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Final figures for SPS IPC Drives 2017
The 28th edition of SPS IPC Drives was "the biggest SPS IPC Drives of all time", is how trade fair organizer Mesago sums up the automation trade fair that ended on 30 November. With over 70,000 trade visitors, the trade fair even took the cake from last year.
read more...It was first presented as a study at SPS IPC Drives 2016 - the LTS transport system from Mitsubishi Electric with its "Smart Carriages". An enhanced version of the solution is now about to be launched on the market.
read more...Two years ago, Beckhoff added a self-developed visualization solution to its Twincat control technology. The next step follows at SPS IPC Drives 2017: the integration of image processing.
read more...Around 1700 exhibitors will be presenting the complete spectrum of industrial automation at the 28th SPS IPC Drives from November 28 to 30, 2017. With the reallocation of Hall 6, the focus of the exhibition will now be more on IT than ever before.
read more...Kuka is acquiring a stake in the Munich-based company Device Insight. In doing so, the Augsburg-based robot manufacturer aims to strengthen the IoT expertise of its start-up subsidiary Connyun and broaden its own portfolio in this area.
read more...Agile software development, reusable services and cross-platform apps: the introduction of service-oriented architecture has achieved great success in IT. With 'Fourzero', the Automation of Things company is adapting such architectures to the OT level.
read more...Innovative start-up wins multiple awards
Intelligent and powerful charging systems are in demand. Blue Inductive has developed a promising inductive charging technology. Its advantages: high efficiency, high system performance and a large distance between transmitter and receiver.
read more...Industrial Internet of Things - IIoT
The automation provider Kuka and Vinci Energies in Germany want to jointly develop and implement IIoT applications and digital services in the future. This is the result of a letter of intent signed by the two companies.
read more...On November 2, Yaskawa broke ground for its new robot factory in Europe in the Slovenian town of Kočevje. The first Motoman robots are to be manufactured there from 2018.
read more...At the beginning of November 2017, Sony presented the new version of its robot dog 'Aibo'. According to the electronics company, 'Aibo ERS-1000' should be able to interact better with its owner than its predecessor, which Sony took off the market over ten years ago.
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