IOT Tech

• Visual-Language-Action mechanisms in next-gen AI for IIoT

  The newest physical AI systems can inspect their environment, connect what they see to a goal, and adjust behaviour in response. This ability is termed Vision-Language-Action by Capgemini, who expanded on the subject in a recent blog post. VLA links perception and action in an operational loop, the company states. Visual Language Models give AI […]

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• Masjesu botnet targets smart factory floors for extortion

  Unpatched industrial IoT devices are exposing smart factory floors to commercial botnet extortion and severe operational downtime. Operational technology environments are wiring millions of smart sensors, connected actuators, and IP cameras into their infrastructure. Building a responsive IIoT requires an army of routing hardware and edge gateways to funnel that telemetry back to central servers. […]

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• How digital twins are changing industrial machine operations

  Machines on factory floors are not physical tools. Many are now connected and monitored in real time. The next step goes further: creating digital versions of those machines that can be tested and analysed without affecting the real asset. Digital twins are starting to play a larger role on factory floors. From basic tracking to […]

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• Acumatica’s 2026 R1 smartens supply chain management in industry

  Customers of Acumatica, a cloud ERP business management system, will soon benefit from the company’s latest product update, 2026 R1. Announcing its general availability, Acumatica has designed 2026 R1 to tackle an increasingly volatile supply chain environment. The first product update of 2026 gives customers full access to its AI studio, a suite of tools […]

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• Agricultural machinery achieves 81% harvest success via edge IoT

  Fusing AI with edge IoT sensors in agricultural machinery has pushed automated harvest success to 81 percent, altering industrial economics. A new robotic harvesting system created by researchers from the Osaka Metropolitan University has demonstrated the ability to evaluate the physical difficulty of picking a tomato before initiating the mechanical action. By utilising a network […]

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