Impulse
Synergies
Humanoid robots:
Intelligent
and fast learners.
Ready-to-install handling gantry
ensures maximum dynamic response
and rigidity during wheel checks.
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Cover story
When things start to think
Experts believe that intelligent
machines are the next big thing in
science and technology. Today’s
prototypes are laying the founda-
tions for the production of the
future.
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Further related articles
(
R)Evolution 4.0
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Movement by the power
of thought
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Power to the East
China is taking the big leap into the
high-tech age. The automation and
automotive industries in particular are
benefitting from the emergence of China
as a key market.
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Alloy wheels, through to X-ray!
A fully automatic testing facility is helping
alloy wheels get into gear before they
even hit the road. The high throughput
rates are achieved thanks to a ready-to-
install handling gantry.
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A grip on healthcare
In a Copenhagen hospital, the world’s first
fully automated, sterile warehouse for
surgical instruments is making savings
amounting to ten man-years.
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Water for the Cape Whale Coast
The holiday resort of Hermanus on
South Africa’s Cape Whale Coast has a
problem. It is located in an area where
drinking water is scarce. Pneumatic
automation technology comes to the
rescue at the Preekstoel water treatment
plant.
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trends in automation
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