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Autonomous gripping. While gripping processes have primarily been geared towards high productivity and process reliability to date, flexibility is also coming into focus in conjunction with the smart factory. In the future, grippers will enable flexible operations through to autonomous handling scenarios.
read more...Automation increases the quality of individual products, while at the same time increasing the demands on the plant engineers who are to develop the automated production lines. Hainzl supplied a system for synchronous motor components to cable car manufacturer Leitner.
read more...The ISW at the University of Stuttgart is researching rope robot systems, including a rope robot with an endless axis of rotation. The use of ropes as driving elements opens up new application possibilities, particularly for extended handling tasks.
read more...SVS-Vistek is expanding its range of industrial cameras with high-resolution USB3 cameras with a slim form factor. The company is introducing ten new models in the EXO camera series (exo342, exo367, exo387) with resolutions of 31, 19 and 17 megapixels, all based on the latest generation Pregius 2 CMOS sensors from Sony.
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read more...IDS is integrating the high-resolution 12 MP rolling shutter sensor IMX226 into the uEye CP camera family. The new models with GigE or USB3 interface and vision standard will be available from May 2019, according to the company.
read more...The Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology has developed a technology that makes working with large robots more intuitive. It enables robots to recognize gestures, faces and body postures.
read more...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...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?
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