Centers for Mindsphere
New Mindsphere centers and more sales: Siemens used Innovation Day 2017 to provide an insight and outlook on its digitalization activities.
read more...read more...Real-time networking with 5G
14 German companies and organizations have joined forces in the 'Tacnet 4.0 - Tactile Internet' project. Together, they want to develop a standardized system for industrial communication in real time - based on 5G mobile technology.
read more...Kuka invests in IoT expertise
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...Industrial Internet of Things - IIoT
Kuka cooperates with Vinci Energies Germany
The automation provider Kuka and Vinci Energies in Germany want to jointly develop and implement IIoT applications and digital services in the future. This is the result of a letter of intent signed by the two companies.
read more...Nokia and Bosch sound out 5G mobile communications standard
At the Digital Summit in Tallinn, Estonia, Bosch and Nokia are presenting a demonstrator that combines the upcoming 5G mobile communications standard with Industry 4.0 solutions. 5G is set to increase the speed of mobile data transmission tenfold from 2019.
read more...A separate brand for artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is becoming an important topic in more and more areas of industry and life. Mitsubishi Electric is now bundling its technology activities in this area under the new "Maisart" brand.
read more...Siemens and ISA cooperate
In view of the threats to automation technology, the protection concepts for industrial plants must also be adapted. Siemens and the International Society of Automation (ISA) have therefore agreed on global cooperation in the area of cyber security.
read more...App and Edge technology for Sinumerik
For Siemens, this year's EMO is all about digitalization. At a pre-press conference, the company outlined its vision of 'Machine Tool 4.0' and the metalworking of the future.
read more...Preview of the EMO 2017
After a four-year break, the Hannover Exhibition Center will once again be dedicated to metalworking from September 18 to 23, 2017. The 'central theme' of EMO 2017 will be a digital one.
read more...DFKI professors at the head of the FFPA
The Flexible Factory Partner Alliance (FFPA), an association of major technology companies and research institutions recently founded in Japan, has appointed DFKI professors Andreas Dengel (pictured) and Hans Schotten as its leaders.
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