An app to determine automation potentials and robots that can be programmed for demanding assembly tasks with just a few clicks: These topics are presented by the Fraunhofer IPA at the Motek trade fair in Stuttgart. The exhibits can be found there from October 7th to 10th in Hall 7 at Stand 7128.

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Five international research teams are developing a robot for cancer treatments of the future. Although it comprises dozens of components, joints and parts with varied material characteristics, this robot can be printed using a 3D-printer in a single-step process.

All that is required is a single clic…

On 19 and 20 November, Cleanzone – the international trade fair for contamination control and cleanroom technology – will be bringing manufacturers and users together in Frankfurt am Main. As the event draws closer, Josef Ortner from Ortner Reinraumtechnik, who is also a member of the Cleanzone stra…

More and more companies are recognizing the potentials that cognitive robots and machine learning methods offer in various business areas.
What these technologies already achieve today and what challenges still exist will be shown at the conference "Smart Machines in Use – Artificial Intelligence in…

It appears to be a new law of nature: anything that can be digitalised, will be. Including in cleanroom production facilities. On 19 and 20 November 2019 in Frankfurt am Main, the Cleanzone trade fair will demonstrate how this can be put into practice in individual companies.

Digital technologies off…

One of the focal points of this year's Cleanzone is the design, planning and construction of modern production facilities in which contamination – be it micro-organisms, particulate or molecular contamination – is rigorously controlled.

Numerous companies from the field of plant engineering will be a…

Digitalization, flexible production, and the switch to electric drive: The automotive industry is facing the biggest change in its over 130-year history. How to manage the upcoming transformations will be demonstrated at the 1st Stuttgart Conference on the Future of Automotive Production on Septembe…

The automotive industry is facing a crisis: the electric motor is replacing the internal combustion engine, computers are increasingly taking over control, and car-sharing is becoming trendy. Additionally, Industry 4.0 introduces a completely new strategy into factories. Significant efforts are need…

The exhibition space is fully booked

The lounges in Vienna have become an attractive event for exhibitors. Over 60 companies present innovative products and services. Here is an excerpt from the list of companies:

ABC Allgemeine Bau Chemie GmbH, bc-technology GmbH, BLOCK Technical AG, Briem Steuerungs…

What, if robots could smell? Sniffing explosives at the airport, diagnosing diseases based on a patient’s breath, locating gas leaks and much more? As part of its lighthouse topic “Biological Transformation“, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart is n…