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Automating the specialist brewer's art

05/07/2015

Beer is big business. The number of European breweries grew by 75 percent in the last five years alone, in part due to the 'craft beer revolution', which has seen a multitude of microbreweries spring up, particularly in the UK and USA. Emilian Axinia discusses how automation is helping to spearhead this growth.

Putting safety first when working with robots

07/06/2015

Ensuring worker safety should be the prime consideration in all robot applications, especially when humans and robots may need to share the same workspace. Darren Whittall reports.

What does the future hold for collaborative robots?

07/06/2015

Collaborative robots - sometimes referred to as 'cobots' - are designed to work alongside humans in a so-called 'collaborative workspace'. Stewart Robinson examines the safety issues surrounding their use.

Cyber-security: a journey, not a destination

07/06/2015

Chris Evans discusses the balance that must be struck between securing a complex control system against cyber-attacks and the effects these measures might have on operational efficiency.

Achieving collaboration and flexibility in the manufacturing environment

07/06/2015

Festo has added three new subjects to its 'inspired by nature' range: BionicANTS, eMotionButterflies and the FlexShapeGripper - bionic creatures that can be used to demonstrate how the factory of tomorrow might function.

Control Automation Features

Automating the specialist brewer's art

Putting safety first when working with robots

What does the future hold for collaborative robots?

Cyber-security: a journey, not a destination

Achieving collaboration and flexibility in the manufacturing environment