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 Getting real data from old machines: How IO-Link is finally making legacy digitisation work

Getting real data from old machines: How IO-Link is finally making legacy digitisation work

07/01/2026

Factories across the country will be familiar with the smart manufacturing paradox. Management wants real-time overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), to know why line three keeps stopping, and predictive maintenance alerts before something breaks – but much of the equipment doing the work predates smartphones.

 From vision to touch: How physical intelligence is transforming logistics automation

From vision to touch: How physical intelligence is transforming logistics automation

07/01/2026

The logistics industry stands at a pivotal crossroads. As e-commerce continues its relentless expansion, warehouses are under pressure to process an ever-growing variety of products – each with its own shape, size, and fragility. Traditional automation, built around vision systems and suction grippers, is reaching its limits.

 Cobot safety: What manufacturers need to know

Cobot safety: What manufacturers need to know

01/12/2025

ISO 10218:2025 is an international standard which covers the safety requirements for industrial robots, ensuring that humans are not exposed to unacceptable risks when working collaboratively. Here, Stewart Robinson, Advisory Consultant and Functional Safety Expert at TÜV SÜD, breaks down what manufacturers need to know.

 Behind the robot: Sensing, safety and control in Industry 4.0

Behind the robot: Sensing, safety and control in Industry 4.0

01/12/2025

Here, Rolf Horn of Digikey explores the foundational technologies behind Industry 4.0 robotics, focusing on how sensors, safety solutions and industrial control components contribute to safe motion control, adaptive system behaviour, and deterministic decision-making.

 Automation and the future of UK manufacturing – In conversation with ABB Robotics

Automation and the future of UK manufacturing – In conversation with ABB Robotics

01/12/2025

Earlier this year, ABB Robotics opened the doors of its Milton Keynes facility to customers eager to see how automation could enable them to innovate, automate and elevate their businesses. We sat down with Alan Conn, Managing Director of ABB Robotics UK & Ireland, to discuss where companies should begin, how robotics is shaping competitiveness in a challenging global environment, and what the future looks like for advanced automation in the UK.

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