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Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek visited the Fraunhofer SIT in Darmstadt with Boris Rhein, Hessian Minister for Science and the Arts, to find out about the progress of the CRISP competence center.
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Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek visited the Fraunhofer SIT in Darmstadt with Boris Rhein, Hessian Minister for Science and the Arts, to find out about the progress of the CRISP competence center.
Interview with Georg Stawowy, Lapp
With Industry 4.0, the requirements for data communication in factories are growing, particularly due to real-time communication. SCOPE talks to Georg Stawowy, Director of Technology and Innovation at Lapp, about what this means for connection systems and what the future standards will be.

The it's OWL technology network is launching new projects in the fall. Companies and research institutions are developing approaches in the areas of artificial intelligence, digital platforms, digital twins and the working world of the future.

Automatica brought many new impressions in the areas of human-robot collaboration, service robotics and gripper technology, among others. But it also brought new processes for exchanging business cards.

Eplan Software & Service opened a new branch in Shanghai, China, in June.

The EU project CloudiFacturing offers small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe low-threshold access to high-performance computers with simulation software. The aim is to digitize manufacturing processes and strengthen their competitive position.

Proactive maintenance. For manufacturers, a world without planned downtimes would be the perfect utopia. Is the elimination of unplanned downtime a far-fetched dream, or is it closer than we think?

The precision tool manufacturer Mapal reports a turnover of 610 million euros for 2017, continuing its growth of recent years.

Expansion of production capacity
The maxon motor Group achieved a record result in 2017. Sales increased by 8.6% to CHF 459 million (previous year: CHF 422.5 million).

The basic seminar "Human-Robot Collaboration" at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University teaches the basics of human-robot collaboration and analyzes which robot is suitable for which application.