Automatically wired
Wiring of control cabinets. The RoboSchalt project is researching a robot-assisted solution for automating individual assembly steps in the production of control cabinets - with a focus on the wiring of components.
read more...read more...New institute management at the Fraunhofer IVV
Prof. Andrea Büttner took over as Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising on November 1, 2019.
read more...Kjellberg welding technology with special equipment
At Blechexpo, Kjellberg Finsterwalde will be focusing not only on new developments but also on tried-and-tested special equipment for a wide range of welding processes aimed at improving the welding result for the user.
read more...Drive for autonomous waste robot
This year, Groschopp will be presenting an intelligent refuse robot at the SPS, whose main axis is driven by two electronically commutated low-voltage servo motors of type EGK 48-60 from the Black Panther series.
read more...Cluster for additive manufacturing in Bavaria
The Technical University of Munich (TUM), Oerlikon, GE Additive and Linde are jointly establishing a cluster for additive manufacturing with the aim of researching and developing additive manufacturing technologies at a single location.
read more...How skillful hands change gripping
The human hand is considered the benchmark when it comes to the flexibility of gripping tools. In service and assistance robotics in particular, humanoid manipulators that enable a wide range of gripping variants will be increasingly in demand in the future. The cost-effectiveness factor is also becoming increasingly important.
read more...Manage store floor via app
As part of a practical student project with the ESB Business School's Learning Factory, Becos is developing a digital store floor management system that works autonomously. Production data, environmental influences and human needs are taken into account.
read more...Rock stars of science
Can you name five Nobel Prize winners and their discoveries off the top of your head? And can you say what influence this development or discovery had, has and will have on your life?
read more...Intelligent sensor technology for processing big data
Ilmenau University of Technology is stepping up its research in order to master the growing volumes of data in the course of digitalization. The idea for intelligent sensors is to select the data required for the respective work process at an early stage and thus reduce the amount to be processed.
read more...Integrated intelligence goes into series production
With PA-infosys, IEF-Werner has developed an intelligent unit for data monitoring and communication for machines and components. With this intelligence, a timing belt axis monitors its own condition and performance and can analyze its own wear, among other things.
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