Furthermore, 46 CFR Part 62 outlines the standards for vital system automation, which mandate that such systems must be designed to ensure safe vessel operation even under adverse conditions.

By Andrew Masuda, UCSB UC Santa Barbara professor James B. Rawlingshas been named the 2025 recipient of the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award, the nation’s top recognition for career ...

As an advanced technology, PLC technology of mechanical automation control has obvious characteristics, flexible and convenient operation and wide functions. The application of PLC technology in the ...

Dr Sean Anderson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield; He received the MEng degree in Control Systems Engineering from the ...

Following up from last month’s column [“Automatic Pumpdown Systems,” Nov. 5], author John Tomczyk discusses different types of automatic pumpdown control systems.

The findings underscore how insulating window shades, when connected to an automated control system, can dramatically reduce energy consumption in both heating and cooling seasons.

Human control over technology was a concern thousands of years ago when early humans sought to ensure safe use of fire. Later, control over horse-drawn wagons and eventually steam engines led to ...