Increasing the level of automation in the industrial sector is a strategic goal for all regions. New technologies are helping OEMs develop manufacturing equipment that is more automated, more connected, and more efficient. The continued adoption of robotics, machine vision, and artificial intelligence is defining a new age of automation. As well as being highly adaptive, collaborative robots are designed to be more affordable and with a lower operational complexity. They have created their own position in the market, by being more accessible to manufacturers of all sizes.
Global organizations believe if more SMEs adopt higher levels of automation, they will close the productivity gap between them and large OEMs. We look at how cobots are evolving, the new technologies OEMs are leveraging, and how manufacturers can benefit from targeted solutions.
What's going on inside a cobot?
Cobots, or collaborative robots, are changing the industrial landscape. Any company, of any size, can now access this disruptive technology. Cobots are closing the productivity gap, giving manufacturers an efficiency boost. The payback period on a cobot can sometimes be measured in days rather than years. Don’t want to buy? Why not lease a cobot as a service. In our new white paper about cobots, AI and machine vision, we talk to leading cobot manufacturers to discover what goes on inside these devices and how they are evolving.
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Avnet Embedded
Embedded compute modules can provide the ideal platform for your factory automation solution. Our close partnerships with leading processor manufacturers mean Avnet Embedded customers are among the first to benefit from the latest solutions. Get the best performance in an industry-standard module format, long-term supply, and dedicated support.
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IoT
Avnet’s Smart Factory software solution accelerator, designed for IoTConnect, takes factory automation to a new level. Build on our framework to develop your customized IoT solution that brings your manufacturing data into the Industrial Iot.
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Design Hub
The Avnet Americas Design Hub offers over 1,000 free-to-use reference designs that you can modify and customize. Get your next industrial automation project off to a fast start the easy way!
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Avnet Integrated
From edge computing to data center solutions, Avnet Integrated develops and delivers robust IT systems for industrial environments. If you need to deploy server and network equipment at the core and the edge, talk to Avnet Integrated about our EcoStruxure Micro Data Center solutions.
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Newark/Farnell
Newark (Farnell) carries a growing number of components, systems, and solutions for Industrial Automation. If you are looking to start a new pilot project or need to know how IoT technologies can help automate your factory, talk to Newark (Farnell).
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Softweb
Softweb Solutions is a company of creative coders. Its engineers can tackle anything, from AI in IoT, to digital transformation in the enterprise. And if you want to know how the metaverse might impact the manufacturing industry, look at this.
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element14
If you want to learn and discuss topics around Industrial Automation with engineers who know, take a look at the dedicated home page on the element14 community. And while you are there, why not take the Industrial Robotics Quiz and find out just how much you already know.
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Hackster.io
Are you about to build your own robot? Need some advice, or ideas? Visit the Robotics channel on hackster.io and get some inspiration. You may even want to post your project to help other engineers making their own robot.
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Witekio
Witekio is an on-demand embedded and enterprise software company. Read how Witekio helped its customer, Solvay, move beyond PoC by developing a custom software platform. Solvay used this to create its own IoT factory, a shared resource for its entire organization to move IoT ideas into ROI and revenue.
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From edge to cloud
Avnet is helping industrial customers in APAC to develop with the latest automation solutions. With certified FAEs and system engineers, Avnet APAC can help with hardware, software and cloud.
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Watch this on-demand webinar from Avnet Silica to learn about the next-generation technologies shaping Factory Automation.
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Do you need to understand how functional safety sits alongside factory automation? Ask EBV Elektronik’s subject matter experts about IEC 61508.
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