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ABB Robotics has opened a training and exhibition center in Madrid dedicated to its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) product line. The center houses training facilities and exhibition areas to introduce this technology to customers, partners and employees.

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New technological developments lead the most-read articles in March. Motors that redefine energy saving, a plastic wheel that discovers the road, a new Ecolabel and, last but not least, the arrival of ChatGPT in the industry. Read for yourself.

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The Head of the Robotics Division at ABB, Marc Segura, outlines three main drivers for robot-assisted AI solutions in 2024, with an increased focus on the crucial role of AI.

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ABB has been working with the Swiss startup Sevensense since 2021 and has now acquired the startup. With this acquisition, ABB is continuing to pursue its vision of supporting people with AI-supported mobile robotics.

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ABB's IRB 390 FlexPacker delta robot, designed for picking and packing, has won the "Red Dot Product Design Award" - the second ABB robot to receive the award in two consecutive years.

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ABB has revised its range of asynchronous motors with high power density for dynamic applications (HDP). Typical areas of application for such motors are plastics and rubber extrusion systems, injection molding, winding machines, lifting equipment, conveyor systems, test benches and machine tools.

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A touch of anarchy surrounds the most-read articles from October - from data chaos and new standards to an event with no mask requirement at all.

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ABB Robotics is developing automation solutions with 3D image processing at its new test center in Jönköping. The focus here is on applications such as machine loading and parts feeding.

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Husqvarna relies on ABB's Yumi cobots: The Swedish manufacturer of outdoor power products has recognized the value of automation in improving its competitiveness.

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Stronger, more agile and more versatile cobots are opening up new applications. Segments such as electronics, healthcare, consumer goods, logistics and the food and beverage industry in particular are investing to automate one or more production steps.

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Climate protection is on everyone's lips worldwide, and Germany is also aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, with targets of up to 95 percent by 2050.

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ABB's Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) service enables robot users to create a preventive maintenance plan for individual robots or robot fleets based on real-time operating data.

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Another month has passed. In addition to the first digital edition of SPS - SPS Connect - November brought a new partial lockdown, which demands a lot from companies and individuals alike, and further increased the focus on the topic of digitalization. The top ten of the month.

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The digital transformation is opening up new opportunities for automation technology as a whole. Armin Wallnöfer, ABB Automation Products, explains the potential that Industry 4.0, Industrial IoT and the like hold for drive technology.

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The presentation includes the expectations of future challenges for companies in everyday life and how ABB can support them.

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Setting up transparent status monitoring for electric drives usually involves a lot of effort. In addition, the secure connection through the local network is often a hurdle. But what if you could simply monitor your inverters in the cloud via mobile communications?

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Cleanrooms place high demands on mechanical components, which makes them challenging to automate. The IRB 1100 robot from ABB rises to the challenge.

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Deciding whether and how a robot fits into a particular process has never been easier with an augmented reality tool. ABB is now presenting a corresponding ARViewer.

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Computer&AUTOMATION Portrait of an Industry presents companies whose innovative products, intelligent systems and new business models are helping to ensure that automation technology is and remains one of Germany's most important industries.

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ABB has launched the Baldor-Reliance EC Titanium integrated motor inverter package. The product range exceeds the efficiency requirements of the IE5 standard.

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The Profisafe plug-in module for frequency inverters from ABB is equipped with integrated safety functions. It reduces the engineering effort and enables simplified installation and commissioning.

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Synchronous reluctance motors (SynRM) from ABB offer a new way to meet the growing demand for greater energy efficiency. The motors now meet the criteria of the new ultra-premium energy efficiency class IE5.

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ABB presents the Ability Smart Sensor, a new sensor for low-voltage motors for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. The company has thus expanded the sensor's area of application: customers from the chemical, oil and gas industries can now benefit from cost-effective condition monitoring in numerous application areas.

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ABB's Ability Smart Sensor monitors the condition of Dodge reducers and provides information that can prevent unplanned downtime and extend equipment life.

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ABB is expanding its ABB Ability Condition Monitoring service for the drive train, which connects drives, motors, pumps and bearings, with an option for condition-based maintenance of drives.

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The Board of Directors of ABB has unanimously appointed Björn Rosengren as Chief Executive Officer. He will join ABB on February 1, 2020 and succeed CEO Peter Voser in this role on March 1, 2020.

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ABB drives and motors increase the efficiency of Mälarenergi's combined heat and power plant, reduce_{CO2 emissions} and reliably supply the Swedish city of Västerås with electricity and heat.

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ABB has integrated position control into the frequency inverter. Fred Donabauer talks to handling editor Annina Schopen about the advantages of this and where the Industry 4.0 journey can still take us.

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After a two-year planning and construction phase, ABB has presented its first CO2-neutral site in Germany to the public. As a visible sign of this, a solar power plant officially went into operation at the subsidiary Busch-Jaeger in Lüdenscheid on May 8.

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ABB announced today that CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer (55) is stepping down from the position he has held since 2013. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Peter Voser (61), will also assume the position of interim CEO with immediate effect.

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The ABB Group intends to focus its portfolio on digital industries in future and is selling its power grids business to Hitachi as part of this. A new corporate structure will also take effect from April 2019.

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ABB is investing 150 million US dollars in the construction of what it claims to be the world's most advanced, most automated and most flexible robot factory in Shanghai. In the future, it will play a key role in ABB's global robotics supply system.

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One year after announcing the takeover of B&R, the Swiss ABB Group will invest 100 million euros in Austria. The innovation and education campus being built at B&R's headquarters in Eggelsberg will create the basis for around 1,000 new high-tech jobs.

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ABB has announced its figures for 2017: Stable order intake and a slight increase in sales characterize the Group's 'transition year'.

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Is OPC UA plus TSN the exclusive industrial communication solution of the future? The so-called "Shaper Group" is now emphasizing this conviction with a white paper. Computer & AUTOMATION offers it for download.

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The Swiss technology group ABB is involved in all-electric motorsport - as title sponsor of the new 'ABB FIA Formula E Championship'.

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The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Junji Tsuda from Yaskawa Electric in Japan as its new president. Tsuda succeeds Joe Gemma from Kuka, who is handing over the position to his successor after two years in office. The new Vice President is Steven Wyatt from ABB.

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ABB has announced its intention to acquire the global electrification solutions business from General Electric (GE). The purchase price is 2.6 billion US dollars.

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ABB has announced its figures for the second quarter of the current financial year. Order intake and sales increased compared to the same quarter last year. The 'Robotics and Drives' division stood out in particular.

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Without drive technology - in the truest sense of the word - nothing would turn in most machines and systems. Computer&AUTOMATION presents the latest innovations in this automation discipline in a series of pictures.

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ABB has entered into a strategic partnership with IBM. The aim is to combine the ABB Ability digital offering with the cognitive capabilities of IBM's Watson IoT.

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The ABB Group has announced the takeover of the Austrian company Bernecker + Rainer Industrie Elektronik (B&R) in order to close its historic gap in machine and factory automation.

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ABB Germany was able to further increase its profit in the 2016 financial year despite a persistently difficult market environment. However, order intake and sales declined.

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The ABB Group has announced its figures for the 2016 financial year: Although growth in order intake and sales was recorded in the final quarter, the annual balance sheet shows a minus for both key figures.

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The DCS880 series power converters are based on ABB's common drive architecture. If a user is familiar with the operation of a power converter, he can switch between the different drive types - power converter or frequency converter.

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What new products did the exhibitors present at SPS IPC Drives 2016? Computer&AUTOMATION provides an overview of what was on show in the Nuremberg exhibition halls this year.

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The ABB Group has launched the third stage of its Next Level strategy. This goes hand in hand with a realignment of the divisions as four entrepreneurial units and a consolidation of the existing ABB brands.

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On July 26, the Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi - the last stop on a historic round-the-world flight in a solar-powered aircraft that began on March 9, 2015. As one of the technology partners, ABB was involved in the project from the very beginning.

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"We can look back on a successful financial year," summarized ABB Germany CEO Hans-Georg Krabbe when announcing the figures for 2015. While order intake increased in all divisions, sales in the automation divisions fell slightly.

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With Light+Building in Frankfurt and the Hannover Messe, two important events for the automation industry are casting their shadows ahead. ABB has now announced its first innovations for both trade fairs.

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