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Fraunhofer IOSB is the only team from Germany to have qualified for the semi-finals of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPrize. This highly remunerated international competition recognizes innovations for research into the seas and oceans.
read more...Ericsson and robot manufacturer Comau have signed a cooperation agreement. Together, they want to explore the potential of 5G technologies in the context of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing.
read more...Increasingly automated production processes cannot do without robot applications sooner or later. The robots work together with the worker at different levels of proximity. A challenge for safe sensor technology.
read more...Last year, the Chinese Midea Group acquired over 95% of Kuka shares. The Augsburg-based company has now published its first figures following the takeover - for the fourth quarter and for 2016 as a whole.
read more...With 'Mixed Reality Production 4.0', DFKI researchers and the BMBF will be presenting new, cross-location forms of human-robot collaboration (HRC) for cross-location production at this year's Cebit.
read more...Audi is working on a new production concept to get to grips with the rapidly increasing number of vehicle variants in car manufacturing: moving away from assembly line production towards modular assembly. Mobile solutions play a key role here.
read more...ABB - 4th quarter and full year 2016
The ABB Group has announced its figures for the 2016 financial year: Although growth in order intake and sales was recorded in the final quarter, the annual balance sheet shows a minus for both key figures.
read more...Machine-to-machine communication
As part of the VDMA Info Day 'Industry 4.0 Standards in Application', the VDMA Robotics Department and the OPC Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop an OPC UA Robotics Companion Specification.
read more...On January 1, 2017, Christoph Laeis took over the position of Managing Director at Indat Robotics in Ginsheim-Gustavsburg near Mainz. He succeeds Klaus Scholl and Willi Fröhlich, who founded the company in 1994.
read more...The Asian economic region relies on industrial robots: in just five years, the number of operational units rose by 70% to 887,400 (2010 - 2015). In the 2015 financial year alone, sales figures climbed by 19% to 160,600 units.
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