Your automation is deployed. Your robots are running. But throughput still isn’t consistent, downtime is hard to trace, and when something goes wrong, IT, OT, and your OEM all see a different picture. The problem may not be the automation, it may be the infrastructure underneath it. Most warehouse networks were built for intermittent barcode scanner traffic, not the continuous, real-time demands of today’s robotics fleets. In this webinar, Belden’s vertical sales director Bobby Maxwell breaks down why that gap exists and what it costs operations teams every day it goes unaddressed. This session reframes how to think about the network, not as a utility that’s either “up” or “down,” but as the control layer your automated facility runs on. From industrial wireless designed for robot mobility, to OT-aware segmentation, edge data integrity, and unified visibility across IT/OT/OEM, you’ll walk away with a clear framework for diagnosing where your foundation is breaking and a prioritized path to fix it. Whether you’re scaling your first fleet or standardizing across multiple sites, this is a practical session built around the real-world challenges automated facilities face today. Key Takeaways Understand why AMRs and AGVs pause, slow, or reroute, and how industrial wireless designed for motion (not just coverage) eliminates the most common causes of mobility-related downtime Learn the three most common network failure points in automated facilities, mobility consistency, data integrity, and fragmented visibility, and the control-layer architecture that addresses all three Walk away with a maturity roadmap (Stabilize → Standardize → Optimize) to identify exactly where your facility is today and what to prioritize next to improve reliability and ROI
