Automatica brought many new impressions in the areas of human-robot collaboration, service robotics and gripper technology, among others. But it also brought new processes for exchanging business cards.

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... dear readers, we are shaping the future with everything we do and fail to do today. Every day we hear and read countless times that the future will be digital, networked, intelligent, innovative and smart.

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... your neck is tense - who hasn't experienced this after a long working day or even a long working week. Ergonomics at the workplace is extremely important.

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They vacuum, mow the lawn or show us the way to the product we are looking for in a retail store - we are talking about service robots. We may personally appreciate the benefits of a robot vacuum cleaner, for example, but one recently drove a 16-year-old to flee in the middle of the night.

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... that's what went through my mind last month when I was walking through the crowded aisles of Logimat. Visitors streamed through the halls, mobile transportation systems darted between people.

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SCOPE has a new design and is sharpening its editorial profile! We also look beyond the horizon and show you which technologies from the world of IT and electronics can be useful to you in the digital transformation of your production.

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... dear readers, is what awaits us in Hanover from April 23 to 27. According to the organizers, the trade fair will be a "global hotspot for Industry 4.0".

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Suppliers to the mechanical engineering industry - this is a broad field to which we devote this special issue. And an equally indispensable one. After all, according to the VDMA, the mechanical engineering sector employs well over 1.3 million people in Germany.

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It will soon be that time again: the Hannover Messe is coming up. For many companies, it is one of the most important trade fairs of the year - preparations have long been in full swing. And Hannover always has surprises in store for us visitors.

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Hardly any production is conceivable without hydraulics or compressed air. Whether suction or compression, conveying or distribution - nothing works without pumps and compressors.

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...dear readers, is a much-discussed topic these days. Let's remember the Advent season, for example, when the Christmas markets were protected by huge concrete bollards.

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It feels like winter is now over and the trade fair season has long since begun. In this issue of SCOPE, we are paying special attention to Control, which takes place in Stuttgart from April 24 to 27. Quality is one of the decisive criteria for asserting oneself in the industry - especially in global competition.

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... dear readers, we will experience this year's Logimat, which the organizer Euroexpo will send across the Stuttgart trade fair stage from 13 to 15 March 2018.

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When I travel by train, I'm always happy to see hard-working people sitting next to me. Lost in thought, they are working on spreadsheets, writing minutes or checking emails. Yes, I'm curious, and no, I'm not interested in this data at all. So there's no danger from me.

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Do you fall for the feeling of new beginnings every year? At the end of the year, you try to complete a lot of things or - surprised by the sudden turn of the year - even start things that you had planned at the beginning of the year.

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