HoloLens, mobile phones, 3D printing or smart glasses – the gadgets that captured the public imagination in the blockbuster movie “Back to the Future” over 30 years ago have now become a reality. All thanks to digitalisation. Industry 4.0 is all about automating the modern working world and helping the machine and system building sector reach new heights. Which smart products and solutions from Festo support this move into the new world?
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Digitalisation in the food and packaging industry
Traceable production processes down to individual batches will be indispensable for you. Plus, different sizes, formats and shapes are increasingly important to you – your production is becoming flexible down to batch sizes of 1.
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Festo Webinar: design faster and more efficiently!
Join us for a free webinar. We’ll be discussing topics around the digitalisation of the design engineering process on 4 July at 9am. One hour to discover two software tools that will make an engineer’s life easier.
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Visual inspections are simple to configure with the new SBRD smart camera
The new SBRD smart camera from Festo lies at the heart of an intuitive image processing system that opens up new perspectives in automation and robot technology.
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Human-robot collaboration in Industry 4.0
The role of the human being in tomorrow’s production is often discussed. What new tasks will arise? Which of these can robots take on, and how will humans and robots work together? Festo is researching answers to these questions and other practical solutions together with partners from science and industry in the ARIZ project (“Work in the Industry of the Future”).
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Festo white paper offers practical tips for Industry 4.0 implementation
Companies are beginning to appreciate and embrace the concept of industrial digitalisation and the potential it offers. However, many businesses struggle to understand how to begin the transformation. In a white paper entitled Practical tips for Industry 4.0 implementation, Festo offers some valuable advice about how to apply Industry 4.0 principles in real situations to derive maximum benefit.
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Festo pneumatic robotics get to grips with artificial intelligence
Whether it’s grabbing, holding or turning, touching, typing or pressing – we use our hands for the most diverse tasks. The human hand, with its unique combination of power, dexterity and fine motor skills, is a true miracle tool of nature. So, what could be more natural than equipping robots in collaborative workspaces with a gripper that is modelled on the human hand, and which solves various tasks by learning through artificial intelligence?
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Festo Webinar: Inspire with Industry 4.0
Ensure you're up to date with the latest Industry 4.0 news from Hannover Fair 2019. Join Festo for this live webinar on 25 April at 9am.
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