
Food and pharmaceutical industry
Hybrid cobot from Yaskawa
With the Motoman HC10DTF in IP67 protection class, Yaskawa is expanding its range of hybrid cobots with an industry-specific version for the food and pharmaceutical industries.
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Food and pharmaceutical industry
With the Motoman HC10DTF in IP67 protection class, Yaskawa is expanding its range of hybrid cobots with an industry-specific version for the food and pharmaceutical industries.

Robots in corona times, the acceptance of cobots and the further development of robotics in various environments - Andreas Mühlbauer spoke about these current topics with Dr. Klaus Kluger, General Manager of the Central and Eastern Europe regions at Omron and board member of the VDMA Robotics Association.
The Chemnitz Training and Application Center (SchAz for short) makes human-robot collaboration tangible with demonstrators. The Zimmer Group provides support with gripper technology.

Despite the crisis, the introduction of robots in German companies is progressing - in certain areas.
Safe human-robot collaboration

Collaborative robots stand for flexibility. But also for risks. This makes the topic of occupational safety important - and challenging. TÜV Süd provides information on safety concepts and standards.
In everyday life, humans and machines are often still seen as competitors. This is unnecessary; robots in industrial production can support, relieve and indirectly even protect human employees.

What has so far made the use of cobots complex are the applicable framework conditions in terms of safety and risk assessment. The start-up Coboworx has developed a template for the assessment process together with TÜV Rheinland.
MRK project from Omron and Kraus

A cobot project by Kraus Maschinenbau and Omron shows how man and machine can work together in the future. The two companies have optimized a TM12 cobot for automatic booklet feeding in medical technology.

Helmut Schmid has developed Universal Robots from start-up to market leader. He now offers consulting for start-ups with HS Auxsilium. In this interview, Schmid talks about the challenges faced by start-ups, digitalization as a potential winner of the crisis and the potential of automation in assembly.

Schmalz has developed a new gripper for automated handling: The FQE is also suitable for various tasks on collaborative robots and holds workpieces of different sizes and shapes quickly and securely.