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How are small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs), who typically do not have the time or capital it would take to test emerging technologies, supposed to evaluate how artificial intelligence could impact their organization — and play a role in preparing them for Industry 4.0?
Robots have been a part of industry longer than you might think. The patent for the first industrial robot, Unimate, was granted in 1961.
New technologies and innovations continue to create manufacturing jobs.
There are a number of factors why people leave their jobs. The top reason may surprise you.
Industrial Revolution 4.0 is here! Is your manufacturing business ready for the technical challenges and new risks associated with it?
Understanding the business and economic factors that influence companies helps the Network remain flexible in responding to the problems clients are facing.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made it more straightforward for students to apply to the agency’s prestigious Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program.
As the DoD prepares to make cyber security a key pillar for what it buys -- and from whom -- a defense and aerospace trade group unveils a new standard that will allow companies, and the government, to see how secure contractors really are.
Imagine driving alone in your car, but instead of sitting behind the wheel, you're dozing in the backseat as a computer navigates on your behalf. It sounds wild, but former New York City traffic commissioner Sam Schwartz says that scenario isn't so far off the mark.