Warehouse Automation: Building a Strong, Data-Driven Business Case
Every order that arrives at a customer’s door, every pallet restocked in a retail backroom, every shipment that meets a tight deadline—behind these moments lies a warehouse operation balancing speed, cost, and reliability. Today, supply chain and fulfillment leaders find themselves navigating a high-stakes paradox: capital is scarce, interest rates are high, and uncertainty looms, demanding cautious spending. Yet at the same time, they’re pressured to process more orders faster, manage rising labor costs, and scale to meet growth—all while keeping operations lean. This is where warehouse automation emerges not as a “nice-to-have” but a strategic necessity. Whether supporting omnichannel retailers, B2B stalwarts, or e-commerce giants, automation transforms core materials […]
Robots on Construction Sites: Why Construction Automation is About Safety, Not Pink Slips
Construction sites across the U.S. are caught in a brutal bind: demand for new housing, roads, and energy projects is surging, yet nearly 400,000 construction jobs sit unfilled. At the same time, the industry remains one of the most dangerous—199 workers died from heavy machinery incidents in 2022 alone, with hundreds more injured by crushes, amputations, or equipment collisions. Into this gap steps Bedrock Robotics, a San Francisco startup that last week announced an $80 million funding round to retrofit bulldozers and excavators with AI-driven automation. The goal, the company stresses, isn’t to replace workers with robots. It’s to ease a critical labor shortage, make deadly tasks safer, and unlock […]
Emerson Launches First Generative AI (GenAI) Automation Solution for Power and Water Industries
Guide: Emerson announced the launch of AI-powered Ovation™ Virtual Advisor, the first generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) virtual advisor software integrated into an automation system and specifically designed for the power and water industries. As a new feature added to Emerson’s Ovation 4.0 automation platform, this AI-powered virtual advisor software can provide real-time insights, improve efficiency, detect anomalies, predict maintenance issues, and support strategic decision-making. Pittsburgh (July 15, 2025) — Emerson (NYSE: EMR), an industrial technology company providing advanced automation solutions, announced the launch of AI-powered Ovation™ Virtual Advisor, the first generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) virtual advisor software integrated into an automation system and specifically designed for the power and water […]
Drivers of Industrial Innovation! How Smart Sensors Are Reshaping Industrial Operations
Guide: Smart sensors are no longer just “auxiliary tools” but have become one of the indispensable infrastructures in modern industry. Integrating sensing, data processing, and communication capabilities, smart sensors can not only collect real-time data on the environment and equipment operation but also perform local computing and feed key data back to the central system for automatic responses. In the current fast-paced and highly competitive industrial environment, “efficiency”, “precision”, and “safety” have become key words for enterprise operations. Manufacturers, factory operators, and various industrial enterprises are facing multiple challenges: they need to improve productivity, reduce operating costs, while ensuring high-quality standards and employee safety. Against this backdrop, smart sensors […]
