Video: Hannover Messe 2017
Robotics is back
Hannover Messe 2017 provided impressive proof of this: Robotics plays a key role in Industry 4.0 - especially when it comes to direct or fenceless collaboration between humans and robots. The highlights in 8 short videos:
Fanuc: Robots learn from robots
Fanuc's Field system enables robots to learn from robots. Ralf Winkelmann, General Manager Sales at Fanuc, explained how the deep learning platform works at the Hannover Messe 2017.
Omron: The collaborative robot as tutor
At the Omron stand at Hannover Messe 2017, Lucian Dold, General Manager Product & Channel EMEA Region at Omron, showed us that Forpheus, the table tennis-playing robot, is much more than just an eye-catcher and how mobile robots are already being used collaboratively on factory floors.
Rethink Robotics: Robots with camera system and intelligent use of force
Sawyer is the name of Rethink Robotics' smart robot for human-robot collaboration. At Hannover Messe 2017, Darius Wilke, Senior Manager European Business Development at Rethink Robotics, told us about the robot's features.
Bosch turns the robot into a colleague
Wolfgang Pomrehn, Product Manager APAS Assistance Systems at Bosch, explained to us at Hannover Messe 2017 exactly what the workplace in a human-robot collaboration looks like and how it works.
Franka Emika: "Robots for everyone"
Franka Emika is the name of the collaborative robot presented by the Munich-based company of the same name at Hannover Messe 2017. We spoke to CEO Simon Haddadin about current and future fields of application for the "robot for everyone".
Pilz: Cobots with a safety guarantee
Michael Weinmann, Customer Support Robotic Safety at Pilz, spoke to us at the Hannover Messe 2017 about the HRC application from Pilz and demonstrated the new PROBms collision measurement device.
Universal Robots: Cobots in action
Helmut Schmid, Managing Director & General Manager Western Europe at Universal Robots, showed us what collaborative robotics currently looks like using four market examples at the Universal Robots stand at Hannover Messe 2017.
From photo to puzzle - Kuka's smart production demo
At Hannover Messe 2017, Kuka showcased a complete smart production process with batch size 1. We learned from Heinrich Munz, Lead Architect Industry 4.0 at Kuka, how a puzzle is created from a digital photo in fifteen minutes.
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