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Sep
29
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Schneider Electric Introduces Software-Defined Medium Voltage Switchgear

Schneider Electric introduced software-defined medium voltage switchgear that separates system intelligence from hardware to support over-the-air updates, standardized deployment, and zero-downtime upgrades.

Sep
28
2026

Rita Liu — Technology Trends

China Humanoid Robot Dexterous Hands: Localization, Technology Routes, and Leading Suppliers

China’s dexterous hand industry is developing rapidly as local suppliers pursue lower-cost, scalable solutions for humanoid robots.

Sep
27
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Velotic Advances ThingWorx with New Agentic AI Capabilities

Velotic has added AI Assistant, MCP Server, and AI & Agent Services capabilities to ThingWorx 10.2 to connect industrial data, operational context, applications, and enterprise AI.

Sep
27
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Inductive Automation: Ignition 2027 Adds AI, Historian, and Connectivity Capabilities

Ignition 2027 is expected to add an AI framework, new operational historian options based on TimescaleDB, and direct connectivity to Beckhoff TwinCAT controllers.

Sep
27
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Weidmuller USA Brings CUBESERIES Relay Kitting to Richmond

Weidmuller USA has begun assembling CUBESERIES relay kits in Richmond to support local availability for control panel, machinery, and automation applications.

Sep
27
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Schneider Electric Launches WCDU for Hybrid Liquid and Air Cooling

Schneider Electric has introduced prefabricated power modules and skids with up to 2.5 MW of capacity for AI, high-performance computing, and GPU-intensive data center deployments.

Sep
27
2026

Larry O'Brien — Industry Trends

Honeywell Benchmark Report Finds Critical Gaps in OT Cybersecurity Visibility

Honeywell’s benchmark report finds that incomplete asset visibility, legacy infrastructure, and limited recovery readiness continue to constrain OT cybersecurity maturity.

Sep
27
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Schneider Electric Expands AI-Ready Infrastructure Portfolio with Prefabricated Power Modules

Schneider Electric introduced standardized Prefabricated Power Modules and Power Skids designed to support high-density AI, HPC, hyperscale, neocloud, and colocation data center environments.

Sep
25
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

AI Skills vs. Human Skills—Navigating the Demographic Cliff, Headless Firms, and Synapse Workers

AI Skills can preserve and scale human expertise, but industrial enterprises must maintain mentorship, workforce development, and deterministic governance for autonomous agents.

Sep
25
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Industry Trends

Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and FIDO Alliance Validate Secure, Zero-Touch Wi-Fi Onboarding for IoT and Edge Devices

New trials show how OpenRoaming and FDO can support secure, zero-touch onboarding and redeployment of IoT and edge devices.

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