Festo takes a holistic view on the fourth industrial revolution from different perspectives and besides technology also takes other points of view into account, such as the interaction between humans and machinery or the issue of training and qualification.

One of the new Festo launches is ‘Ready-to-Operate System Kits’ to reduce costs and time to market. Screwdriving, dispensing, testing, soldering, gripping, opening and closing containers and much more: the Festo modular handling platform forms the basis for a wide variety of desktop applications. This well-matched system kit, comprising kinematics, a controller and software, saves money and reduces time to market – from development to programming and commissioning.

The modular handling platform allows precise curved travel paths to be created for transporting workpieces or tools. It is particularly suitable for electronics and light assembly as well as for laboratory automation. Machine and system builders can significantly reduce their engineering costs with these system kits. Predefined function modules from a software library and intuitive application programming with the sequencer simplify programming and commissioning.