Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered Podcast
1) Does the Cable Connecting Your VFD and Motor Really Matter?
In this episode, we connect with Steve Wetzel, a member of IEEE and principal applications engineer with Southwire Company, one of North America’s largest wire and cable manufacturers and the sponsor ...Show More
2) AI in Manufacturing: What’s Working, What Isn’t and Why
In this podcast episode, we’ve assembled insights from three articles recently published on automationworld.com that paint a picture of where AI is succeeding, where it’s struggling and, most importan...Show More
3) Are Smart Sensors Changing Manufacturing?
Learn how smart sensors enable predictive maintenance, AI-powered manufacturing, and revolutionary ADAR technology that’s changing industrial automation and robot safety economics with insights from E...Show More
4) Why MES Software Has Become Central to Smart Factory Operations
In this episode we explain how IT/OT convergence, the need for digital thread traceability and agentic AI have extended MES software beyond its production tracking roots and are putting it at the core...Show More
5) Will Tariffs Force a Revision of Automation Plans and Sourcing Strategies?
In this episode we’ll look at the impact of the recently imposed U.S. tariffs on industrial automation technologies, with insights from Endress+Hauser USA, Fluke Reliability, Weidmuller USA, Actemium ...Show More
6) Robot News Update
The summer of 2025 has shaped up to be very eventful for the robotics industry, with A3 reporting significant growth for both robots and cobots, key moves by well-known robotics experts, a new humanoi...Show More
7) How Are Manufacturers Addressing the Workforce Shortage with Technology?
Tim Gaus from Deloitte Consulting joins us again — this time to discuss how automation technologies, particularly those aided by AI are helping manufacturers address the industrial workforce shortage ...Show More
8) How to Use Digitization and Automation for More Efficient Panel Building
In this episode we connect with Sanu Warrier, product director for software at nVent, to get insights on Industry 4.0’s ROI for panel builders, how design to manufacturing (DTM) software differs from ...Show More
9) How Does AI Software Impact Robotics in Manufacturing?
In this episode, we connect with Kristi Martindale, chief commercial officer at Palladyne AI, to explore the use of low-code software and associated closed-loop systems to process data at the edge for...Show More
10) What Should Manufacturers Understand About the New ISO Robot Standard?
In this episode we connect with Devin Murray of Schmersal USA to learn about the new ISO 10218 robot standard, how it interacts with other parts of the ISO 10218 series of standards, how manufacturers...Show More