Strategic partnership between Isra Vision and Perceptron
Atlas Copco acquires the technology company Perceptron. The company is thus further expanding its "Machine Vision Solutions" business area.
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Atlas Copco acquires the technology company Perceptron. The company is thus further expanding its "Machine Vision Solutions" business area.

Cooling and temperature control units are designed to cool or control the temperature of sensitive instruments and production steps - but they themselves generate waste heat that is distributed throughout the building. With the robust cooling and temperature control units from the HRS200 series, SMC presents a solution for this.

The new "Deutsche Robotik Verband e.V. " is intended to promote the spread of robotics in small and medium-sized companies.
Security Development Lifecycle
In order to develop a product with few vulnerabilities, a process for a secure lifecycle (security development lifecycle) should be used. The IEC 62443-4-1 standard describes such a process for automation systems. The process is made up of eight elements.
For the processing of tubes in the automotive sector, a machine was to be developed that is suitable for different diameters as well as for a wide range of variants and batch sizes - starting with a quantity of one.

The automation of business processes will continue to advance in 2021. Systems based on machine learning and artificial intelligence will play an increasingly important role here.
The healthcare sector has never been in the spotlight as much as it is now. The latest robotic solutions help to support specialist staff and make a contribution when it comes to optimizing quality, capacity utilization and operating costs.
Automated services and the increasing servitization of business models in intralogistics require a multi-layered flow of data and information between all players involved. Suitable digital images are required for this digital data flow.

At Formnext Connect, Trumpf presented new solutions for speed, automation and new materials in 3D printing.

Stäubli is starting the new year with a new CEO. Gerald Vogt, previously responsible for the global business in the Robotics division, will take over as CEO on January 1 from Rolf Strebel, who is retiring.