Software
Software used for automation in manufacturing and engineering applications.
What do YOU Like Most About Working in Automation?
It’s an exciting time to be involved in automation. As we learned at Automate 2026, the technology is changing faster than ever, especially in the fields of robotics and AI. But it’s not just cutting-edge science-fiction becoming reality. It’s also the explosion of applications and the expansion of automation beyond the places it’s been traditionally found. At Automate 2026, we spoke with a lot of people who are invested in automation, and we asked them one simple question: What do YOU like most about working in automation today? Read More
Siemens Launches Intelligence Center X to Bring AI Agents into the Human Workforce
Siemens announced Intelligence Center X, new industrial AI orchestration software designed to help organizations turn industrial AI from isolated experimentation into scalable, real world business impact through a hybrid workforce where people and AI agents work together with shared context, workflows and lifecycle intelligence. Read More
Simplifying Multi-Channel Automotive Testing
Kvaser introduces the PCIe 4xLIN, a compact four-channel LIN interface built for deterministic communication, precise timing analysis, and scalable validation setups. Designed for desktop, industrial, and HIL environments, the low-profile PCIe card integrates galvanic isolation with synchronized timestamping, giving engineers reliable, system-level visibility when testing and debugging LIN networks. Read More
Siemens AI aids Haddy in Powering Sustainable Robot Microfactories
Siemens announced that Haddy, a U.S.-based additive manufacturing company, has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform, to scale local additive manufacturing using circular materials across industries including furniture, marine and defense. Read More
Vention and Teradyne Collaborate on Modular Automation
Vention and Teradyne Robotics announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the deployment of modular automation. Built on Vention's MachineBuilder software and centered around Universal Robots' family of collaborative industrial robots (cobots), the initiative extends Vention's MachineBuilder to create a specialized platform that allows manufacturers to design, program, and operate modular work cells within a unified digital environment. Read More
Stopping Factory Glue Defects Before They Happen
Coherix, a supplier of automated dispensing solutions, joined Kawasaki Robotics at AUTOMATE 2026 to demonstrate how manufacturers can eliminate adhesive defects in real-time while reducing material and labor costs by 25 percent or more. Read More
How Rockwell Automation’s New SecureOT Services Stop Factory Cyberattacks
Rockwell Automation announced the launch of three enhanced offerings within the SecureOT solution suite: OT Cybersecurity Assessment Suite, SecureOT Platform Managed Services and Managed Secure Remote Access (MSRA). Read More
Vention and FANUC America Announce Expanded Collaboration
Vention and FANUC America announced an expanded collaboration focused on simplifying industrial robot deployment through AI-powered programming, digital twin technology, and modular automation. Read More
Rockwell Automation Launches FactoryTalk Orchestration Software
At Automate 2026, Rockwell Automation, Inc. announced the launch of FactoryTalk Orchestration software, a new solution designed to coordinate material flow and production processes from end-to-end. Read More
Automate 2026 Preview: Teguar’s Industrial Edge PCs
Teguar’s main focus at Automate 2026 will be on a trio of new industrial edge PCs. Ranging from the Regis, which is built for heavy-duty data requirements, to the Scout, which stands out for its thin form factor, Teguar will be showing off several solutions that meet a wide range of different edge applications. Each headlining PC will have its own exhibit showing off its strengths, among several other long-running products that will be on display at their booth. Read More
South Hall Sneak Peak for Automate 2026
Our editorial team has a full slate of appointments scheduled for four fun-filled days at Chicago’s McCormick Place for Automate 2026, which takes place June 22-25. Here’s just a sampling of what we’re going to see in the South Hall, and what we hope to learn… Read More
Factory Floor AI Solutions for Visual Inspection
PTZOptics, Detect-It, and Comtronix will demonstrate (At Automate 2026) how manufacturers, including automotive, heavy equipment, and food and beverage producers, can move beyond slow, complex and expensive AI pilots and deploy real-time visual inspection, automation, and on-premise intelligence quickly and cost-effectively directly on the factory floor. Read More
Robotiq Introduces IQ Platform to Automate Robotic Workcell Integration
At its recent user conference, Robotiq introduced IQ, an AI-enabled platform designed to make robotic workcell integration faster, more predictable, and easier to scale. Enabling a shift from a manual, expert-dependent approach to automatic integration, IQ captures unstructured automation project data, coordinates engineering workflows, and helps partners generate validated workcell designs based on real customer inputs and historical deployment data from thousands of previous factory installations. Read More
AI Takes Parts from Design to Delivery by Pricing and Sourcing on the Fly
Siemens has entered into a strategic partnership with Xometry, the global, AI-native marketplace connecting buyers and suppliers of custom manufacturing. The partnership will allow Siemens to embed proprietary manufacturability, pricing, sourcing and lifecycle intelligence directly into the design digital thread, natively within Siemens Xcelerator. Read More
Comau Begins Acquisition of Invent
Hot on the heels of several new partnerships, Comau announced they will be acquiring Invent, a Brazil-based logistics and warehouses company. This is the latest of a number of business moves designed to expand Comau’s global reach and automation portfolio. Read More
ENCY Hyper Breaks Down Factory Barriers with Latest Software Upgrade
Hybrid programming combines offline preparation with live work on the real robot in a single workflow. Offline programming on its own is rarely enough, because even a well-prepared program still needs adjustment on the shop floor. Online programming on its own is slower, ties up the cell, and leaves less room for advance verification. ENCY Hyper brings the two together: users can build and check a project in a digital environment, then connect to the real robot to refine motion and run the job. That makes robot programming faster to prepare and easier to bring into production. Read More
Ice Cream Manufacturer Tackles Inventory and Quality Challenges with Rockwell Plex
Rockwell Automation and Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company shared at this month's Ice Cream & Cultured Innovation Conference how the ice cream producer is positioning its manufacturing operations for continued growth with enhanced production, quality and inventory management. Read More
Festo Didactic Focuses on Workforce Training at MODEX 2026
As automation accelerates across intralogistics and warehouse operations, many companies face a growing challenge: deploying increasingly advanced systems without enough skilled technicians to install, operate and maintain them. Festo Didactic addressed the workforce challenge at MODEX 2026 by featuring training solutions designed to build the automation skills needed to keep material-handling systems running. Read More
Athena Launches FabOrchestrator
Athena Technology Solutions, a provider of advanced MES solutions, announced the launch of FabOrchestrator, an agentic AI foundry designed to transform factory operations. Read More
Hannover Messe 2026
Automation is the key to efficiency and competitiveness. At HANNOVER MESSE, the focus is on intelligent systems, sensor technology, and networked control technologies, as well as PLCs, DCS, SCADA systems, motion control, industrial PCs, embedded systems, and electric drives. These technologies ensure quality and enable intelligent, networked processes—across industries and with an eye to the future. Read More
More Speed with IO-Link: Five Practical Tips for Engineers
Thomas Langer, project manager of connectivity at Baumer, explored some of their technology’s lesser-known benefits. This technical report uses practical examples to show how users can make the most of digital interface benefits. Read More
Software, Motion Control and Robotics Combine for CNC Precision
On paper, a robot is just a set of joints and motors. On a production floor, however, it becomes something entirely different. CNC Solutions in Belgium learned that the hard way years ago, when teach-in methods that worked for simple pick-and-place began to crumble under CNC-class workloads. In milling, sanding, laser or plasma cutting paths, the motion isn’t a few hundred points; it’s millions. Read More
Kvaser Releases Kvaser Edge Computing Platform for Automotive and Industrial Data Analysis
Kvaser announced the release of the Kvaser Edge, an open, secure Linux‑based edge computing platform that transforms how automotive and industrial teams collect, process, and act on data. Designed for harsh environments and real‑time performance, Kvaser Edge runs analytics directly where data is generated: on the vehicle, test bench, or machine. Read More
Key Considerations for Modern SCADA Systems
AutomationMesh sat down with Paul Haikal, Senior Commercial Product Manager at Rockwell Automation, to discuss the latest trends in SCADA, including what manufacturers need to know about the evolving state of manufacturing software in today's age of artificial intelligence and concerns over cybersecurity. Read More
ISA Announces Publication of New Standard for SCADA Systems
The International Society of Automation (ISA) has announced the publication of ANSI/ISA-112.00.01-2025, SCADA Systems – Part 1: SCADA Lifecycle, Diagrams and Terminology, which is now available for sale on www.isa.org and is accessible to ISA members as a membership benefit. Read More
ASRock Releases New System Management Software, AiSMA
ASRock has moved to support their IoT controller line, the Industrial Robust Edge AIoT Platform, with a new software suite that runs on Redfish. AiSMA, their new system management software, is a straightforward method for existing customers to tackle system security and management, as well as an important signal that they will actively continue to support their products with value-added software. Read More
NORD Introduces Digital Twin Capabilities
NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has introduced digital twins for system development. This innovative technology allows engineers to verify early in the planning process whether the drive concept is suitable for the system, even complex systems, significantly reducing the project timeline and achieving greater efficiency and availability. Read More
Decoupling Automation Software from Hardware
For decades, Foxboro DCS has served as the "brain" of many industrial operations, enabling real-time control and coordination of complex processes. But today's landscape demands more – greater agility, fewer costly upgrades, and simplified compliance. To answer those needs, Schneider Electric has introduced EcoStruxure Foxboro Software-Defined Automation to deliver flexibility, scalability and cost efficiency without sacrificing reliability. Read More
Peak-System Technik Releases PCAN-Explorer Version 7
Peak-System Technik released a new major update for their flagship Controller Area Network (CAN) communication software. The major headline is support for CAN XL, an increasingly popular communication standard for vehicle buses, but also included are a number of quality of life changes — and promises about what won’t. Read More
Intelligent Robot Monitoring
Comau robots are being monitored by an automatic system at Iveco's Valladolid plant in Spain. Developed to enhance operational visibility and improve maintenance efficiency, the cloud-based system monitors robots on Iveco's assembly lines. Comau’s system autonomously captures production and process data, identifies performance deviations, signals anomalies, and verifies user-defined KPIs. This statistical and trend-based analysis helps Iveco’s engineering team optimize robot utilization, reduce unplanned downtime, and strengthen overall process reliability. Read More
Rockwell Automation Software to Power EV Manufacturing Facility
Lucid will deploy Rockwell Automation's enterprise software solutions, including its FactoryTalk manufacturing execution system (MES) software, to manage and optimize production operations, including general assembly, paint, stamping, body, and powertrain at the company's expanding Saudi Arabia facility. Read More
Emerson Updates Mobile SCADA App
Today’s most efficient and effective teams need more robust mobile applications and a user-friendly interface to allow them to do more from anywhere. The redesigned mobile app for DeltaV SaaS SCADA is designed to give operators and technicians the control and clarity they need to be effective in the field, without the need to drag a laptop along with them. Read More
