As more and more generative AI (GenAI) engines seem to emerge every day, it is easy to forget that GenAI isn’t the only artificial intelligence people and companies are using to drive efficiency and reliability. It’s true that GenAI is opening up new vistas of...
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Control Without Limits: Scaling AI and Automation with Software-Defined Technology
In the last couple of years, software-defined control has rapidly gained a lot of attention in the marketplace. That’s no surprise. It’s set to upend the way we see and use automation in the years ahead. In a recent interview in Control Design, Emerson’s Sean Saul...
The Next Generation of Life Sciences Automation Begins Today
As technology progresses, it opens up new opportunities for streamlining processes to drive increased reliability and operational excellence. This trend is as true in the life sciences as it is in any other process manufacturing industry. In fact, it might be more...
Industrial AI Knows Its Limits
Nothing in the past decade has created the same levels of excitement, ideation, and trepidation that we have seen with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). In reality, there have been very few technologies in the history of the world that have risen in popularity...
Turning Hydrogen’s Promise into Operational Excellence
When people think of hydrogen (H2) as an energy source, they typically think of fuel cells, the exciting technology that might someday soon power electric vehicles and other elements of our daily lives. But fuel cells aren’t the only way that H2 is useful for...
The Road to Self-Driving Labs Starts with Smarter Automation
If there’s one thing that has been repeatedly proven true in the life sciences industry, it’s that automation drives success. After all, automation leads to repeatability, fewer mistakes, higher safety, and faster outcomes. This high success rate for automation in...
Four Foundations for Data-Driven AI
Emerson’s Chief Technology Officer Peter Zornio outlines four foundations for advancing industrial automation in the data-driven AI era amid supply chain disruptions and tech evolution.
The Golden Age of Life Sciences Innovation Needs Smarter Data
There exists an interesting tension in the life sciences industry; while people have access to more treatments for more maladies than at any other time in human history, there is also increasing pressure to deliver new, innovative treatments. For evidence, simply look...
When Hands Are Few the Data Works Harder
It is hard to imagine a more difficult environment in which to operate than a mine. Dirty environments, massive critical machines, and hazardous operating conditions all come together to create a wide array of opportunities for unanticipated shutdowns. That’s why...
A Deeper Look Into Ovation 4.0’s New Features
One of the most popular topics of discussion at the 2025 Ovation Users’ Group Conference has been the new Ovation™ Automation Platform 4.0. Attendees have had the opportunity to take a close look at the software to see all the new capabilities and features built in....
AI Lives on the Edge
We have talked a lot in this space about the importance of a boundless automation vision for successfully deploying AI into the OT space. After all, AI needs loads of data, and if that data is trapped in silos, it can’t get to the data lakes, analytics applications,...
Reliability Solutions Require the Right Tools
Today’s reliability teams face something of a catch-22. As experienced personnel have retired from process manufacturing in droves, plants have fewer and fewer expert staff with each passing year. That means fewer people are available to collect the critical...
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