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DEAR CUSTOMERS, Digitization, smart machines, robots which are taking over the activities of humans, the intelligent collection and use of data not only in production but also throughout the entire value chain, including the patient: all these things will have a lasting impact on the pharma and biotech industry in the next few years. New possibilities for increasing efficiency and saving time and costs in production are emerging, along with new market opportunities for you. These themes presuppose two things: networking and communication. And this is precisely our strategy as a group of companies:...

06 ANIMALS: GREAT TEAMWORK 16 WE!? THE ROBOT AND I An end to light barriers and protective fences: human-robot collaboration – Humans and robots are already working closely together. facts and curiosities about living together, working together and sticking together in the world of animals and plants. 08 HELP WITHOUT BORDERS Achievement in extreme situations: the example of the aid workers of Doctors without Borders in the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic. PHARMA. COMPETENCE. COMBINED. MEDIPAK SYSTEMS AT INTERPACK 2017 16 NeoTOP x Flexible TopLoad packaging line for small to average lot sizes. 28 BE...

SYMBIOSIS IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM … THAT MORAY EELS DO NOT GET ON WITH MANY LIVING BEINGS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT? Most fish, crabs and octopuses which come too close to the eel-like bony fish are lovingly consumed with one bite. Only the so-called cleaner shrimp dares to venture blithely into the vicinity, indeed right into the jaws, of the predator. It looks after its bodily and oral hygiene simply by cleaning parasites from the skin and leftovers from between the moray’s teeth. For this kind of symbiosis, the motto is “Clean up or die”! … THAT TARANTULAS EMPLOY BABYSITTERS? Who would want to be friends...

JOINT ACHIEVEMENT IN BORDERLINE SITUATIONS TOGETHER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA Wencke Petersen awaits her forthcoming mission for Doctors without Borders. This will be her twelfth, and it will take her once again to the Congo. For two months the forty-four-year old will be on the spot as a logistics specialist for the humanitarian relief organization. She has already been to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Haiti, Liberia, Guinea, Central African Republic and Ethiopia. When she returns, it will be spring in Germany. Wencke Petersen awaits her forthcoming mission for Doctors...

JOINT ACHIEVEMENT IN BORDERLINE SITUATIONS Team leaders undergo special training for team leadership, managing conflict and feedback discussions and successful delegation. In the field, in the event of conflicts, the team can call on external support. And every colleague has the possibility of getting hotline support round the clock in case of personal crises. During the mission, almost everyone came up against their personal limits and was grateful to be able to share this with the team members. Wencke Petersen remembers a situation at the gate. “This man was there; he came to us with his three...

TOGETHER AGAINST THE CURRENT In the early summer of 2016, Elvira and Friederike badly affected people in large areas of Germany. At the end of May and the beginning of June, the two areas of low pressure, also known as the “Central European low”, were responsible for severe storms with heavy rain and lightning strikes, gusts of wind, hail and tornadoes. They caused inundations, flash floods and mudslides, caused approximately a billion euros worth of damage in Germany alone and took human lives. sense of unity we can rely on, immediately on an operation. Wolfgang Plietsch In the fight against the...

What were the THW's tasks during the operation? Very many skills were in great demand for this operation. We pumped out cellars and underground car parks, removed fallen trees, rescued people trapped by the water, built temporary bridges and supplied the population with drinking water from our mobile drinking water treatment plants. More than 5.5 million liters of water – more than ever before on a mission within Germany. All this was only possible thanks to the support of 53 other local THW associations and their specialist know-how. What was your job within the team? As a technical adviser,...

Safety, productivity and acceptance are factors, which according to robot manufacturer ABB, the successful use of collaborative robots depends. The machine building company Dividella is using such a robot as part of a packaging system for the first time. The system is being built for F. Hoffmann La Roche, which expects to see benefits from using collaborative robots for packaging small quantities. Safety and productivity aspects have been clarified, but how well have these man-made colleagues been accepted?

HUMANS HAVE SPECIFIC ABILITIES AND SO DOES A ROBOT. THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER IN THEIR DIVISION OF LABOR AND EXPLOIT THEIR DIFFERENT STRENGTHS. In his Laws of Robotics, published as part of a short story in 1942, Russian-American author Isaac Asimov wrote about robots. Asimov’s rules state: A robot may not injure a humanbeing or allow a humanbeing to come to harm; a robot must obey humanbeings and it must protect its own existence. In this context, the integrity of humanity is all-important. Even if Asimov’s laws have not been concretely integrated into the programming of today’s industrial...

After the first pass, the robot can repeat this independently,” explains Schlegel, who manages research and development. In addition to intuitive operation, aspects such as the shape, color and function of the robot play an essential role. Most robot manufacturers pay attention to creating positive associations when deciding on the color of a robot. Far from the signal and warning color orange, collaborative robots are now designed in white or green tones. Bionics, the teaching of the transfer of phenomena from nature to technology, also plays a part, when robot arms remind one not only visually...