Robots have been playing an important role in automated manufacturing for decades. However, the larger question has always been, if the robot is smart enough to move the parts around, can we measure with it, as well?

Kraft Foods is working toward Six Sigma goals with new software that makes it easy to analyze Zarpac Performance Index (ZPI) data. By creating a direct link between ZPI manufacturing performance data and projects, the system eliminates the time-consuming process of manually collecting and transferring data.

Brembo N.A., Homer, MI, supplies high performance brake systems for the top manufacturers of cars, commercial vehicles and motorbikes worldwide. The company was ranked number one on the 2011 Quality Leadership 100 list. Listen to our interview with Dan Dandberg, president and CEO, to learn more about the company.

Nondestructive methods are vital to map and measure the corrosion in these vehicles thus to keep their cultural biography and with minimum interferences.

Company uses new technology that minimizes outage time for customers and identifies previously undetectable tube faults.

An automations technology provider needed to upgrade its steam turbine, it used laser scanning to get highly accurate measurements and reduce engineering time. This eliminated the need for field machining.

Companies who want their employees to help put their core values can take steps to empower them to do so.

Thanks to a telescope calibrated by scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Harvard University and the University of Hawaii, astrophysicists are learning more about the expansion of the universe.

The business of manufacturing is a colossal world of outsourcing: from product design to parts to services. This practice makes it possible to leverage expertise when you need it.

Robonaut 2 (R2), which was jointly developed by NASA and General Motors, makes its visual decisions using the imaging software Halcon from MVTec.