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assembly tasks that are ergonomically disadvantageous for
humans, thus relieving them of the physical burden. Experts are
intensifying this future-oriented collaboration so that workers
and robots form working units where needed. The necessary
norms and standards are currently being developed for this pur-
pose.
The latest information technology is also being consistently
applied in the Technology Plant. The tablet, and no longer just
tools, therefore represents the principal tool for service engineers
these days. A specially developed app helps the experts to rectify
technical faults as soon as possible or process orders on-site.
Besides the purely technical innovations, value is ultimately cre-
ated by people. As a result, they are urgently required in the
automation of the future. Festo employees are motivated, aware
and appropriately qualified for this: ready for the production of
tomorrow. Only by acting as a conscious community in a lively
corporate culture is Festo able to create efficient value chains and
product life cycles in future business models too – for global
competitiveness and for the benefit of its customers.
Scharnhausen Technology Plant: Shaping the future to be versatile