Emmet Cole
Emmet Cole, contributing editor, Association for Advancing Automation (A3).
Articles
Addressing manufacturing labor shortages
Manufacturing faces a major labor shortage that isn't going away anytime soon, which is forcing companies to adopt automation to fill this gap.
AI, flexible robotics’ growing role in manufacturing’s future
Artificial intelligence (AI) and flexible robotic systems have emerged as key technologies in industrial automation's future and are having an impact in many ways.
Six industrial robotics trends for 2023
Robotics are becoming more important and manufacturers are recognizing their growing role in many different industries and applications. Six industry trends are highlighted.
Smart robotics, AI fueling industrial automation growth
Industrial automation is being propelled by artificial intelligence (AI) and smart robotics, which are helping bring jobs back to the U.S.
Improving usability is growing trend in industrial robotics
As collaborative and industrial robots grow in manufacturing, enhancing their usability so anyone can use them is a growing trend and priority for companies.
Robots-as-a-service creates opportunities, lowers automation adoption barriers
Robots-as-a-service (RaaS) is a lets companies deploy automation and related services such as engineering, maintenance and remote monitoring.
Industrial robot utilization requires cybersecurity strategy
Digitalization and AI bring opportunities for robots, but also a degree of cybersecurity risk as more data is gathered and processed all the way from the edge to the cloud and beyond.