Digital Convergence

Developments Shaping Tomorrow's Technology

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Machine Learning is now a Manufacturing Imperative

The digital economy has created a new paradigm in industry. Machine Learning is now a manufacturing imperative. Is your factory ready?

Best in class manufacturing was historically measured by simply producing the best product available, but no longer. Market dynamics and technology have transformed manufacturing from simply a producer of goods to a service business overnight. As the industrial internet increasingly connects data and the factory floor, innovation and agility are leaving businesses behind that fail to embrace…

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Collaborative Robots, Real World Transformers

Collaborative technology marks a significant milestone in freeing robots from thier limited role in factories today.

Collaborative robots are a relatively new class of machines that reduce the barriers, both physical and economic, to deploying robots across a broader spectrum of applications. Given that collaborative robots on the market today are already less expensive than many of their contemporary industrial counterparts, companies are vigorously investigating how best to leverage these next generation…

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Crossing the Digital Manufacturing Chasm

Consumers are sufficiently empowered and technology has evolved to where the digital manufacturing chasm should now be crossed.

  Thanks to technological advances, the lot size of one is more feasible today than ever before.

Manufacturers of everything from candy to automobiles are being driven to offer higher levels of personalization to their customers. Given the proliferation of information now available to shoppers through an onslaught of content pushed by online marketing, supply chain power has invariably shifted…

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Welcome to Digital Physical Convergence

Welcome to Digital Physical Convergence, a blog covering today's emerging technology shaping how we'll interact with machines tomorrow.

Thank you for viewing the first in what is intended to be a series of blogs sharing insight and thought around the exciting convergence of information technology (largely the cloud and big data movements), connectivity (frequently discussed in terms of the Internet of Things (IoT)), and the physical world of mechatronics which is primrily covered by robotic associations.  Over the past four…

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