Tag: Industry 4.0

To remain competitive, the EU needs to support industries in the digital transformation

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The European Court of Auditors is conducting an audit of EU support and funding for digitising industry and boosting digital innovation in Europe. The auditors will examine whether the European Commission provides effective support to Member States for digitisation of their industries, and helps start-ups and small- and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in their efforts to Read more about To remain competitive, the EU needs to support industries in the digital transformation[…]

Smart Service World – Internet-based Services for Business

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The Glass@Service joint project was launched in March 2016, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) as part of the “Smart Service Welt – Internetbasierte Dienste für die Wirtschaft” (Smart Service World – Internet-based Services for Business) technology competition. The goal of the project is to establish interactive personalized visualization Read more about Smart Service World – Internet-based Services for Business[…]

Shopping well-fitting clothes online with the intelligent 3D human modelling technology

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Shopping well-fitting clothes online or making bespoke garments can be done more easily with the intelligent 3D human modelling technology developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), which digitally reconstructs the shape and size of a person accurately from two full body photographs within 5-10 seconds. With online shopping gaining popularity, this PolyU innovation, Read more about Shopping well-fitting clothes online with the intelligent 3D human modelling technology[…]

Virtual product development and production of all types of electrified vehicles and components

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Specific Challenge: Significant advances in digitization offer new opportunities for the automotive industry in terms of virtual product development and production, reducing the time-to-market of all types of electrified vehicles at lower costs. The increasing hybridisation and electrifications (i.e. multi-energy powertrains including for instance, BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs on the same platform) leads to significant Read more about Virtual product development and production of all types of electrified vehicles and components[…]

Access to space

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Specific Challenge: Access to space is an indispensable element of the entire value chain of space and has been recognised as an area of strategic importance towards the direction of Europe’s non-dependence. Access to space is a matter of security of supply, industry capability and technology readiness and a sine qua non condition of the modern space knowledge-based Read more about Access to space[…]

Digital Manufacturing Platforms for Connected Smart Factories

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Specific Challenge: Digital manufacturing platforms play an increasing role in dealing with competitive pressures and incorporating new technologies, applications and services. Advances are needed in digital manufacturing platforms that integrate different technologies, make data from the shop floor and the supply network easily accessible, and allow for complementary applications. The challenge is to fully exploit Read more about Digital Manufacturing Platforms for Connected Smart Factories[…]

Space hubs (support to start-ups)

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Specific Challenge: The challenge is to increase the number of initiatives for start-ups, scale-ups and entrepreneurs in the space downstream and upstream sectors (such as Incubators, Accelerators, Hackathons or AppCamps), provide solutions to accelerate the growth of space scale-ups and the commercialisation of their products, engage small and medium enterprises in space innovation, especially those Read more about Space hubs (support to start-ups)[…]

Global Collaborative Robots Market

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Industry Insights The global collaborative robots (co-robots or cobots) market size was valued at USD 112.2 million in 2015 owing to their higher return on investment and low price and are considered to be the major factors for driving the market growth over the forecast period. The low price of co-robots has attracted the small Read more about Global Collaborative Robots Market[…]

Flexible proximity sensor creates smart surfaces

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Fraunhofer IPA has developed a proximity sensor made from silicone and carbon nanotubes (CNT) which detects objects and determines their position. The materials and printing process used mean that the sensor is extremely flexible, economical and can be used for large surfaces. Industry and research partners can use and further develop this innovation straight away. Read more about Flexible proximity sensor creates smart surfaces[…]

New Self-Driving Vision Guided Vehicle for Materials Handling

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Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, today expanded the company’s suite of automated solutions with the announcement of the GP8 Series 6 self-driving pallet truck. Further enhancing the Seegrid Smart Platform, which combines flexible and reliable infrastructure-free vision guided vehicles with fleet management and enterprise intelligence data, the GP8 Series 6 offers fully Read more about New Self-Driving Vision Guided Vehicle for Materials Handling[…]

RFID systems accelerate Industry 4.0 processes

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The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS has developed a Multibeam Antenna that can be integrated into existing systems and improve their reliability. Fraunhofer IIS is offering companies the chance to test the antenna in individual use case scenarios as pilot users, starting in August 2017. RFID technology does not require any contact to detect Read more about RFID systems accelerate Industry 4.0 processes[…]

Mobile control with facial gestures

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Mobile devices play an increasingly important role in our lives; in some situations, though, they cannot be adequately managed and even accepting a call is a real challenge. In a study, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD in Rostock, Germany have evaluated which alternative control concepts are suitable to supplement the Read more about Mobile control with facial gestures[…]