When it comes to networking in the context of Industry 4.0, even humans and robots are coming closer together. In terms of modern task allocation, intelligent sensors offer a helping hand to their technical contemporaries in the system and open their eyes to new ways of accomplishing tasks in an industrial environment. Robot guidance that uses 2D or 3D image processing to locate objects plays a key role in optimizing industrial production processes. The use of programmable cameras via the innovative SICK AppSpace eco-system opens up new possibilities for tailored application solutions. The flexible architecture and the programmable devices make it possible to generate data for cloud services in the context of Industry 4.0. The software sits in the sensor and can transmit information directly from it. As a result, SICK AppSpace provides users with optimum support in the areas of quality control, traceability, and predictive maintenance.
Industry 4.0 makes us mobile: Using individually adapted sensor and navigation systems, automated guided vehicle systems are able to break down production barriers and make processes much more flexible. In automated production processes, robots enable total transparency in quality control. Human-robot collaboration is increasingly facilitating difficult tasks or work which could pose a hazard to health. The robot is emerging more and more from behind its isolated protective space and is acting as a collaborator – owing to intelligent and networked safety sensors.
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