Industry 4.0 in Scandinavia Leads Europe's Robot Efforts

Festo: Festo presented what it said is the world's first pneumatic automation platform controlled by apps. The valve hardware incorporates more than 50 different functions. ABB: The industrial automation leader showed how virtual reality and simulation can help plan a factory before it is physically built through ABB's Virtual Commissioning robot studio. Eltronic & Rethink Robotics: The partners showed how the Sawyer cobot is easy to setup and operate, and it includes an integrated vision and force-sensing system. Taking out the trash -- in space: Aalborg University's self-expanding module is intended help rid space junk from Earth's orbit.