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If you’re searching for clear, no-hype training on industrial automation products, you’ve in the right place. InterConnecting Automation prides itself with technical instruction delivered in a clear and concise method. Founder and instructor, Doug Bell provides tutorials that cover time-saving suggestions and advanced programming techniques, as well as showing programming examples that are common on simple automation controls. He offer courses…
1st Annual FIRST Robotics 3D Printing Contest Winners
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1st Annual FIRST Robotics 3D Printing Contest Winners

Sponsored by AutomationDirect.com Congratulations to the winners of the first annual robotics 3D Printing Contest sponsored by AutomationDirect.com The Judges loved the attention to detail and were amazed at the effort put into making many of the mechanisms fully articulated! Some even added the electrical panel, CIM motors and batteries! Very cool. As promised we…
The FIRST Robotics Competition 2018 Digital Animation Award
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The FIRST Robotics Competition 2018 Digital Animation Award

Sponsored by This award celebrates the art of digital animation and its close relationship to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics). The award is offered to help encourage students to cultivate skills in design and creation of animation including, but not limited to, storytelling, creativity, use of computer software, and an understanding of different techniques…
BRX PLCs – Fortified with American Pride
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BRX PLCs – Fortified with American Pride

What does “Made in the U.S.A.” mean to you? With so many consumer products – iPhones, laptops, toys, clothes, etc. – coming from overseas, does “Made in the U.S.A.” mean anything anymore? Well, companies like HOST Engineering sure think it does. Understanding that manufacturing products in the U.S. is far more than just an advertising…
VR Simulation of the 2018 FIRST Robotics Power Up Game Field
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VR Simulation of the 2018 FIRST Robotics Power Up Game Field

Sponsored by: We got a lot of requests for the source files for the VR Simulation we posted. AutomationDirect is a big supporter of open source projects – Did you know the FRC Game animation was created by an open source program called “Blender?”  That’s what we use for all of our animation work here…
BRX PLC Story is the Most-Read Article on Control Design in 2017
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BRX PLC Story is the Most-Read Article on Control Design in 2017

According to Control Design’s e-newsletter of 1/5/18, the most-read article published in their magazine in 2017 was “Arduino vs. PLC for Industrial Control”. This August 2017 cover story pitted an Arduino microcontroller against an AutomationDirect Do-more BRX PLC and asked the question, “Can a $20 micro-controller equal a PLC for a real-world industrial control application?”….
VR Power-Up Field Tour - FIRST Robotics Competition
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VR Power-Up Field Tour - FIRST Robotics Competition

That right … strap on your HTC VIVE or OCULUS RIFT and go play around on the POWER UP field. The lead animator from the recent FRC Game animations (Stronghold, Steamworks and Power-Up) also programs virtual reality games in his spare time. So, he took the assets from the FRC Power-Up Game Animation and dropped…
Scale Model of the POWER UP Field - 3D Printable
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Scale Model of the POWER UP Field - 3D Printable

3D Printable, 1:20th Scale Model of the POWER UP Field AutomationDirect’s animation team converted the animation models into 3D printable models for you to play with.  This is the “playing field” for the FIRST Robotics Challenge (FRC) game for 2018.  For more info about FIRST and the 2018 game: “POWER UP” – please visit the…