American Machinist
Bryan Christiansen
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Automation, robotics, and similar digital trends have spread throughout manufacturing for years and remain hot industry trends today. By adopting innovations on the plant floor, manufacturers have improved many aspects of their operations, including line efficiency, product quality, and worker safety, just to name a few.

Just as the production floor has embraced the use of automation and robotics, the maintenance department is beginning to see similar value by putting their own spin on the topics. As experts are predicting more tech in post-pandemic plants, this trend will only grow.  Full Article

​Control Engineering
Jennifer Chu

For the more than 5 million people in the world who have undergone an upper-limb amputation, prosthetics have come a long way. Beyond traditional mannequin-like appendages, there is a growing number of commercial neuroprosthetics — highly articulated bionic limbs, engineered to sense a user’s residual muscle signals and robotically mimic their intended motions.

But this high-tech dexterity comes at a price. Neuroprosthetics can cost tens of thousands of dollars and are built around metal skeletons, with electrical motors that can be heavy and rigid.  Full Article