Helmo is stuck
Mobile robot assistants are often discussed, but they are rarely seen in practice. Stäubli Electrical Connectors is already using them successfully and is impressed by the flexibility that the assistants bring to assembly.
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Mobile robot assistants are often discussed, but they are rarely seen in practice. Stäubli Electrical Connectors is already using them successfully and is impressed by the flexibility that the assistants bring to assembly.

Tobias Hoche completes management team
Hima Paul Hildebrandt has appointed Tobias Hoche as its new Chief Financial Officer with effect from September 1, 2018. He succeeds Reinhard Seibold and completes the company's management team.

Weiss Kunststoffverarbeitung has developed a robot cell using "on-board resources" in which the operator and the robot share the complex assembly of a miniaturized safety valve.
In addition to the new Motomini small robot, the expanded GP robot series and Easy Teaching for collaborative operation, Yaskawa will also be focusing on a high-precision path control function at Motek.

A rosy future is predicted for human-robot collaboration. No wonder, as cobots relieve humans of all kinds of work. Kuka is also developing lightweight robots for HRC.
A rosy future is predicted for human-robot collaboration. No wonder, as cobots relieve humans of all kinds of work. Kuka is also developing lightweight robots for HRC. The latest member: LBR iisy.

The Allen-Bradley Guardshield 450L safety light curtain system from Rockwell now uses transceiver technology to protect robotic cells or other hazardous applications.
Robotics for the smart factory

With this, the company shows how automation and handling tasks can be solved efficiently in a modular production system thanks to distributed intelligence.

Data networks in factories must be fast, real-time capable and standardized, demands Oliver Riedel, Professor at the ISW at the University of Stuttgart. But there is still some homework to be done before then. As a manufacturer of cables, Lapp is prepared for the changes.