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El Capitan addicted Big Wall Climber, ex-Wingsuit BASE jumper. Author of 10 books and founder of SuperTopo, OutdoorGearLab, ASCA, The Lake Trail, Sierra Camino
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Large-World Models & Software-Defined Automation: A Schneider Exec's Look at the Future

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By Chris McNamara
| Automation World Verified
The booth looked like Oz, all shimmering green and towering, populated by uniformed experts from Schneider Electric exhibiting their new solutions and talking trends. Schneider is a staple here at the annual Automate show, a global leader in all things automation, and last week in Chicago we sat down with their Andre Marino, senior vice president of industrial automation, to discuss software-defined automation, physical AI and the evolution of large language models large world models.
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Big Show, Bigger Ideas: Thoughts from Automate 2026

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By Chris McNamara
| Automation World Verified
Wow, this show is big. And the size of this week's Automate 2026 show in Chicago—with endless aisles of exhibitors and slickly produced presentations and 50,000 attendees and enough robotic arms whirling through the air in the exhibitor halls to make you feel like you’re at a cheerleader convention—is an indication of how big industrial automation really is. “It wasn’t long ago automation felt like the future,” boomed the voiceover as the kickoff keynote presentation got underway.
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More Skilled, More Ubiquitous & More Safe: Automating Robot Safety

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By Chris McNamara
| Automation World Verified
As robots continue to work alongside humans in industrial environments, they are becoming safer coworkers, which is good for both types of laborers and the enterprises that employ them. Here we chat with Jenny Shern, general manager of NexCOBOT, to learn more. AW: How is robotic safety changing in the industrial space?
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