Application Days - tips and trends for users
The Application Days start on September 22. Bundled into themed days, you can take part in free web seminars, roundtables and keynotes on topics such as safety & security, IoT platforms and robotics.
Articles and background information on the topic
The Application Days start on September 22. Bundled into themed days, you can take part in free web seminars, roundtables and keynotes on topics such as safety & security, IoT platforms and robotics.

With issue 9, we have given ourselves a design upgrade. In terms of content, we remain true to our claim: to present the trends and technologies of the automation industry. Issue 9 features interviews with seven industry experts.

Including Focus Edge & Cloud Control
"Open source is the key to the urgently needed innovation leap towards digitalization and decarbonization of the economy and society," says financial expert Thomas Rappold. Read about open source for Industry 4.0 and other topics in the new e-paper.
The question of what role artificial intelligence already plays in predictive maintenance was of great interest in the most-read articles in August. And last but not least, the question: What are Google and Tesla planning in terms of robots?

Specific application examples for predictive maintenance are key topics in this issue. You can also read a summary of ten years of Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence as an aid to condition monitoring and how load peaks can be reduced using Plug&Play.

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.
Time is a defining topic of the most-read articles in July: from a look back at ten years of Industry 4.0 and a snapshot of drive technology to future technologies and effective time management - July had it all.

followed up! With Prof. Rahman Jamal
The future-oriented Industry 4.0 project was officially launched at Hannover Messe 2011. What has already been achieved after ten years? What should the next important steps be? Prof. Rahman Jamal has witnessed the entire development and sums it up.

Ethernet gets a real-time extension with TSN - and even a new transmission medium with 5G! What impact will these technologies have on industry, the automotive sector and the audio-video-consumer world? The TSN/A Conference on September 29-30 will focus on these key questions.

The impact of AI on the safety of humans and machines in production, initial details of a classification scheme for AI in safety applications and how a strategy for OT security in networked environments and more are the topics of the SAFETY & SECURITY e-paper.