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The Augsburg-based robot manufacturer Kuka has presented its fourth 'Kuka Innovation Award' at the Hannover Messe. The prize, worth 20,000 euros, honors outstanding innovations in the field of modern mechatronics.
read more...The process for quality assurance of crankshaft housings at the BMW plant in Landshut was to be partially automated. The task for the system integrator was to develop a system in which humans and robots work together directly.
read more...Amazon Web Services (AWS) will be represented at Hannover Messe for the first time this year. With its cloud, Amazon wants to support the manufacturing industry in its digital transformation - and is underpinning this with numerous showcases.
read more...Around 180 visitors attended the VDI's 5th Industry 4.0 symposium in Düsseldorf at the end of January. In addition to all the technology, social aspects of the emerging industrial revolution were also on the agenda.
read more...Last year, the Chinese Midea Group acquired over 95% of Kuka shares. The Augsburg-based company has now published its first figures following the takeover - for the fourth quarter and for 2016 as a whole.
read more...Walter Zulauf, Director of Technology at the Güdel Group (pictured center), was elected as the new Chairman at the EUnited Robotics General Assembly in Brussels. He will steer the fortunes of the association for the next three years.
read more...With Time Sensitive Networks - TSN for short - a new standard in industrial communication technology is on the horizon. Over 160 experts attended the 'Industrial Ethernet TSN' congress in September 2016 to find out about the status quo of the emerging real-time standard.
read more...Human-robot cooperation and collaboration - HRC for short - is considered one of the main pillars of Industry 4.0. But how market-ready are such concepts today? Dr. Bernd Liepert, Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) at Kuka, gives his opinion.
read more...In earthquakes like the recent one in Italy, every minute counts for rescue workers. However, they often lack the right equipment to safely enter damaged buildings, for example. Engineers at TU Kaiserslautern have now developed two robots to support helpers.
read more...Handling and assembly technology
What does Motek 2016 have to offer in terms of new products from the fields of material flow, handling technology and industrial handling? Computer&AUTOMATION shows a selection of products from over 900 exhibitors in a series of pictures.
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