The current boom in artificial intelligence is opening up completely new perspectives for robotics in particular. From the perspective of robot manufacturer ABB, Marc Segura outlines the opportunities for the industry in intralogistics and beyond. For him, AI is the next natural step in the development of robotics.

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31 nominees competed in five categories for the INDUSTRIAL Production Product of the Year 2024. The winners were honored on March 13, 2024.

Stratasys has announced that it will provide 3D printed materials for an upcoming lunar mission to test their performance on the lunar surface.

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Small, light, energy-efficient and quiet - that's the new T 220 turbo compressor from Boge. For example, the drive mechanism does not require any oil, making the T 220 an alternative to oil-free screw compressors.

Otec surface treatment systems minimize surface roughness parameters and make process sequences more flexible.

Indeva presents its latest products at Logimat 2024. However, Managing Director Dietmar Schlenker also looks further into the future in an interview.

At Logimat 2024, the company from Gescher-Hochmoor in Münsterland will be demonstrating the palletizing and depalletizing of KLT containers within a line.

At Exotec at LogiMAT, trade fair visitors can experience how logistics processes can be automated to optimize warehousing and order picking.

safeVisionary2 is the first 3D time-of-flight camera with Performance Level c safety certification. It enables safe three-dimensional environmental detection and won 2nd place in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the handling, assembly and production logistics category.

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The Cobot Smart Gripper CSG from Fipa is an area gripper with an internal electric vacuum pump for compressed air-free automation. It came third in the handling, assembly and production logistics category in the competition for the products of the year 2024.

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The AMF 200 extraction and filter solution, 3rd place in the Additive Manufacturing category in the Product of the Year 2024 competition, is a modular, open system for process gas cleaning in metal-based additive manufacturing (LBPF) that is cost-optimized through the use of standard components.

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The new F3300 printer from Stratasys is the winner of the Product of the Year competition in the Additive Manufacturing category. Thanks to greater precision, extended operating time and twice the performance, it aims to pave the way for more demanding areas of application in manufacturing.

The SUMO automation systems from EGS Automation - economical standard solutions for automating a wide range of processes in plastics and metalworking - took second place in the robotics category in the competition for Product of the Year 2024.

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SSI Piece Picking is a fully automated robotic solution. It enables fully automated piece picking with functions such as pick & place, object recognition and gripping point determination. It took 3rd place in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the Robotics category.

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The Supfina Planet BD is a double-face grinding machine for grinding hard-coated brake discs. The product is the winner of the 2024 Product of the Year competition in the metalworking category.

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Trumpf presents a fully automatic punch laser machine for networked production. The Trumatic 5000 enables greater productivity and part quality with reduced energy consumption. The production cell takes 2nd place in the metalworking category.

Schmalz automates sheet metal handling with the ivOS Sheet Metal Solution Kit. Companies can use it to automate the loading of machines - simply, flexibly and economically. The kit was awarded 3rd place in the metalworking category.

Cold Metal Fusion is a 3D printing process in which SLS 3D printers from Sintratec are used to produce metal components. The process took 2nd place in the Additive Manufacturing category in the competition for Products of the Year 2024.

The MOVIKIT CombiTelescope software module from SEW-Eurodrive wins in the Drive Technology and Automation category in the competition for the Products of the Year 2024. It enables motion- and time-optimized control of load handling attachments of the CombiTelescope type.

The HMIs of the MES9000 series from ADS-TEC Industrial IT are versatile industrial PCs for a modern manufacturing and production environment. The customizable terminals took 2nd place in the drive technology and automation category of the Product of the Year competition.

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