ISSUE November 2022 Contents 16  Comment and News from page 3


 Sustainability 12 Solar-powered ROBOSHOT sets Bloom-in-Box on the road to net zero


14 Commercial laundries plan major sustainability push


 Robotics 16 The rise of dual-purpose robots 18 Let the robot fix your perfect cup of coffee


 Smart Factories 22


20 Fostering true interconnectivity in the smart factory 21 Explainable AI fuels smart factories 22 Minimising IoT cyber-security threats 24 Digitalisation ensures costs don’t go through the roof at IKO


 PCs and HMIs


26 Machine visualisation solution differentiates OEM systems and improves user operations


27 Touch technology will not eliminate physical controls


 Machine Vision 30 Overcoming the challenges of inspecting highly- reflective moving parts


32 Rising to the machine-vision data challenges


 Industry 5.0 34 Industry 5.0: Hype or an unprecedented chance?


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 Sensors 35 Novel sensor enables high-speed airflows on curved surfaces


 Electric Vehicles 36 Are batteries best for electric vehicles?


 Medical


38 Medical power supplies with Intel Coffee Lake processors


 Sponsored content


28 Xelity 10 TX IP67: A switch for every application 40 igus supports recycling pioneer Mura Technology


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