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19-05-2023

Colleague robot takes things up a notch

How can a robot better assess its environment thanks to "extra eyes" and thus maintain more speed in its path? A team of researchers at Fraunhofer IWU found an answer. More

https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/colleague-robot-takes-things-up-a-notch-3376308.html

20-04-2023

Fraunhofer IPK continues successful cooperation in Brazil

The Fraunhofer IPK Project Office at the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) in São José dos Campos strengthens application-oriented research and development for the Brazilian manufacturing industry. More

https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/fraunhofer-ipk-continues-successful-cooperation-in-brazil-3357731.html

11-04-2023

New rhythm for Automatica

Just one year after returning from its forced break, Automatica - leading trade fair for intelligent automation and robotics - will be held again from June 27 to 30, 2023. More

https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/new-rhythm-for-automatica-3357650.html

05-04-2023

Intuitive machine control through speech recognition

Voice control of machines in production was previously considered error-prone and was therefore hardly used. Now Fraunhofer IDMT has developed a solution that allows reliable control of machines with voice commands. More

https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/intuitive-machine-control-through-speech-recognition-3357734.html

31-05-2022

PaintExpo 2022 - Exhibitors and visitors satisfied all round

Around 430 exhibitors from 27 countries presented innovations in industrial painting technology to 9180 trade visitors from 57 countries at Paintexpo from 26 to 29 April 2022. More

https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/paintexpo-2022-exhibitors-and-visitors-satisfied-all-round-3183507.html

27-04-2021

Unique product identification in production and logistics processes

A new, universally applicable system is to enable the unique identification of products, semi-finished products and raw materials in production and logistics processes in the future. More

https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/unique-product-identification-in-production-and-logistics-processes-2879839.html

20-10-2020

Audi brings "overspray-free painting" into series production

Up to now, contrast coatings have been elaborately realised by masking, sanding and a second coating pass. Audi AG is the first car manufacturer to bring overspray-free painting into series production and can apply two different colours in the same paint pass. More

https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/audi-brings-overspray-free-painting-into-series-production-2673357.html

16-10-2020

Dürr is a pioneering partner for the Industrial Cloud of AWS

With its IIoT software applications, the Dürr Group is one of the pioneering partners of the new Industrial Cloud from Volkswagen and Amazon Web Services (AWS) and will initially provide two smart applications of its DXQ software family in the car manufacturer's open industrial platform. More

https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/duerr-is-a-pioneering-partner-for-the-industrial-cloud-of-aws-2673345.html

30-09-2019

Robot system for energy-efficient ultrasonic deburring

A highlight at the Weber Ultrasonics booth will be a robotic system for ultrasonic deburring. It was developed in cooperation with Fraunhofer IPA, LPW Reinigungssysteme and Hemo as part of a project funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU). More

https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/product-news/robot-system-for-energy-efficient-ultrasonic-deburring-2467300.html

30-09-2019

Intelligent robot for deburring, grinding and polishing work

Joke Technology has developed an intelligent robot for deburring, grinding and light polishing. The highlight here is that it is a complete concept that derives the work steps and the appropriate design from the desired result. More

https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/intelligent-robot-for-deburring-grinding-and-polishing-work-2467245.html