Automation World
Innovation, Manufacturing, Robotics

Let me start by saying I’m not much of a fan of predictions. Especially when it comes to technology. It’s too easy for prognosticators to throw out ideas of what may or may not come to pass only to plead mea culpa when those predictions prove to be wildly off base.

On the other hand, I do appreciate insights from experts working in the field who...

Modern Machine Shop
Innovation, Robotics, Workforce

An important question circling around manufacturing right now is how job shops and other producers will address the skills gap that is expected to hit the industry with a shortage of two million workers in the next ten years. Two proposed answers, not mutually exclusive, are robots and education.

At a recent seminar on robotization in...