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Human-robot collaboration / cobots
In collaboration with numerous international partners, robotics experts at the Fraunhofer IFF have developed a new ISO standard that shows how contact forces and pressures on cobots will be measured in a standardized way in the future. The ISO standard has now been published.
read more...Is an industrial robot without a cage really safe? What needs to be considered in the planning phase of human-robot collaborations? And what does a gecko have to do with robotics? The latest e-paper from Robotics&AUTOMATION provides the answers.
read more...Without collision measurement and biofidelic measurement systems, it has not yet been possible to determine the maximum permissible speeds of a cobot. This is now set to change.
read more...Digital twin for process plants
A digital twin that reliably predicts the status of process systems is the aim of the TwinGuide research project. The aim is to expand the capabilities of the digital twin.
read more...At the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF in Magdeburg, the European COVR project is researching and promoting the 'safety' aspect of collaborative robotics in practice.
read more...When it comes to safety, cobots place high demands on the knowledge of their human colleagues. A digital service developed by European research institutions aims to help companies share knowledge and carry out safe cobot installations.
read more...Together with partners from industry and research, robotics experts at the Fraunhofer IFF have developed new technologies that enable mobile assistance robots to perform assembly tasks even on moving objects such as in flow production.
read more...Procedures and processes in manufacturing can be optimized through the use of machine learning. However, machine learning is still far from being a standard tool. Fraunhofer researchers have now developed a generally applicable process model.
read more...An app developed by Fraunhofer researchers allows users to look directly inside objects and displays their ingredients. This allows apples, for example, to be examined for pesticide residues.
read more...Fraunhofer project 'SmartDe's@Work'
The 'SmartDe's@Work' consortium was launched in January with the aim of using smart devices in the production environment. The project is now receiving support from the Bavarian Research Foundation.
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