The number of industrial robots operating in factories worldwide reached a record five million units in 2025, according to the World Robotics 2026 Report from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). The global...

Article by Bob Buttermore, Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Rockwell Automation For decades, decisions about manufacturing location were heavily influenced by labour availability and labour costs. While those considerations remain...

Article by Steven Fong, Corporate Vice President, APJ Embedded Business AMD Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase—one that extends beyond digital productivity into the physical world. For the past several years, AI has...

Manufacturing teams could use expanded artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to automate repetitive tasks and connect product data across the lifecycle, according to Autodesk. The company outlined the developments at Autodesk University 2026, highlighting...

Engineers Australia has called on the Federal Government to place engineering and technical expertise at the centre of Australia’s approach to artificial intelligence (AI), arguing that the country’s AI ambitions will require...

Wurth Australia is investing in automated order fulfilment at its Yatala, Queensland and Keysborough, Victoria distribution facilities through a new partnership with supply chain automation provider Dematic. The solution will use Dematic’s AutoStore...

The Hashgraph Group (THG), science and technology company Merck and PwC Germany have developed a cocoa traceability solution that combines physical product authentication, blockchain-based records and enterprise process design. In a media release,...

Supply chain automation company Dematic has argued that Australia’s productivity challenge extends beyond office-based work, with manufacturing, logistics and other industries handling physical goods facing opportunities to improve productivity through warehouse automation. The...