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The top articles in April
Flexibility and modularity play a role in the most-read articles in April - be it in industrial 5G applications, robot programming and control or the app store for industry. Read for yourself!
Top 10: ACIA now supports four testbeds
The 5G Alliance ACIA has now pledged its support for a total of four testbeds dedicated to industrial 5G use cases.
Top 9: Goodbye lines of code!
Fuzzy Logic Robotics announces the first version of the Fuzzy Studio software platform for the Hannover Messe 2021 - a product designed to make robots more flexible in production.
Top 8: Innovations from the home office
High investments in digitalization, logistics and remote consulting increased Igus' online sales by 30% in 2020 and mitigated the decline in sales to 4.8%.
Top 7: "AI is an evolutionary process"
Beckhoff has integrated machine learning into its TwinCAT 3 controllers and gained experience. In this interview, Dr. Fabian Bause, Product Manager Twin-CAT, explains how machine learning can be used profitably.
Top 6: Kuka relies on Ecosystem
Intuitive, fast and powerful - this is how Kuka describes its future operating system iiQKA.OS. It is intended to greatly simplify the use of robots and serve as the basis for an entire ecosystem.
Top 5: Schaeffler reports double-digit decline in sales
Schaeffler suffered a double-digit decline in sales in the 2020 financial year. However, the company is more optimistic for 2021.
Top 4: An app store for the industry
Hilscher is currently developing an app store. The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance has now awarded this development project the "Open Industry 4.0 Alliance Community" label for the first time. What is behind it?
Top 3: The e-paper of issue 3/2021
Read our latest issue 3 now as an e-paper. Find out about the latest news, trends and developments in the automation industry. This month, you can also look forward to the first Robotics&AUTOMATION special of the year.
Top 2: The hovering shuttles!
At SPS 2018, Beckhoff presented a transport system based on magnetically levitating shuttles. B&R is now following suit and wants to set the pace with this technology. Markus Sandhöfner, head of B&R Germany, explains the details of the system in a video interview.
Top 1: This is what winners look like!
In 2020, we presented over 500 products and systems across all our channels. From this pool, we selected 96 products in twelve categories and put them to the vote. Over 6100 readers responded to our call and cast almost 50,000 votes.
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