News about control technology
What's happening in the field of control systems and motion control? Computer&AUTOMATION has summarized current products from the field of control technology in a picture gallery.
read more...read more...PLC becomes robot controller
With the 'Unival drive' real-time interface, machine manufacturers have been able to easily integrate robots into their own motion controllers for some time now.
read more...RoboCup World Championship 2018
Germany is the soccer world champion!
If not in Russia, then in Canada: robots from German universities recently beat the international competition in soccer at the RoboCup World Cup. But the robotics competition in Montréal was not just about soccer. A look back.
read more...More than 5,000 robots sold for the first time
Fanuc Germany closed the past financial year with record sales. Both the "General Industry" division and the "Automotive" activities contributed to this.
read more...Robotics - a record-breaking industry
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.
read more...Mechanical engineering creates 32,000 new jobs
Despite bottlenecks in the labor market, the VDMA recorded around 32,000 more employees in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in Germany in April 2018 than in the previous year. According to the association, the increase will not be enough to meet production requirements.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
Industrial robot sales increase by 29% worldwide
Global sales of industrial robots reached a record 380,550 units in 2017. China recorded the highest growth in demand for industrial robots with an increase of 58%. In the USA, sales rose by 6% and in Germany by 8% compared to the previous year.
read more...Keba achieves record sales
On its 50th anniversary, the Linz-based automation specialist Keba achieved the highest turnover in its history at EUR 254 million. Looking at the past five years, the average annual growth is 11%.
read more...Micromotors in use with diving robots
Deep-sea diving robots have to function reliably up to 10,000 meters below sea level and withstand enormous pressures - a particular challenge for the drive technology used, among other things.
read more...Control in dynamic environments - via the cloud
Adaptable production is a prerequisite for modern Industry 4.0 applications. Rigid installations such as conveyor belts or automated guided vehicles (AGVs) that follow guidelines on the floor no longer meet this requirement.
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