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The top articles in February 2023
In addition to annual trends and new developments, the topic of security and its preservation played a key role in our most-read articles of the past month. Find out which negative headlines also made it into the ranking here.
Top 10: Ready for remote access?
IIoT is often used as a collective term for the changes in the mechanical engineering market. But what criteria must IIoT connectivity meet, especially with regard to remote access to machines?
Top 9: Electric motors in efficiency class IE5
SEW-Eurodrive expands its portfolio with motors in efficiency class IE5 for pure inverter operation.
Top 8: The digital twin in production
The Digital Twin Consortium (DTC) and the OPC Foundation have now announced a collaboration to accelerate the development and adoption of digital twin technologies.
Top 7: Negative prize 'Plagiarius' awarded in 2023
On February 3, 2023, the Plagiarius campaign awarded the dreaded negative prize 'Plagiarius' to manufacturers and retailers of particularly brazen counterfeits and fakes for the 47th time.
Top 6: The top 5 robot trends for 2023
The global stock of industrial robots has reached a new record of around 3.5 million units - the value of installations is estimated to have risen to 15.7 billion US dollars. Which five trends will shape robotics and automation in 2023?
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Top 5: First cobot from Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric has developed a collaborative robot for safe cooperation between man and machine. 'Lexium Cobot' is available in five model variants.
Top 4: USB drive as a gateway
Industrial machines and the systems connected to them are usually equipped with the omnipresent USB interface. However, this connection is not only very popular with users, but also with cyber criminals.
Top 3: "System hardly critically reflected"
The text robot ChatGPT from the US start-up OpenAI amazes with its polished dialogs and has triggered a lot of hype around the topic of artificial intelligence. However, scientists see important unanswered questions and warn of data protection loopholes and other risks.
Top 2: OT security vulnerabilities in Siemens devices
Otorio's research team has discovered two significant vulnerabilities in the Siemens Automation License Manager (ALM) component used in a variety of Siemens products including TIA, WinCC, Historian and PCS7 servers.
Top 1: Products of the year 2023
96 products in 12 categories were up for election for the "Products of the Year 2023"! Find out which products were nominated here.
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