Takeover of B&R completed
B&R now acts as ABB's global center for machine and factory automation: The sale of B&R to ABB is legally effective following the approval of the competition authorities on July 6, 2017.
read more...read more...Yaskawa continues to invest in Europe
The Japanese group Yaskawa is investing again in Europe: a total of 10,000 m² of production and office space is to be built in France and Sweden.
read more...Smart approaches for laboratory automation
How can time be saved in everyday laboratory work? Can the essential documentation of process steps be automated? What are the benefits of 'mixed reality' in the laboratory? There are interesting developments for these cases at Fraunhofer IPA.
read more...Openness - a life task!
Heinrich Munz, Lead Architect Industry 4.0 at Kuka, was named Manager of the Year 2017 in the Industry 4.0 category by Markt &Technik in May. He has been campaigning for 'mainstream use' in automation and a corresponding 'openness' for over 30 years.
read more...Functional safety in the 'smart' factory
Industry 4.0 is driven by the vision that systems should adapt quickly and dynamically to the requirements of changing production. This places completely new demands on functional safety.
read more...Innovative robotics solutions for industry
The current research project 'European Robotics Challenge' (EuRoC) has now selected six winning teams with their ideas for robotics applications. The final development stage is now imminent. Computer&AUTOMATION presents the innovative robotics solutions.
read more...Innovations from the Control & Drives division
Control & Drives - i.e. controllers and intelligent drives - are the core components of automation technology. Computer&AUTOMATION shows an excerpt of current products from these areas in a picture gallery.
read more...Focus on human-robot cooperation
The countdown is on: The second 'Human Robot Forum' and accompanying exhibition will take place in Stuttgart on October 23 and 24. There is still time to take part.
read more...Young researchers selected
The winners of the 2017 national final of Jugend forscht have been announced: at the end of May, Federal Education Minister Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka presented awards to the best young researchers. Computer&AUTOMATION presents the national winners in computer science and technology, including special prize winners.
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Martin Ruskowski succeeds Detlef Zühlke
On June 1, Dr. Martin Ruskowski will take over from Dr. Detlef Zühlke as head of the "Innovative Factory Systems" research department at DFKI in Kaiserslautern and the former Chair of Production Automation (PAK) at TU Kaiserslautern.
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