Robots have been a popular feature in movies and on television for … well pretty much as long as there have been movies and television. These robots come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes big screen robots can talk, sometimes they have human emotions, and sometimes they are totally indistinguishable from human beings altogether. At… Read more »

Labor Day is meant to recognize and celebrate the efforts and achievements of all American workers, but working in manufacturing gives you a deeper appreciation for the holiday. Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday of September, and has been ever since it was legally made a holiday by congress in 1894. There were… Read more »

The next revolution in manufacturing is incredibly close at hand. People are making grand predictions about the Internet of Things and all of the amazing changes that will inevitably result from something as huge as interconnectivity between machinery and computers in the manufacturing industry. People have every right to get excited about the IoT and… Read more »

It’s normal to be a little skeptical when someone starts claiming that they can see the future and predict what will happen before it actually does. Clairvoyance is something too mystical to seem believable. Predicting the future is reserved for mythological beings such as the Greek Cassandra or Tiresias, not for those of us who… Read more »

What do you do if you want to learn how to cook up some pancakes? First, you might do a quick online search for “how to cook pancakes”.  Once you’ve read through the basic process, you’ll have a pretty good understanding of how things are done, but you might want to have your friend, who… Read more »

Imagine living in a world without servomotors. For many people this is easy to do. The average person goes through their daily life without knowing what a servo is, and without knowing how important servomotors truly are. These people might assume that they never come in contact with servos, and therefore if servomotors were to… Read more »

We like to keep up with the new things in technology. Paper is about as cutting edge as a butter knife. A lot of people would say that paper’s usefulness as a thing of the past. Many of the things that we once relied on paper for have made the move to digital. Whether it’s… Read more »

Some might say that we live in a throwaway culture. If your favorite pair of blue jeans develops a hole, you toss them in the trash and buy another pair. If your chair is starting to get a little rickety, you replace it instead of repairing it. If a new iPhone is released, your current… Read more »

Industrial robotics is a market that has been growing steadily for some time now, and a recent report suggests that it’s not going to slow down any time soon. The report released by Transparency Market Research (TRM) suggests that the global market for industrial robotics will grow substantially over the next few years. According to… Read more »

Automation provides some great benefits, especially when you’re comparing robots to human workers. Lower costs, more consistency, faster work rates, higher precision, and increased efficiency are just a few of the advantages to employing automated machinery. If you operate a system that uses Indramat components, you already know just how great automation is. But have… Read more »