Top 5 Control Engineering content: October 23-29 2023

The top 5 pieces of content from the past week include Episode one of the Bridging the Gap podcast series with Jeff Winter, edge computing and more.

Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week Episode one of the Bridging the Gap podcast series with Jeff Winter, edge computing and more.

1. Bridging The Gap Episode 1: Challenge of AI Integration with Jeff Winter

CFE Media and Technology’s Gary Cohen and Tyler Wall discuss the challenges of integrating AI into industrial automation with Industry 4.0 & digital transformation enthusiast Jeff Winter, senior director of industry strategy of manufacturing for Hitachi Solutions America.

2. Video: Applying control concepts to the adoption of industry 4.0

Control theory and control principles can be applied to human systems. Learn from an application that matches “Laplace Transforms” with the Toyota Production System – and uses Industry 4.0 (low-cost feedback loops) to do it.

3. Three things to consider when deploying edge computing

Edge computing is changing manufacturing in many ways and companies can take advantage of the many benefits it involves. Three aspects of edge computing to consider are highlighted.

4. 7 ways model predictive control benefits your food and beverage operation

Model predictive control offers food and beverage operations a variety of gains in efficiency, safety and waste reduction.

5. How digital transformation can help your company become more flexible and consistent

Digital transformation is key to updating and improving manufacturing operations and helping them be more automated and efficient.