Dematic automates small parts warehouse at Siemens plant
Dematic has automated the warehouse at the Siemens plant for combination technology in Chemnitz (Siemens WKC).
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The manufacturer SEW-Eurodrive has expanded its Maxolution system.
read more...The sustainable lighting of industrial companies - implications for founders, entrepreneurs and co.
Many entrepreneurs ignore the many positive effects of efficient lighting and may lose money as a result. We explain why this is the case and what options exist for modernizing light sources in industry without investing huge sums of money.
read more...Automation with autonomous robots
ABB acquires Asti Mobile Robotics Group
ABB has announced the acquisition of Asti Mobile Robotics Group, a manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots (AMR).
read more...Making the supply chain more resilient
Two unexpected events have shown many companies the vulnerability of their production logistics: the corona crisis and the blockade of shipping traffic in the Suez Canal. Both made it clear that companies need to move away from Excel solutions and individual subsystems and towards an integrated and standardized planning system.
read more...UWB sensor enables profitable IoT applications
Kinexon makes connectivity and precise indoor localization of industrial assets ready for the mass market.
read more...New AI methods for picking robots
Better gripping with intelligent picking robots
Festo is conducting research in the FLAIROP project together with KIT and partners from Canada to make picking robots more intelligent using distributed AI methods. To this end, they are investigating how training data from several stations, several plants or even companies can be used without participants having to disclose sensitive company data.
read more...People and the digital factory
"All employees are valuable"
Humans and digitalization - symbiosis or potential for conflict? Andreas Mühlbauer spoke about this with Tobias Adlon, Senior Engineer and Head of the Factory Planning Department at the WZL at RWTH Aachen University.
read more...5G technology for Ford Valencia
A collaborative project is putting three use cases into industrial practice: autonomous AGV fleet management, intelligent AGV processes and VR for controlling self-driving vehicles.
read more...Taken on the hook
MiR launches the MiR250 Hook for automated material transport with trailers.
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