Small, specialized companies respond successfully
The coronavirus pandemic has affected German companies in very different ways. According to a Hays study, small, specialized companies in particular have been successful.
read more...read more...3D camera series Ensenso N40/N45
It can also collaborate
The Ensenso N series is a compact and robust 3D camera system that has been specially designed for 3D applications in robotics and automated series production.
read more...Karl Haeusgen elected as new President
The VDMA General Assembly has elected Munich-based family entrepreneur Karl Haeusgen as the new VDMA President for the next four years.
read more...Catch the worm early
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.
read more...Category 3 - 1st place: World first for mobile robotics
The jury of the handling award 2020 awarded first place in the electrical automation category to the world's first AGV and transport robot from French company ez-Wheel.
read more...Category 2 - 2nd place: A contribution against Corona
Freise Automation takes second place with an automatic corona test station.
read more...Category 2 - 1st place: Vision becomes seeing
Robominds presents a flexible robotic vision system based on artificial intelligence (AI) to solve pick-and-place and bin-picking applications and wins first place in the robotics category.
read more...Category 2 - 2nd place: Automation in the blink of an eye
The jury awarded one of the shared 2nd places in the robotics category to UR+ application kits from Universal Robots. These kits simplify the integration of common cobot applications and facilitate access to automation.
read more...3D printer for concrete components
Robots in construction
The start-up Aeditive has developed a process for 3D printing concrete components using robots. Kuka is researching the further automation of construction.
read more...New cleanroom version of the IRB 1100
Robot-assisted automation in cleanrooms
ABB is expanding its robot offering for cleanroom manufacturing environments that require a high degree of flexibility and performance. The new ISO 14644-1 certified cleanroom version of the IRB 1100 combines fast performance in a compact design for industries such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals, electronics, semiconductor and solar panel manufacturing.
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