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When Logistics Automation and Digital Transformation Meet

DS Smith, a leading sustainable packaging manufacturer, implements a digital 3D dimensioning system to improve logistics automation operations DS Smith, a worldwide leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper...

A self-guided robot giving college campus tours

Students at Ohio Northern University designed an interactive self guided robot made to give tours of the University’s engineering building to prospective students Participants in SICK’s TiM$10K Challenge from Ohio Northern...

How RFID Improves Digital Production and Logistics at Audi

Audi’s Neckarsulm site sets the foundation for a fully connected automotive production factory What began in 2015 with the Audi A8 is now standard for all production processes at Audi in Neckarsulm in Southern Germany. From body...

Using solar energy to optimize processes in solar power plants

How sensors provide solar power plants better access to measurement data Depending on a system’s capacity and location, solar power plants can supply entire regions with environmentally-friendly energy all day long. Operating...

Reducing the severity of wildfires using LiDAR technology

How five students from Texas A&M University used LiDAR from SICK to create a design that can be used to mitigate wildfires According to the National Interagency Coordination Center, 10.3 million acres of land in the United States...

Agrus: a product built to reduce small farm waste

Two students from Clemson University used their familiarity of the agriculture industry and created a crop monitoring system to minimize wasted crops during harvest According to the USDA, 88 percent of American farms are...

Inside SICK: Russ Nikodem

Learn about SICK employee Russ’ unconventional life, as he refers to it Russ Nikodem is a dedicated father, an adventurer, 1,000 lb. pumpkin grower, three-time Sales Excellence Award winner, and a committed SICK employee all-in...

Safe and fast: nanoScan3 makes cobot welding even more efficient

German welding manufacturer, Lorch Schweißtechnik, develops new cobot solution for TIG welding Powerful partners – Cobots and the Lorch Welding Package German welding manufacturer Lorch Schweißtechnik is continuously setting new...