Home Lauren Gibbons Paul Automation World Contributing Writer Home Hardened wearables bring help into the field Voice-controlled, hands-free wearable devices are bringing virtual and augmented reality to field service, training and other uses. Home Hardened Wearables Bring Help Into the Field Voice-controlled, hands-free wearable devices are bringing virtual and augmented reality to field service, training and other uses. Home Digital twins: a critical tool As a sidebar to Automation World's August cover story on optimizing power consumption in a plant, this article explores a key trend: creating a digital twin of production equipment fueled by real-time data to have a simulated environment in which to experiment with different control strategies for energy consumption. Home Autonomous instruments: Beyond smart controls You’ve heard of smart instruments, but in the next generation, controls will be self-directed and able to head off problems—no operator needed. One problem: Will we trust autonomous instruments?
