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Successful tests: mobile communications support driver assistance systems. Bosch, Vodafone and Huawei are the first companies to test Cellular-V2X live with ACC functions in Europe.
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Successful tests: mobile communications support driver assistance systems. Bosch, Vodafone and Huawei are the first companies to test Cellular-V2X live with ACC functions in Europe.
Hybrid cables are increasingly being used in automation. All cables for power, signals and data for servo drives are combined in one sheath.

With the model 639A91, PCB Piezotronics offers a compact, triaxial measuring accelerometer in industrial design.

With Intellipick 3D, a new generation of sensors with a range of additional functions follows on from the Shapescan 3D robot vision product series. The new product family is designed to ensure uninterrupted supply to the production line.

Deutsche Telekom is expanding its Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem and opening a Telekom IoT Innovation Space at the IBM Watson IoT Center in Munich. Deutsche Telekom and IBM are jointly developing solutions for IoT and artificial intelligence (AI).

The multifunctional gripper from Roteg is equipped with numerous sensors and enables multifunctional handling of different packages. The palletized goods consist of differently shaped containers and require differentiated handling technology.

The Hungarian company Optoforce has announced its entry into the German market and would like to give industrial robots in German-speaking countries a sense of touch with its HEX-70-XE six-axis force/torque sensor.
Fully automatic reach into the box. With Intellipick 3D, a new generation of sensors with a range of additional functions follows on from the Shapescan 3D robot vision product series.

Versatile plant automation. Whether pick and place or joining operations, speed or precision - Epson's Scara and six-axis robots can be used to implement a wide range of applications in plant automation.

These trends will change the manufacturing industry in 2018: the Internet of Things and 3D printing are coming of age, while services are increasingly becoming a revenue driver. According to IFS, these three developments will shape the manufacturing industry in 2018...