To better compete globally, the United States should develop a comprehensive industrial strategy to align resources for manufacturing and maximize the national security and economic impacts of the Manufacturing USA program, a proven model that connects the key actors.
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3), a leading global advocate for robotics and automation technologies, has named Jim Devaprasad of Lake Superior State University (LSSU) the recipient of the 2026 A3 Educator of the Year Award, sponsored by Siemens.
Manufacturers today face a paradox: quality expectations continue to rise, yet the labor available to perform consistent, repeatable inspection continues to shrink.
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) announced Hiroshi Fujiwara, Executive Director of the Japan Robot Association (JARA), and Robert Little, co-founder of ATI Industrial Automation, as the winners of the 2026 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards, the world’s most prestigious robotics honor.
FANUC America has expanded its popular CRX collaborative robot series with the introduction of the CRX-3iA , an ultra lightweight cobot designed for fast redeployment across small, high mix tasks.
Antigone Sharris is a full-time faculty member of the Engineering Technology Team at Triton College. She is also faculty lead, NFPA Fluid Power Fast Track Hub Site; faculty advisor, Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society; and mentor to the Team 2151 Robotics Team.
Renishaw will highlight its latest solutions for maximizing robot performance and manufacturing efficiency at Automate 2026, taking place June 22–25 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
ABB Robotics is combining the flexibility of cobots with higher payloads and performance, with the launch of its new PoWa™ cobot family into the rapidly expanding global collaborative robot market, which ABB Robotics estimates will grow by 20 percent annually through to 2028.
The Association for Advancing Automation recently released ANSI/A3 R15.06-2025, the first major revision of the U.S. safety standard for industrial robots since 2012.