Results of the "World Robotics 2014 - Industrial Robots" study (6 Images)
Results of the "World Robotics 2014 - Industrial Robots" study
Power supplies for the mid-range market (6 Images)
Puls is expanding its product range to include DIND rail power supplies for cost-oriented users.
This was the Kuka Innovation Award 2014 (8 Images)
As part of Automatica 2014, the leading international trade fair for robotics and automation, Kuka selected the winners of the first 'Kuka Innovation Award' competition.
Product innovations from the HMI sector (20 Images)
What is the optimum operating unit for industrial users? What is happening on the market? Computer&AUTOMATION has summarized a selection of new products from the field of human-machine interfaces in a series of pictures.
Innovations at the Motek 2014 (16 Images)
Computer&AUTOMATION presents a selection of the new products that will be on show at Motek 2014 in a series of pictures.
The new ABB strategy in facts and figures (8 Images)
ABB is aiming for an annual increase in sales of 4 to 7 percent by 2020. Group CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer showed how at the beginning of September 2014.
Smart ring at the IFA 2014 (5 Images)
Fitness bracelets and smart watches are a thing of the past - now comes the SmartRing. The Bluetooth finger ring from Mota provides information about incoming text messages, emails, social media news and calls.
Barrier-free in the smart home (4 Images)
Operating an entire house from a wheelchair - at this year's International Consumer Electronics Fair (IFA), Fraunhofer IOSB and two industry partners are presenting a vision of the future of barrier-free living.
iCan 2014 - Award-winning microsystems from German teams (4 Images)
German student teams took first, second and third place in the international microsystems technology competition iCan. What ideas did the students come up with to beat the international competition?
Bitkom on cybercrime in Germany (11 Images)
Police investigations and studies point to a large dark field in the area of cybercrime. A recent Bitkom survey in August 2014 reveals the methods used by hackers to exploit private users and companies.
Product innovations from the safety sector (16 Images)
Functional safety is the be-all and end-all in mechanical and plant engineering. Computer&AUTOAMTION has compiled new products from this area in a picture gallery.
Techconsult study on the IT skills situation (9 Images)
IT departments in companies are complaining about a shortage of skilled workers. Is this due to a lack of personnel on the labor market? Or do companies not want to invest money in expanding their own staff? A recent study provides the answers.
The innovations of NI Week 2014 (6 Images)
Over 3,500 technicians and engineers made the pilgrimage to Austin for NI Week from August 5 to 7. The most important topic at the 20th National Instruments developer conference was big data and its impact on the industry.
The technology behind the origami robot (5 Images)
A robot that unfolds and sets itself in motion has been developed by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in collaboration with Harvard University. The scientists used the Far Eastern art of paper folding as a model, Ori
Impressions from Formula Student Germany 2014 (34 Images)
At the end of July and beginning of August, 115 racing cars designed by young engineers brought the asphalt at the Hockenheimring to the boil: The race track was the venue for the Formula Student Germany international design competition.
The M2M market up to 2017 in figures (8 Images)
The use of machine-to-machine (M2M) communication in industry is increasing rapidly - this is the result of a recent survey conducted by Vodafone among 600 companies from 14 countries.
Siemens' 3rd quarter 2014 in figures (6 Images)
On July 31, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser announced the figures for the third quarter of fiscal year 2014.
Hays Engineering Index in the 2nd quarter of 2014 (3 Images)
According to a study by recruiting specialist Hays, the job market for engineers remained stable overall in the second quarter. However, not all specialists are equally in demand. At the top of the list are hardware-related software developers.
Impressions from the RoboCup World Championship 2014 (16 Images)
After the German national team, it was up to the autonomous, humanoid robots to demonstrate their soccer skills at the World Cup in Brazil.
ABB's 2nd quarter 2014 in detail (4 Images)
ABB's second quarter of 2014 was characterized by order growth of 14% compared to the same quarter of the previous year and stable sales.