The electromobility project ,,eCARus" at Hannover Messe - Photo: Marcel Rogge
Digitalization and automation are changing our working environments: Computers control production processes, robots handle all kinds of tasks, humans and machines must work together closely. The 2016 Hannover Trade Fair, the leading industrial trade fair worldwide, will showcase prominent research projects of scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Among the highlights is an assembly workstation equipped with the latest communication technologies. Ever faster, ever more efficient, ever more customized: Production continues breaking records, one after the other. Industry 4.0 makes it possible: Algorithms control material flows, warehousing, production and delivery - and enable the continuous exchange of information between robots and electronic control units. This allows entire factories to adapt extremely quickly to changes in order books and to accommodate special customer requirements on short notice. But, what about the human factor in in the midst of all these advances? - Networked workplaces.
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