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Despite the postponement of Automatica to December, Epson is already presenting its 2020 innovations in the field of robotics and industrial automation.
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Despite the postponement of Automatica to December, Epson is already presenting its 2020 innovations in the field of robotics and industrial automation.

The start-up Kimoknow, which was founded at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), has developed a technology to automatically train AI systems to recognize objects. The first use case: a digital assembly assistant for contactless collaboration between people and machines.

ERP manufacturer abas is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Founded by students in 1980, the software provider for manufacturing-related SMEs now has over 400 employees in Germany.

MVTec launches Progress Release 20.05 of the Halcon software. It offers new features and revised technologies.

Siemens Digital Industries Software has launched a new solution for capturing concepts in 2D. With the NX Sketch software tool, users can now sketch in CAD without having to define parameters, design intent and relationships in advance.

OPC UA is one of the fastest growing standards in machine-to-machine communication. UR's cobots now support the interface standard via a software solution from UR+ partner Rocketfarm.

Stemmer Imaging offers the Alvium 1800 camera series from Allied Vision, which makes the use of embedded technology powerful and flexible.
If a cable is moved thousands of times over the years, it will eventually reach the end of its service life and need to be replaced. Until now, finding the right time has been a lottery.

Cloud application from Sandvik Coromant
The cloud-based CoroPlus Machining Insights application gives users direct access to data on machine and tool utilization.

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An increasing number of variants due to customer-specific solutions or components, greater product complexity and fast delivery times are forcing machine tool users to rethink.