Automation Articles for Manufacturers and Engineers
Automating Quality Control
At Musashi AI, Vision and AI Combine for Real-Time Inspection of Complex Parts
Artificial intelligence has become one of manufacturing’s most discussed technologies, but few applications deliver measurable business value as directly as automated visual inspection. Musashi AI’s second-generation inspection platform demonstrates how deep learning, advanced optics and intelligent automation are helping manufacturers reduce the true cost of quality—while solving inspection problems that conventional machine vision simply cannot.
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INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
Innodisk Announces RAM Designed for High-End Robotics Applications
Coming Q4 2026, Innodisk’s new MRDIMM memory module is among the first on a new architecture designed to answer the needs of high-end computing applications such as AI and robotic automation. It brings memory bandwidth in line with current cutting edge processors, breaking what many in the industry refer to as the “memory wall.” 
Pattison Food Group Teams Up with Dematic
Dematic, a company involved in supply chain automation, partnered with Pattison Food Group to modernize grocery fulfillment operations at its Langley, British Columbia distribution center. The 485,000-square-foot ambient grocery facility leverages advanced automation technologies designed to improve split-case fulfillment efficiency, increase throughput capacity and support scalable grocery distribution operations across Western Canada.
ROBOTICS
Did you see DexRobot's dexterous hand series at Automate 2026?
At Automate 2026, DexRobot showcased its complete dexterous hand series and debuted the DexTele Teleoperation Data Acquisition System. This year's show featured a dedicated Humanoid Robot Pavilion and a sharpened focus on AI-driven industrial automation, making it the ideal venue for DexRobot to demonstrate how advanced manipulation and high-fidelity data acquisition are becoming practical, affordable, and ready for real-world deployment.
FCC Bans Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots and Inverters
The Federal Communications Commission updated its Covered List to include two new categories of devices—“advanced robotic devices” (defined as mobile robots, such as humanoids and quadrupeds) and, separately, connected power inverters produced in foreign countries.
MOTION CONTROL
Small, Smart and Safe Motion Control
At the Elmo Motion Control exhibit at Automate 2026, the company’s theme was “Design Small, Perform Smart and Function Safe.” We had the opportunity to sit down with Elmo’s VP of Global Marketing, Ronen Sadan, to dig into what that really means.
Rubadue Creates Multi-Purpose High-Flex Wire
Rubadue Wire, a U.S.-based manufacturer of wire and cable solutions, has introduced a new product—KinetaFlex— a high-flex wire that provides repeated-flex durability, maintaining integrity across demanding motion-driven and dimensionally-constrained systems.
AI
PTC Introduces Arena Connect for Seamless App Integration
PTC announced the release of the Arena Connect capability within its Arena product lifecycle management (PLM) and quality management system (QMS) 2026.2 release. Arena Connect helps manufacturers connect business applications, other Arena workspaces, and automated workflows across the product value chain, making it easier to move information between the systems teams rely on every day.
A Step Towards Physical AI for Everyone
DEEPX, an on-device AI semiconductor pioneer, announced that its ultra-low-power NPU technology is powering the Sixfab AI HAT+ for Raspberry Pi 5, a new edge AI acceleration board developed by Sixfab, an edge AI hardware solutions company and Official Raspberry Pi Design Partner.
