The Hannover Messe opens its doors to international visitors on April 17. Politicians also use the trade fair to gain an overview of the trends in the industry.

Artificial intelligence is raising hopes of a new golden age of information. However, many people also fear that AI will harm the world. Two recent studies show that AI applications will at least have a major impact on the world of work.

We present: The winners of the "Products of the Year 2023" readers' poll! Which products and solutions impressed our readers! All categories, products and the people behind them at a glance.

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Voice control, smart glasses and safe HMI were convincing in the 'Operating & monitoring' category.

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They enable robots to see, recognize and distinguish objects and help AGVs to maneuver safely through industrial environments - vision systems. The winners in the 'Image Processing' category.

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You can't see them, but they are necessary for the operation of every application: electromechanical components. We present the winners in the electromechanics category.

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The Raspberry Pi has arrived in the world of automation, as the results of this year's reader poll show. Another criterion: the openness offered by Linux. The winners of the 'Embedded Computing & IPC' category.

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In the drive technology category, the winners impressed with their energy efficiency, integrated torque sensor and safety functions, among other things.

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The winning products in the 'Taxes & Rules' category do away with habits and thus offer users completely new possibilities.

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Secure, limitless and forward-looking - this is how the award-winning products in the 'Communication & Networking' category can be described. The winners at a glance.

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Robotics is regarded as one of the key technologies for coping with demographic change. Cobots in particular are predestined for human-robot collaboration. But cobots are nothing without the right gripper, as the winners in the 'Robotics' category show.

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The winners in the Safety & Security category demonstrate the broad spectrum of functional safety: from risk assessment to emergency stop switches.

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Software has become indispensable in the world of automation. Numerous functions are mapped in apps and software code. The winners in the 'Software & IT' category show what is important: Openness, flexibility and consistency.

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Whether it's heat, pressure or flow, measurement technology allows the system operator to keep an eye on everything. The winning products in the 'Measurement technology' category show which measuring principles can help with this.

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They capture the "gold" of our time, data, and thus enable data-based functionalities such as predictive maintenance, process optimization and condition monitoring: sensors. Here are the winners in the 'Sensors' category.

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According to Microsoft, the Microsoft Supply Chain Platform helps companies maximize their investment in data along the entire supply chain through an open approach.

e.bootis-ERPII from e.bootis is an ERP solution with a focus on warehousing, which, according to the provider, can supplement or in many cases completely replace classic warehouse management systems (WMS).

In 2022, the Basler Group achieved sales growth of 27 % in a very dynamic market environment and thus set a new sales record.

The Coscom ECO system for the machining industry with its central database platform supports all production-relevant data in a common knowledge source.

The most-read articles in March are characterized by technical innovations in digitalization, practical application examples and tips on HMI as well as award winners in the field of embedded solutions. Also included for the second time: brazen plagiarism and counterfeiting...

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