Collaborative robots, or cobots as the category is almost universally called now, entered the market with a relatively well-defined pitch: lightweight, force-limited robots that could…
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The Machinery Industry's Skilled Technician Shortage Is Getting Worse Before It Gets Better
The skilled technician and machinist shortage in the machinery industry has been a recurring discussion topic for long enough that it risks feeling like background…
Continue Reading....China's Machine Tool Market Has Been Through a Rough Patch, and What Happens Next Matters Beyond China
China's position as both the world's largest consumer of machine tools and a major producer of them means that conditions in the Chinese market have…
Continue Reading....The AI Quality Inspection Pitch Is Real, But So Are the Deployment Gaps Most Vendors Don't Talk About
AI-powered visual inspection systems have become one of the more actively marketed technology categories in manufacturing, with vendors offering compelling demonstrations of systems that detect…
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