🔧 Industrial Instrumentation Weekly Digest
Week of: May 4, 2026 – May 11, 2026
Your weekly update on pressure measurement, industrial IoT, and process automation news.
📅 May 10, 2026
- Smart Manufacturing Week 2026: Automation, AI, and Robotics Showcase at NEC Birmingham
📝 Smart Manufacturing Week 2026 returns to the NEC in Birmingham on 3–4 June, bringing together manufacturing and engineering…
📰 Source: Automation News - AI breakthrough improves sim-to-real transfer for industrial robots in cutting and assembly tasks
📝 A new artificial intelligence-based robotics training method could significantly improve how industrial robots are prepared for real-world tasks…
📰 Source: Automation News
📅 May 9, 2026
- Digital twins in real-time control
📝 Digital twins are moving beyond simulation to play a more active role in automated manufacturing, improving uptime, throughput…
📰 Source: Automation News
📅 May 8, 2026
- Made Smarter launches practical AI toolkit to help manufacturers cut through complexity
📝 A new guide from Made Smarter is helping manufacturers cut through the noise around artificial intelligence and focus on what actually works on the factory floor. AI Adoption in Manufacturing: A Pract
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Molex completes acquisition of Teramount Ltd
📝 Molex has completed the acquisition of Teramount Ltd., an Israel based developer of detachable fibre to chip connectivity…
📰 Source: Automation News - Q5D and KYOCERA AVX expand three-year collaboration with custom IDC
📝 Q5D Technologies (Q5D announced the latest phase of a three year collaboration to enable fully automated wire harness…
📰 Source: Automation News - Leuze highlights seven steps to ensure safe and seamless site inspections in automation
📝 What if your next site inspection were scheduled for tomorrow? Any system operators who feel nervous about this prospect should take a critical look at their internal processes. The good news is that,
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Is your enclosure solution built to stand out?
📝 Entries are now open for the Enclosure Product of the Year category at the 2026 Instrumentation & Electronics Awards, with companies across the instrumentation and electronics sectors being encouraged
📰 Source: Instrumentation - STMicroelectronics’ 3-axis IIS3DWBG1 vibration sensor saves space, energy, and bill of materials
📝 Combining sensing for three axes in a single digital device, STMicroelectronics’ IIS3DWBG1 wide-bandwidth vibration sensor simplifies design and cuts bill-of-materials costs in industrial and automoti
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Analog Devices launches A²B 2.0 to revolutionise next‑deneration in‑vehicle audio experience
📝 Analog Devices, Inc. has announced that it’s A²B 2.0 (Automotive Audio Bus) is now fully released to production. As the next evolution of ADI’s A²B technology, A²B 2.0 is designed to help automotive O
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Chip Industry Week In Review
📝 New Taiwan adv. packaging site; M&A activity; GF’s CPO solution; Apple looks beyond TSMC; EU chip companies map; strong earnings; MIT’s new lidar chip; gallium production; AI inferencing at sea; quant
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Renishaw Achieves Strongest Ever Q3 Performance on Global Manufacturing Demand
📝 Renishaw has reported record revenue for the first nine months of its 2025/26 financial year, driven by strong global demand from semiconductor, electronics, aerospace and defence customers. The globa
📰 Source: Metrology News - Verisurf Partnership Strengthens West Coast Access to Data-Driven CMM Inspection Solutions
📝 Accurate CMM Services has announced a strategic partnership to become a West Coast USA distributor for Verisurf CMM Software. The announcement strengthens a distribution channel for the Verisurf Softw
📰 Source: Metrology News - 3D Infotech Announces 40 Percent Metrology Automation Revenue Growth
📝 3D Infotech, Inc., a supplier of automated metrology solutions, has announced a 40% year-over-year revenue increase for fiscal year 2025. This growth was driven by strong demand from automotive and ae
📰 Source: Metrology News - Publisher Correction: Lifetime of the singly charged <sup>229</sup>Th nuclear isomer
📰 Source: Nature
📅 May 7, 2026
- Nuclear fusion, AI, and connectivity: Three forces shaping the industry of the future
📝 From fusion power plants to modular robotics and fully digitalized value chains: The Hannover Messe has shown how AI is reconnecting industry – from the factory floor to the cloud, and into orbit. Why
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Smart Manufacturing Week 2026
📝 Smart Manufacturing Week is the UK’s fastest-growing festival of advanced manufacturing and engineering, bringing the entire industry together…
📰 Source: Automation News - IFS Loops launches Agent Studio
📝 IFS, the leading provider of Industrial AI software, has announced strong and accelerating momentum for its agentic Digital Workers together with the launch of IFS Loops Agent Studio. The power of Ind
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Put your connector innovation in the spotlight at the 2026 I&E Awards
📝 The search is on for the standout connectivity solutions shaping the future of industry, as entries open for the Connectors & Cables Product of the Year category at the 2026 Instrumentation & Electron
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Delta XD expands ZEISS partnership with #HandsOnMetrology agreement
📝 Delta XD Limited has further strengthened its partnership with ZEISS, announcing its appointment as an official #HandsOnMetrology partner for the UK and Ireland. Building on its 2025 appointment as a
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Flir introduces new Extech and Flir test & measurement tools
📝 Flir, a Teledyne Technologies brand, a global leader in intelligent sensing solutions, today announced the launch of a new lineup of Extech moisture meters, the Extech BR95 Video Borescope with modula
📰 Source: Instrumentation - The Emergence Of Electronics Digital Twins For Software-Defined Vehicles
📝 Why it’s no longer sufficient to simulate a physical vehicle or subsystem.
The post The Emergence Of Electronics Digital Twins For Software-Defined Vehicles appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Securing Chiplet-Based Platforms: Distributed Trust With Centralized Authority
📝 A security model where every chiplet can prove identity, boot correctly, and communicate securely without becoming the weak link.
The post Securing Chiplet-Based Platforms: Distributed Trust With Cent
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Powering AI At Scale: Why 3D-ICs Demand A New Approach To Power Integrity
📝 Connectivity density and power delivery complexity have made power integrity one of the most critical constraints in modern system design.
The post Powering AI At Scale: Why 3D-ICs Demand A New Approa
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - How OCP S.O.L.I.D. Completes The Data Center Security Picture
📝 A framework that establishes concrete device-specific security requirements upfront and verifies them at the end.
The post How OCP S.O.L.I.D. Completes The Data Center Security Picture appeared first
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Building AI Without Guardrails
📝 The semiconductor ecosystem is wrestling with fragmented standards, IP exposure, and the urgent need for runtime assurance.
The post Building AI Without Guardrails appeared first on Semiconductor Engi
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - 2.5D + 3D = “3.5D”!
📝 Balancing performance, manufacturability, cost, and thermal efficiency in ways neither traditional planar designs nor purely vertical stacks can.
The post 2.5D + 3D = “3.5D”! appeared first on Semicon
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - What Is Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) In Data Centers?
📝 A common metric overlooks the energy wasted by inefficient server AC/DC power conversion.
The post What Is Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) In Data Centers? appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Beyond the Clinic: A Blueprint For Developing Reliable, Edge AI-Enabled Medical Devices
📝 Developing AI-guided, patient-operated home ultrasound probes that can produce a reliable medical image.
The post Beyond the Clinic: A Blueprint For Developing Reliable, Edge AI-Enabled Medical Device
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Humanoid Touch And Voice Are Improving Rapidly
📝 General-purpose humanoid robots need all their senses to function equally well; vision and movement are the farthest along, but others are catching up.
The post Humanoid Touch And Voice Are Improving
📰 Source: SemiEngineering
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🕒 Published on: 5/11/2026, 2:06:04 AM
