Robotics in Automation

The current issue of our dossier Robotics deals with various aspects of automated handling and assembly. The range spans from the planning of human-robot workplaces and construction kits for low-cost robots to key components. Here is a small selection:

• Important helpers in production - the integration of lightweight robots into the machine and what design engineers have to take into account in doing so
• Safety according to plan - researchers are working on new tools and methods for planning safe human-robot workplaces
• Modular system for industrial service robotics - new service robotics modules for flexible robot applications in industrial environments
• Drill 250,000 holes in no time - a specially developed robot accelerates the laying of cables and wires in a tunnel
• Energy supply systems firmly under control - a modular holder system ensures dynamic energy supply for various robot types