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Strategies for the future are one of the topics covered in the current issue of Computer&Automation. Read about the reforms that associations are demanding from politicians, the opportunities offered by technologies such as ChatGPT and SPE and the role that robots play in control cabinet assembly.
read more...Eduard B. Wagner, founder and Managing Director of Insys icom, appoints Florian Froschermeier as second Managing Director. This organizational change took effect on 1 April 2024.
read more...In large parts of the economy, new regulations trigger a Pavlovian reflex of rejection. This also applies to measures aimed at climate protection. The manufacturing industry in particular has an enormous task ahead of it in this respect.
read more...Linux-based automation systems, including PLCs, industrial PCs and IoT devices, are currently leading to the consolidation and opening up of systems. However, opening up only on a device basis is only half the battle.
read more...An evolutionary development every year, a revolutionary leap every five to seven years - this is how Beckhoff aims to secure its technological leadership. At the press conference, the company from Verl also presented some technological highlights.
read more...Phoenix Contact at the Hannover Messe
Festo will use PLCnext Technology, the open ecosystem from Phoenix Contact, in future intelligent devices. In this way, both companies want to combine their innovative strength with the aim of taking industrial automation to a new level.
read more...In future, Audi AG will operate production lines with server-based control systems. Audi intends to use Codesys technology for control virtualization - both for functional and safe controls.
read more...Four companies have set out to completely virtualize the infrastructure and control of a production plant in a development project. The first results are now available.
read more...Sensor company Sick continued its growth trajectory in the challenging 2023 financial year and increased its sales by a mid-single-digit percentage compared to the previous year.
read more...What is the current status of Single Pair Ethernet? Are LLMs suitable as intelligent assistants? What is the 'All Electric Society'? The latest issue of Computer&Automation provides answers to these questions. Plus: the winners of the 'Products of the Year 2024' readers' poll.
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