Special
Robotics&AUTOMATION 2/2021
The 'robot colleague' is establishing itself - in large companies, in SMEs, in private and public spaces. What trends are accompanying its appearance? What are the benefits of swarm robotics? How can it help to understand it as an edge component? The Robotics&Automation e-paper reveals the answer.
- Robot boom
The implementation of robots in companies is also expected to increase in Germany in the medium term. Which trends will accelerate this development? An assessment by the investment banking consultancy Cowen.(Page 2) - More intelligent in a shoal
Why do fish swim in shoals, birds fly in flocks or bees in swarms? Because they are more intelligent and efficient together. This also applies to swarm robotics - decentralized, self-organizing systems made up of individual, simply constructed agents. (page 5) - The robot as an edge device
The best automation strategies within Industry 4.0 are based on the realization that the strengths of robots come into their own when they work alongside and not in the absence of humans. It can help to see the robot as an edge component. An assessment by Ian Ferguson. (page 8)
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