We’ve seen robot butchers, robot waiters, robot rabbis, and more. Should we now expect robot pharmacists? The good Robots can count out pills and pack them into bottles. This is not highly creative work requiring human insight. Walgreen’s now sees 40-50% of their prescriptions packed by machines. Walgreen’s, as well as CVS, has also seen… Read more »
A new study finds that 45.6% of warehouse and logistics leaders think automation is necessary. 36.1% are currently using automation and 36.9% are not. The rest are thinking about it. To recap, the respondents were fairly evenly divided into thirds saying yes, no, and maybe. No outpaces yes slightly and maybe is not quite a… Read more »
Choose Your Own Adventure was a children’s book series that allowed the reader to make decisions that would shape the outcome of the story. Indramat troubleshooting manuals are far from a Choose Your Own Adventure book. They clearly explain the possible causes and remedial actions for Indramat error codes. However, you do have an important… Read more »
The fear of robots taking over human jobs is real, and possibly justified. But Amazon has just announced that this is not true in their warehouses. “Our experience has been these new technologies actually create jobs, they allow us to grow and expand,” a spokesperson told the BBC. “And we’ve seen multiple examples of this… Read more »
Indramat motion control systems bring a lot to the table: they’re efficient, versatile, and they’re reliable. Few industrial motion control products can match Indramat’s durability and longevity. Of course, if your machinery never breaks, you won’t know how to fix it. This is why Indramat drive fault codes send factory floors into a state of… Read more »
If you’ve ever tried to find something that has been discontinued, you know just how hard it can be. Maybe you’ve scoured the internet searching for that pair of shoes that you used to buy, or maybe you’ve contacted distributors to track down that candy that’s no longer made. What usually happens in this scenario… Read more »
It’s October 13th, which means Halloween is approaching. There will of course be a bevy of creepy creatures running around. You will probably see zombies lumbering down streets, mummies cutting through alleys, and vampires devouring candy by the handful. As terrifying as those monstrosities are, they don’t conjure half the fear that error codes do…. Read more »
Robots can do a lot of things: they can perform search and rescue operations in dangerous settings, complete tasks in harsh was down environments or potentially explosive settings, carry on for hours with repetitive tasks without injury or irritation, and do without bathroom breaks forever. But can robots encourage biodiversity? That probably wasn’t on most… Read more »
Automation has taken over in many industries, and it is getting a toehold in many more. Meat packing is one in which the challenges may outweigh the advantages. Pros and cons of robot butchers At first glance, meatpacking seems like an obvious candidate for automation. The meat packing industry is notorious for its physically demanding… Read more »
In 1839, Goodyear accidentally discovered vulcanization, revolutionizing tires and paving the way to the automobile age. Rubber plantations became enormously important economically, and by the end of the 19th century, rubber barons were among the wealthiest people in the world. The effects on the countries where rubber was found were not as positive. A century… Read more »