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:
read more...First place in this year's Robotics Award went to the company Flexstructures from Kaiserslautern. It entered the competition with a smart software solution. Computer&AUTOMATION shows the three finalists of the Robotics Award.
read more...The Augsburg-based robot manufacturer Kuka has presented its fourth 'Kuka Innovation Award' at the Hannover Messe. The prize, worth 20,000 euros, honors outstanding innovations in the field of modern mechatronics.
read more...Schunk, manufacturer of gripper systems, has won the Hermes Award 2017. This was announced at the opening of the Hannover Messe 2017. The Federal Minister of Education and Research, Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka, presented the industry prize, which is endowed with 100,000 euros.
read more...Compact robots and human-robot collaboration are the trends in robotics. However, the 'new lightness' that goes hand in hand with this brings with it major challenges - including with regard to the cables and connectors used.
read more...Mobile approaches in the field of robotics make it necessary to break new ground in terms of energy supply. Contactless solutions now make it possible to transmit up to 240 watts - with an efficiency of up to 90%.
read more...The process for quality assurance of crankshaft housings at the BMW plant in Landshut was to be partially automated. The task for the system integrator was to develop a system in which humans and robots work together directly.
read more...The idea of fully automated welding of different components just-in-time in batch size 1 without the need for set-up is occupying production engineers around the globe. At Doka, an Austrian manufacturer of formwork solutions, this vision is already a reality.
read more...The grip kits from Weiss Robotics combine the industrial gripping modules from the gripping technology specialist with the systems from the Danish manufacturer Universal Robots.
read more...In collaboration with Codian Robotics, Mitsubishi Electric has expanded the 'Melfa' range of compact scara and articulated robots to include delta robots. The servo-motion technology from Mitsubishi Electric enables precise and fast movements.
read more...Part of Microsoft's Aerial Informatics and Robotics Platform is a set of tools that developers can use to test robots, drones and other autonomous vehicles and train them to deal with obstacles.
read more...The KS Pulse (Propulsion Using Linear Synchronous Energy) is a pallet-based transport system from Kuka Systems that moves the various body parts in an automated assembly line quickly and safely through the individual workstations of a system.
read more...Omron introduces the LD platform, a range of mobile industrial robots for material handling in large-scale facilities. The robots are particularly suitable for transporting goods in warehouses, distribution centers and production facilities.
read more...Festo at the Hannover Messe 2017
The engineers from Festo's Bionic Learning Network are presenting new concepts for robotics at the Hannover Messe 2017. Models from nature served as inspiration: the elephant's trunk and octopus tentacles.
read more...Creating a digital industrial platform for robotics with open source software: this is the aim of the EU research project ROSIN, which was launched at the beginning of January with a four-year term.
read more...With the involvement of the robotics community, the RobMoSys project aims to establish an open and agile software ecosystem for a wide range of applications, thereby increasing the scalability and quality of software development in robotics.
read more...Fraunhofer IOSB is the only team from Germany to have qualified for the semi-finals of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPrize. This highly remunerated international competition recognizes innovations for research into the seas and oceans.
read more...Ericsson and robot manufacturer Comau have signed a cooperation agreement. Together, they want to explore the potential of 5G technologies in the context of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing.
read more...Intel and Deutsche Messe want to demonstrate the wide range of applications for drones in companies at Cebit 2017: In the 'Intel Cebit Drone Park', visitors will be able to experience the digital value chain surrounding unmanned aerial vehicles.
read more...As part of a consortium led by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, the AGV provider DS Automotion is working on a two-year research project to release the driverless transport vehicle 'Sally' into public spaces.
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