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2020/07/01
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Mobile robot system meets BionicSoftHand 2.0
Industrial change demands a new kind of interaction between people, machines and data. In the future, operators ...
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Industrial change demands a new kind of interaction between people, machines and data. In the future, operators and robots will work ever more closely together. This is why Festo has been working intensively on systems which, for example, can relieve people of monotonous or hazardous activities while at the same time posing no risk. Artificial intelligence plays a central role here. The BionicMobileAssistant is a prototype of a robot system that moves ...
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2020/06/25
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Gentle and reliable wafer handling
The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM combines digitalisation and pneumatics. Quickly activated Motion Apps are ...
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The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM combines digitalisation and pneumatics. Quickly activated Motion Apps are revolutionising pneumatics by increasing flexibility and energy efficiency, and accelerating production processes. This also benefits electronics manufacturing, as demonstrated by the use of the automation platform VTEM in wafer handling.
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BionicMobileAssistant 5
There is a depth camera on the inside of the wrist for visual detection of the objects.
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Using the camera images, the robot hand can detect and grip a range of objects even if these are partially covered, for example an apple obscured by leaves.
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BionicMobileAssistant 3
The SoftHand 2.0 can sense the nature of the item to be gripped and adapt its gripping force to the particular item – just as people do.
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BionicMobileAssistant 2
The information is processed by a neural network, which has been trained in advance with the aid of data augmentation.
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The robot balances on a ball, which means that the BionicMobileAssistant can move freely in all directions.
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VTEM Wafer handling
Gentle and reliable handling of wafers: the Festo Motion Terminal positions using pneumatics.
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Pipetting into microplates
The various process steps for adding different liquids to microplates are automated and linked in a very compact space.
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2021/05/21
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Global
Meeting the CO2 specifications of industrial customers and saving money
Leading industrial companies from the automotive, pharmaceutical and food industries have clear CO2 targets for ...
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Leading industrial companies from the automotive, pharmaceutical and food industries have clear CO2 targets for their products. These require machine builders to make significant energy savings in new machine generations compared with previous machines. This is precisely why Festo offers an unrivalled solution in the global compressed air system market with its energy efficiency module MSE6-C2M.