Ondosense has developed a sensor solution for measuring the level of liquid metal with what it claims is unprecedented precision and reliability.

The 'HS35iQ' programmable encoder with 'PulseIQ' technology from Hengstler helps users with troubleshooting and thus reduces downtimes to a minimum.

Fibox is expanding its portfolio of robust Protection Windows to protect displays, switching and operating components from dirt, moisture and unauthorized access.

SPS - Smart Production Solutions Guangzhou ended on March 6 and the organizers are satisfied: 37,264 trade visitors gathered information from almost 700 exhibitors on 40,000 m². The renaming was rated positively.

SPS - Smart Production Solutions Guangzhou came to an end on March 6 and the organizers are satisfied: 37,264 visitors gathered information from almost 700 exhibitors on 40,000 m². The renaming was rated positively.

The Application Park is one of the highlights of this year's Hannover Messe. On display will be intelligent robot systems, autonomously driving devices in use, the latest AI applications in robotics, image recognition tools and virtual platforms.

ChatGPT was the hype topic last year. This technology is expected to enter the industry in 2024. A new series of articles explores the opportunities and challenges of ChatGPT for the industry.

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How will technologies such as 5G, TSN, Industrial Control as a Service or ChatGPT influence factory automation? You can find answers to these questions, among others, in the current issue of Computer&Automation. Integrated in the current issue: the special issue Safety&Security.

Festo cooperates with German automation partners and the Industrial Digital Twin Association to promote standardization and digitalization. The first automation components from Festo receive digital images.

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The 'Microdisplays & Sensors' business unit of the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP will be integrated into the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS with retroactive effect from January 1, 2024.

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Vega opens two subsidiaries in Denmark and Sweden in spring 2024, bringing level and pressure measurement technology closer to customers.

Particularly lightweight drones with a high payload are required for photogrammetric surveying of industrial buildings and terrain topographies or as cargo drones in the logistics sector. Fraunhofer IZM has developed a special navigation unit for this purpose.

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Robots are ideally suited to complex handling and production processes. In combination with modern vision systems, they can also carry out demanding assembly operations or quality checks in the system cycle. A visit on site.

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With a major order from a neighboring customer, Stöckl Maschinen und Gerätebau in Schliersee was ready: The company ventured into robot-based welding - with a CE-capable complete cobot cell from Yaskawa.

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76% of workers in emerging economies believe that AI plays a key role in improving their relationship with work. The HP Work Relationship Index provides further insight into people's relationship with their work.

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After a long period of development work, the 'igus:bike', a bicycle made of 92% plastic with a high recycled content, goes into series production. The Dutch development partner MTRL is currently producing the first 100 units together with Igus.

The 'Ligre' brand is conquering the consumer sector with the function of grinding coffee to the exact gram, which was previously reserved for coffee machines for the catering trade. Gronbach relied on Cobot support in the test setup for quality assurance of the grinder.

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The 'RoboRiv' programmable blind rivet nut setting tool for robotic use from HS-Technik is purely electrically operated, does not require compressed air and has built-in sensors for process monitoring.

For more efficient material handling in production, Omron offers the autonomous mobile robots (AMR) 'MD-650' and 'MD-900' with an average payload of 650 and 900 kg. The AMRs operate at a maximum speed of 2.2 m/s (MD-650) and 1.8 m/s (MD-900).

The electric 2-finger grippers of the 'EH series' from Oriental Motor for the safe handling of sensitive workpieces are now available in a version with three fingers. This model enables the gripping of complex, round and cylindrical workpieces.