Plant automation has historically been the responsibility of the control system engineer—you know, the instrumentation guy, the DCS guy, the PLC and HMI guy. Interfaces were straightforward with ...

Simulation of process control can ensure productive automation projects. But how much effort should be allocated to ...

Certification programs like those offered by Cisco and Juniper Networks can help network engineers document their proficiency in network automation. Modern networks require more dynamic changes than ...

UL’s Dr Eoin Hinchy talks about the past, present and future of industrial automation, and how trends such as AI and mechatronics are making their mark. In order to understand just how far industrial ...

Automation takes mechanization one step further. While mechanization replaces manual labor with machines, automation replaces human guidance with controls hardware, computers, and programming (PCs, ...

The financial situation of the average automation engineer got a nice boost in 2018. As the salary of the average automation professional rose for the fifth consecutive year, our salary survey found ...

CEBU, Philippines — When CEOs from major companies in the US and other parts of the world are talking about this new job, it’s not a coincidence, it’s a career trend. The Automation Engineer seems to ...

After five years of consistent growth, automation and control engineers in the U.S. reported sluggish growth for the year as the decade nears its end. The Automation ...

Traditional job scheduling relied heavily on time-based execution, with cron jobs and hourly synchronisation being common in ...