Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has implemented a virtual software factory that will employ Agile and DevOps approaches in efforts to help military customers field new technology faster. The company said ...

Real-time data collection and analysis is key to empowering the virtual factory. In fact, the success of most IIoT projects depend on how well an organization can collect timely data from machines and ...

Building on the foundation The foundation of a smart factory transformation is the technologies that enable connectivity: cloud, where data is collected and processed using edge computing, and 5G ...

In collaboration with European companies and research institutes, VTT has developed a cloud-based, easily customized, modular software platform for improving the sustainability performance of ...

What had previously been a theoretical testing option became a necessity during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted U.S. manufacturing as core to America’s critical infrastructure.

Early versions of the virtual factory even had gaming-style WASD keyboard navigation, but this was dropped in favor of a click-based interface akin to exploring Google Street View in a browser, so ...

In the miniature factory, it is poss- ible to rearrange the barrels. If the visitor sticks his hand in the path of the virtual forklift, the system immediately detects the obstruction.

Global Virtual Factory With production facilities around the world, global manufacturing companies face a number of key challenges. The first and most obvious of these challenges involves managing ...

On Dell Island's factory floor, residents are able to sit at drawing boards and configure their own Dell machines, much like visitors to Dell's Web site can do. After configuring a PC that works ...

Lithuanians badly want Tesla Motors to build its next giant factory on their soil, so to grab the attention of the California tech company, they built a virtual version of a facility inside the ...