Hanover Fair 2018
Hermes Award 2018 announced
Deutsche Messe, organizer of the Hannover Messe, is once again inviting companies and institutions to apply for the 'Hermes Award 2018'. The condition: Their product or technological solution should be on show for the first time at Hannover Messe 2018.
Every year since 2004, Deutsche Messe has presented the Hermes Award to a technological innovation that has already been industrially tested and/or is in industrial application. An independent jury chaired by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster(DFKI) assesses the innovative strength of the submitted products based on their technical and economic implementation. The application deadline is February 23, 2018.
The Hermes Award is endowed with a PR package with a total value of around 100,000 euros. According to Dr. Jochen Köckler, member of the Deutsche Messe Executive Board, this industry award not only brings great attention to the winner, but also to the nominated companies: "Anyone who makes it to the nomination stage is one of the most innovative companies at Hannover Messe," says Köckler. The nominees will be presented at the opening ceremony of the trade fair on April 22, 2018 and can be seen with their product in the Research & Technology area in Hall 2 during the trade fair until April 27, 2018.
Schunk received the Hermes Award 2017 for the JL1 gripper. This is an intelligent gripper module for human-robot collaboration that interacts and communicates directly with humans. The sensors built into the JL1 register the approach of humans and enable a situation-dependent reaction without humans and robots touching each other.
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