24 March 2025 Drives can increasingly take on some simple PLC functions, but for more complex automation there’s no substitute for a dedicated PLC, argues Carl Eely, ABB’s… Read More
25 November 2024 It can take weeks to produce a PLC program from scratch for complex processes with many I/O points and HMIs. Carl Eely, an industrial automation… Read More
25 November 2024 The German industrial safety specialist Pilz has announced an industrial PC, based on a low-cost Raspberry Pi computer module, which can be used as… Read More
12 November 2024 At the SPS exhibition in Germany, Beckhoff has unveiled a new generation of its TwinCat PLC technology that speeds up both engineering and… Read More
12 November 2024 At the SPS exhibition in Germany, UK-based Trio Motion Technology has unveiled a new class of machine controller that combines motion, robotics and logic. Read More
7 November 2024 Siemens has announced a new version of its Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal, focusing on performance and efficiency enhancements, and supporting the company’s latest… Read More
11 September 2024 The Canadian cloud-based robotics developer Vention has announced an AI-enabled automation controller that, it says, will make it easier for manufacturers of all sizes… Read More
22 August 2024 Olis Robotics, the US developer of diagnostics systems for industrial cells, has extended its capabilities to include PLC monitoring, creating what it describes as… Read More
2 August 2024 Beckhoff has released a generic library that provides robot functions for PLC users. Called TcRobot (TwinCat Robot), it is an open-source library that simplifies… Read More
24 July 2024 The OT and IoT security specialist, Nozomi Networks, has announced the first OT and IoT security sensor designed to run embedded in PLCs. It… Read More
