Biggest Roadblocks on the Way to Digital Transformation

Automation for the sake of automation is the surest path to have your digital venture go down in flames.

In this file photo dated Friday Jan. 22, 2021, the European Union flag flies outside Europe House in London. Privacy campaign groups Thursday May 27, 2021, have filed a slew of legal complaints with European regulators against Clearview AI, alleging the facial recognition technology it provides to law enforcement agencies and businesses has stockpiled biometric data on more than 3 billion people without their knowledge or permission by “scraping' images from websites, breaching stringent EU privacy rules.

Privacy Groups Challenge Facial Scan Firm Clearview

American civil liberties activists filed a similar legal challenge in March that sought to bar Clearview from collecting biometric information.

Is the Quantum Apocalypse a Hoax?

What is the quantum apocalypse, and why is it important for industrial manufacturers?

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How AI Could Be Manufacturing’s Most Important Partner

Artificial intelligence doesn't have a singular end goal — it covers so much ground and can touch every business decision if leveraged the right way.

The Unrelenting Growth of Technology in Manufacturing

A closer look at the new-age tools driving investment levels to over $400 billion by 2025.

IT/OT Convergence Is Now Even Riskier

The pandemic pushed industrial firms to embrace digital transformation and IT/OT convergence faster than normal, and without as much security or controls.