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Equation solver for simulations
Fraunhofer IGD has developed Ristra to accelerate and optimize design processes. The solution offers to obtain simulation results in near real time. The preliminary version of was presented at the beginning of 2018 and a further developed version is now available.
read more...Autonomous transport systems. Mobile robot platforms offer potential for optimizing production. The joint research project FORobotics looks at mobile, ad-hoc cooperating robot teams, sub-project 3 "Task-oriented planning" deals with the planning and control of networked and mobile production resources.
read more...Networking. Eckelmann is breaking new ground in the automation of material flow and production control systems with its Factoryware control system framework.
read more...Communication networks in the factory
Sensors, machines, robots, tools - everything in the factory communicates with everything else. Lapp provides the high-performance communication infrastructure. This includes cables that can be quickly assembled, robust switches and a number of other innovations.
read more...Markus Günther, product manager and machine learning expert at software company Inform, explains how artificial intelligence keeps manufacturing companies competitive in times of batch size 1.
read more...Fully automatic in-line paint inspection. When it comes to surface inspection in the automotive sector, sufficient quality assurance can only be achieved with automatic optical in-line inspection.
read more...To make electric vacuum generators, grippers or compact ejectors visible for the smart factory, they must provide digital energy and process data in real time. Schmalz integrates interfaces into its components for this purpose.
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