National Instruments has been a player in measurement automation since the 1970s. With today’s announcement of NI VirtualBench, NI is now also aiming squarely at manual lab bench users. This product ...

Autonomy, by contrast, is about decision‑making and adaptation. The leap from automation to autonomy is not just more actuators; it is a system that can perceive its environment, reason about options, ...

In the laboratory, it is important that all the right tools and equipment are present if a research study or set of experiments is to be carried out correctly. Choosing the correct equipment can be ...

When two approaches to the same problem exist in a market, they are bound to compete at some level. For PXI and bench instruments, that competition began in the area of automated testing, where PXI’s ...

I just made a major improvement in my lab bench by removing the instrument shelf. When I was a Silicon Valley consultant, I had a complete lab with a high-speed bench, fab area, and temperature ...

Technology trends can greatly increase the capabilities of the laboratory. Innovative technology and methods allow laboratory technicians and scientists to work more efficiently and accurately than ...