Say robotics, and we think of a physical robot. Say automation, and we think controls, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), digital dashboards, cloud-based software and other connotations. However, robotics process...

Ever since the first personal computer arrived on the scene, people have been telling me I would be replaced by one some day. My comeback was always that the machine would need me to run it. Lately though, my imagination has...

Museums operate in one of the most challenging environments when it comes to protecting assets. The assets are publicly accessible, often high value (possibly priceless), and sometimes sensitive to environmental damage. That...

It sounds like a line from a bad science-fiction movie—"Robots are taking my job!"—but it is becoming a reality for a number of different industries. The automation revolution is replacing human labor with robotics, and it is...

If the last few years have taught humanity anything, it’s that no industry is safe from the disruptive influence of technology. Who would have predicted a hundred years ago that, by 2017, some of the cars on the road would be...

Don’t blink! If you do, you may miss some of the rapidly developing changes occurring in the technology sector.
 Moore’s Law states processing power doubles every 18 months. But once technology is implemented, changes occur...

The gradual emergence from the recession, as well as development of more efficient technology, is signaling what vendors predict will be a surge in commercial building automation. That trend would provide an opportunity for...