Festo's auto industry predictive software named an AI champion

The AI solution for clamping systems in the automotive industry prevents expensive production line shutdowns due to clamp failure. Festo has been named an artificial intelligence (AI) champion for the company's project Intelligent Pneumatic Runtime Monitoring. The award was given during the inaugural Baden-Württemberg awards ceremony on August 11. Baden-Württemberg, Germany's third largest state, is one of the country's leading regions for AI development. Thousands of pneumatic clamping systems are used daily in the automotive industry for tasks such as holding individual parts in place during body-shop welding.