
The UN of automation
What role will the Ethernet standard TSN play in the future activities of the OPC Foundation? The OPC Foundation provided answers to this question at a press conference at SPS IPC Drives.
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What role will the Ethernet standard TSN play in the future activities of the OPC Foundation? The OPC Foundation provided answers to this question at a press conference at SPS IPC Drives.

Dr. Till Reuter, CEO of Kuka AG for almost ten years, will be leaving the Augsburg-based robot manufacturer early in December. Peter Mohnen takes on the role of interim CEO, Andreas Pabst that of interim CFO.

How quickly and with what consistency is the real-time Ethernet standard TSN being adopted? The TSN/A Conference on September 26 and 27, 2018 explored this question. Over 500 experts learned about the status quo - a review in pictures.

The European Robotics Week (ERW) 2018 kicked off on November 16. This year's opening took place in Augsburg. The series of events, which will be held throughout Europe until November 25, aims to communicate robotics to the general public.
The Augsburg-based Kuka Group has announced its figures for the third quarter of 2018: Sales increased, but incoming orders declined. In view of the current business development, the previous forecasts for the year as a whole have been revised downwards.

Assembly and handling technology
What is currently happening on the market in the fields of material flow, handling technology and industrial handling? Computer&AUTOMATION has summarized an excerpt of what exhibitors are showing at Motek 2018 in Stuttgart in a picture gallery.
The International Federation of Robotics Associations (IFR) recently presented the 'IERA 2018' robot award. With this award, the association recognizes outstanding achievements by companies and inventors in the fields of robotics and automation. This year, the award goes to three winners.

Human-robot collaboration, digital transformation in manufacturing and service robotics - these were the key topics at Automatica 2018. Computer&AUTOMATION has captured impressions and important news from the trade fair in a photo gallery.

Robotics is a key cornerstone of flexible manufacturing concepts on the way to Industry 4.0. Our video review shows what was on show at Hannover Messe 2018 in this regard.

Kuka has chosen an outstanding concept in the field of human-machine collaboration: The 'CoAware' team convinced the jury with its demonstration in the fields of dynamic human modeling, image processing and interaction control for robots.