Since about 2015, when Don Bartusiak, the then chief engineer at ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, publicly advocated for the development of a new, standards-based, open—yet secure—process control ...

When we talk about process automation, we are talking about industries that cannot, or will rarely ever, turn their factories off. In industries such as oil and gas, pulp and paper or pharmaceuticals, ...

Robot technology is often associated with dangerous, dirty or dull work. Robotic process automation (RPA) takes that concept into the digital world. As a software tool, RPA sets out to free human ...

AI buzz is everywhere. Take a look at how you can begin to prepare for the future of process-control AI by following these ...

The importance of improving cybersecurity for manufacturing and computer control systems only recently has been widely recognized and, as a result, has not been addressed by many chemical companies.

The movement involves building an open, interoperable automation ecosystem that allows customers to make their systems flexible and resilient.

Computer Science Professor Robert Korenic received a $100,000 grant that will fund the purchase of new programmable logic ...

When complex, computerized control systems encounter a malfunction in any part of the process they control, the whole operation often grinds to a halt while the problem is diagnosed and fixed. New ...

When it comes to process-control systems, reliability is crucial and failure can be costly or dangerous. A combination of good design practices, component selection, and testing can enhance ...