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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ABB now offers an IE5 ultra-premium motor for potentially explosive atmospheres. It works with 40 percent less energy loss even under the most difficult conditions - for example in potentially explosive atmospheres - and came third in the competition for the products of the year 2024 in the drive technology and automation category.

The flexible robot cell ZiMo enables a safe and cost-effective entry into process automation. The solution for small, medium and varying batch sizes is the winner in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the Robotics category.

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The KASTOsort tower is a space-saving, highly productive solution for pre-processing including sorting, which automates the sawing and storage process in 24/7 operation. The system was awarded 1st place in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the Handling, Assembly and Production Logistics category.

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Industry in Germany continues to see the maintenance and servicing of modern machines and systems as a challenge.

The failure of an industrial robot is associated with high costs. For the first time, local AI makes it possible to reliably implement predictive maintenance from the gearbox to the gripper without an expensive industrial PC and to take the collaboration, safety and intelligence of automated guided vehicles and cobots to the next evolutionary stage.

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Electric linear actuators improve ergonomics in the workplace by automating repetitive, dirty or dangerous tasks.

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ArtiMinds Robotics will be exhibiting in the Application Park at the Hannover Messe from April 22 to 26. As a leading provider of software solutions and engineering services for sensor-based robot automation, ArtiMinds will be presenting an innovative cable handling application for precise cable harness assembly at its stand.