Common topics presented through news, product listings, feature articles, case studies and opinion, included controllers (PLCS & PACs), motors and drives, safety (machine and process), system integration (software, hardware, power supplies, components), control software (including HMI, SCADA and MES), process control, discrete control, industrial networks (fieldbus, Ethernet and wireless), sensors, robotics, I/O, and sustainable/green engineering.

The monthly online version contains several blogs that focus on a variety of topics in the world of automation and control.

One of the blogs is written by former DARPA Grand Challenge team leader Paul Grayson.

Grayson is also a strong supporter of efforts to improve STEM education in the USA and has started a 4-H technology club in his neighbourhood.

His adventures working with the next generation of engineers and scientists provide and interesting perspective and sometimes surprises which he reports in the blog.