Vector AwardAward for heavy-duty robot
Every two years, Igus presents the Vector Award at the Hannover Messe trade fair, recognizing special applications with energy chain systems. This year, the golden Vector went to Robotic Drilling Systems from Norway.
© Futura Yacht Systems
A special award was presented for an innovative ocean-going catamaran: As ocean-going catamarans always require two berths next to each other in port due to their large width and craning is also extremely cumbersome because there are hardly any facilities with a width of at least 8 m, the company Futura Yacht System has developed a variable-width ocean-going catamaran. This was awarded the Special Vector 2016. The catamaran can retract and extend the hulls and thus reach the width of 8 m...