B&R Industrial Automation: What could you do with the most powerful industrial PC and a giant multi-touch tablet?

There’s nothing wrong with the same old operator interfaces, there’s just so much more productivity possible by ruggedizing the latest innovations in mainstream computing.

B&R, a division of ABB Group

Apr 3, 2013

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First it was multi-touch panels capable of running Windows™ 8 based applications, first seen at PACK EXPO, IMTS and SPS/IPC/Drives shows last fall. Now it’s the next generation of industrial PC, with the latest Intel® processors powering them.

Here’s what Intel has to say about it.

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