VDMA publishes guidelines on AI
Artificial intelligence for SMEs

In October, VDMA Bavaria presented the guide "Artificial intelligence - potential and implementation in SMEs".
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VDMA publishes guidelines on AI

In October, VDMA Bavaria presented the guide "Artificial intelligence - potential and implementation in SMEs".

Weidmüller helps users to generate added value from their data - from data acquisition to pre-processing, communication, data analysis and business logic.
Data is the basis for digitalization and the application of artificial intelligence algorithms. It is seen as a "raw material" and therefore increasingly as a co-decisive production factor.

ABB and IBM are pooling their expertise in cybersecurity. In future, ABB process control systems will be able to connect to the IBM security platform. This will make it easier to detect digital threats.

With ROTU and PARU, the manufacturer Hofmann & Stirner Feeding Systems has combined the flexibility of a robot with the performance of a vibratory feeder. The increase in performance is possible thanks to digitalization: AI evaluates feasibility, simulation designs the sorting tools.

Trumpf has spun off two start-ups, Optimate and ScaleNC, which focus on digital solutions for sheet metal processing.

The trade media handling and SCOPE have joined forces to create INDUSTRIAL Production. The first issue of the joint magazine will be published on September 25.
Industry 4.0 in intralogistics
More and more applications and processes in intralogistics are based on the use of AI and the smart factory concept. Material handling expert Remmert summarizes the points that companies need to address on the way to the smart factory.

Ralf Winkelmann is a new member of the board of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association. The Managing Director of Fanuc Germany succeeds Helmut Schmid, formerly of Universal Robots.

Omron launches new UAS vision system with AI defect detection. The software detects small and hard-to-define defect types that could previously only be identified by manual inspections.