
Four tips for successful automation
Some SMEs are reluctant to introduce automation solutions because they perceive them as complicated, expensive and time-consuming. Peter Lange from Omron gives four tips to help simplify automation.
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Some SMEs are reluctant to introduce automation solutions because they perceive them as complicated, expensive and time-consuming. Peter Lange from Omron gives four tips to help simplify automation.

For more efficient material handling in production, Omron offers the autonomous mobile robots (AMR) 'MD-650' and 'MD-900' with an average payload of 650 and 900 kg. The AMRs operate at a maximum speed of 2.2 m/s (MD-650) and 1.8 m/s (MD-900).

Omron Robotics and Safety Technologies and Lowpad BV have entered into a strategic partnership to complement Omron's mobile robots with Lowpad's flat solutions.
The four pillars of the smart factory - digitalization, intralogistics, IT-OT integration and industry ecosystems - will determine the automotive production of the future. What matters now when it comes to 'environmental mobility'.

Omron's V410-H family of handheld barcode readers comprises three models - XD, SR and HC.

With the i4L Scara series, Omron is launching a compact robot designed for light scara applications.
Manufacturers in the automotive industry are striving to meet the demand for electric vehicles and reduce fuel consumption through lighter vehicles by favoring aluminum over iron.
An extremely ambitious project with mobile industrial robots in Scandinavia is currently underway at the Vola factories, manufacturers of bathroom and kitchen fittings. Here, a fleet of robots from Omron works side by side with human colleagues.
Wilfried Eberhardt, Chief Marketing Officer and member of the Supervisory Board at Kuka in Augsburg, has been elected Chairman of the Executive Board of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association for three years.

Industrial automation specialist Omron Electronics has expanded the role of Dr. Klaus Kluger, who is now General Manager of the Central and Eastern Europe regions.