FEATURE Industrial AI


COULD BEARINGS BE THE BACKBONE OF AI?


Here, Chris Johnson, managing director of bearing specialist SMB Bearings, argues that the road to the smart factory doesn’t run solely through algorithms. It also depends on the bearings that keep production moving and supply AI with the data it needs to perform


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24 January 2026 | Automation


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            


  


COULD BEARINGS BE THE BACKBONE OF AI?


    


     


     


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