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Industrial Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning - terms that could be seen everywhere at the trade fair. Rahman Jamal, Global Technology and Marketing Director at National Instruments, discusses the upcoming challenges posed by these trending topics.
read more...Kuka is acquiring a stake in the Munich-based company Device Insight. In doing so, the Augsburg-based robot manufacturer aims to strengthen the IoT expertise of its start-up subsidiary Connyun and broaden its own portfolio in this area.
read more...The 'SemAnz40' project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics, aims to create a semantic basis for the exchange of information in Industry 4.0 scenarios. The project results from the last one and a half years will be presented at SPS IPC Drives 2017.
read more...TeamViewer is already established for the remote support of computers. Together with the telecommunications provider Vodafone, TeamViewer now also wants to make remote maintenance and repair of machines possible.
read more...The communications group Vodafone networks 60 million devices - so far mostly in the German economy. Now it is expanding its portfolio to include IoT solutions for private customers: With 'V by Vodafone', private items and pets can be easily connected at a fixed price.
read more...Similar to the automotive industry, industrial automation also requires more and more bus bandwidth. In addition, the cloud is becoming increasingly important in terms of communication. How does the CAN protocol, which has long been established in both industries, take this into account?
read more...Smart factories promise operators a high degree of flexibility - for example through the use of driverless transport systems or mobile robot solutions. The automation of these subsystems in turn requires extremely compact control and drive concepts.
read more...The interoperability of devices within a TSN network was one of the hotly debated topics at the TSN/A Conference in Stuttgart at the end of September. Todd Walter and Steve Zuponcic explain the plans to ensure interoperability in industrial applications.
read more...How big? How much power? How robust? Which housing? The requirements for IoT systems are extremely varied. By designing individual embedded applications, devices can be created that are perfectly tailored to the application.
read more...Remaining competitive requires the ability to adapt quickly to market changes. The 'Maturity Index' is designed to help companies determine their own level of Industry 4.0 maturity and, based on this, identify the necessary fields of action.
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