The opening ceremony for the digital lab “Digitalschmiede” of VINCI Energies Germany attracted customers, partners and employees alike.
The goal of the new “Digitalschmiede”: to present prototypes from the Industrie 4.0 areas of Smart Industry, Smart Building, Smart Maintenance, Smart Energy and Smart City.
During a guided tour through the new facilities featuring a number of use cases, the pick-and-place application using the LBR iiwa was not just front and center in terms of the on-site layout. It also grabbed everyone’s attention.
Industrie 4.0 processes are visualized
In the KUKA pick-and-place application, the LBR iiwa picks up a box from a predefined location. It places the box at a setdown point and then performs the process the other way round.
For visualization of the application, the KUKA Industrie 4.0 Accelerator Team developed a customer-specific dashboard for VINCI based on a user interface.
With the aid of the connyun IIoT platform, the process data is sent to the cloud and relevant key process indicators are visualized on a dashboard.
The KUKA pick-and-place application was also exhibited as a central element of the VINCI Energies booth at Hannover Messe. Significant potential is seen in the expansion of robot-based automation along with other areas. System integrator Actemium from the VINCI Energies Group is driving ahead with this.
For KUKA, this provides a real opportunity for advancement into further industries not previously among KUKA’s focus markets. Examples include the chemical industry, mining & materials, oil & gas, steel & metallurgy, paper, etc.
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