Always the right data
Data is usually provided as required for the specific application. As a result, relevant information is often missing in the subsequent process steps. A cross-domain web service can provide a remedy here.
read more...read more...What we can learn from cobots without becoming autonomous ourselves
Consistently improving collaboration can optimize a company and its entire value chain. To achieve this, however, collaboration must function better across team boundaries - especially because departments have different working methods or teams are spread across the globe.
read more...More courage, openness and experimentation
Germany may not be innovative enough to keep pace with an ever faster changing world. This is the opinion of Prof. Wilhelm Bauer. The head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO is calling on German companies to make greater efforts to innovate and to be more open and willing to collaborate.
read more...Digitally supported working environments
The Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD has presented IT solutions for digitized industry. The leading research institute for visual computing has developed intelligent data analyses, interactive simulation solutions and AR applications for the construction industry.
read more...Where the cobot guides the worker
Chuck is a mobile collaborative picking robot from US logistics start-up 6 River Systems. It guides employees through their orders within the picking zones. Artificial intelligence identifies ideal routes and prioritizes the orders.
read more...From 33 countries to the 33rd Control
With 871 exhibitors from 33 countries and 27,252 visitors, the 33rd Control was a success. Digitalized and networked QA systems, especially industrial image processing, were the focus of the world's leading trade fair for quality assurance from Schall.
read more...Clever Klaus supports assembly of the A4
The Smart Factory project at Audi in Ingolstadt is making production fit for the future. Smart Klaus" is being used in series production of the A4 in door assembly.
read more...Is touch operation still state of the art?
HMI 5.0 - wasn't a version number skipped? Not if you look at the innovations and therefore the future of the Human Machine Interface. Do we still need touchscreens at all?
read more...Innovative technologies
On June 4 and 5, 2019, the SAS Forum 2019, the largest German-speaking analytics conference, will bring together thought leaders and users of innovative technologies. Well over 1,000 participants are expected.
read more...AI should learn to deal with disruptions
Resilience is the human ability to deal with critical situations. The #Spaicer project by WZL, DFKI and TIM aims to clarify how this concept from psychology can be transferred to production using AI.
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