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Course offering: Laser-based manufacturing and material processing
The demands from today's customer on delivery time, product quality and product variants is high. In several cases, new investments might...
Oct 6, 20211 min read
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Balancing human-automation level in the human-robot collaborated assembly lines
In light of the Industry 5.0 trend towards human-centric and resilient industries, human-robot collaboration (HRC) assembly lines can be...
Sep 28, 20212 min read
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Course offering: Electromobility - the future of electric vehicles
Sweden and the world has to go from fossil dependable transport to renewable transport. A journey that not only affects our vehicles but...
Sep 21, 20211 min read
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New project will analyze the interactions between digital systems and the physical world
The new research project ACCURATE 4.0 is closely affiliated to VF-KDO and conducted at the Univeristy of Skövde. The project aims at...
Sep 17, 20212 min read
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Benefits and challenges of digital twins
The concept of digital twins has become a real buzzword, being on everyone’s lips and looked at as the future in more of less any line of...
Aug 30, 20211 min read
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Aims to positively affect the well-being of the humans, and the economy
Just two weeks ago, Ph.D student Aitor Iriondo Pascual had his half-time seminar, an element that all doctoral students go through. It ...
Jul 1, 20212 min read
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Welcome to Henrik Smedberg's thesis proposal seminar
Date: Tuesday, 22 June 2021 Time: 13.00 – 15.00 CET Place: https://his-se.zoom.us/my/sunithbandaru External Reviewer: Mats Gustafsson,...
Jun 21, 20213 min read
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Swedish Production Symposium 2022
The 10th ”Swedish Production Symposium” will be hosted by the University of Skövde in April 26th - 29th of 2022. The theme of the...
Jun 18, 20211 min read
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Welcome to attend Aitor Iriondo Pascual’s Thesis Proposal (half-time) Seminar
Date: Tuesday 15 June 2021 Time: 17.15 until approx. 19.00. (time of day due to the time difference for the external reviewer). Place:...
Jun 14, 20212 min read
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Avoid stop in production – test changes virtually
In the machine shop of a manufacturing company, processing machines are spitting parts out in a steady stream. To all appearances, the...
Jun 7, 20213 min read
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“I enjoyed diving into the challenging research topic of balancing including ergonomics.”
Earlier this year VF-KDO met with master student Janneke Vollebregt. She told us about her thesis project and her mission to create the...
May 5, 20212 min read
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Can the use of virtual tools improve Human Robot Collaboration?
One reason why implementing human-robot collaboration (HRC) is a challenge is the extensive background work involved. What tasks should...
Apr 29, 20212 min read
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Case study explain ways to optimize robot cell
The manufacturing industry is constantly looking for ways to optimize production. Researchers within VF-KDO just recently did a case...
Apr 16, 20211 min read
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Here is how to cut a robot cell's energy consumption by 23%
Industrial robots consume approximately 8% of the total energy in production processes. With this in mind, any approach that can reduce...
Mar 17, 20212 min read
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How can we easier connect with collaborative robots?
This is the question My Andersson, the latest team member of VF-KDO subject area ROBOT, is researching about. When meeting her, one...
Mar 4, 20212 min read
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Studying the effects of variability on supply chains
The harsh competition within the industry forces companies to constantly optimize their processes. One that has the most influencing and...
Feb 25, 20212 min read
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Put your product on the market faster using our tool
What if we could help your product reach the market faster by adding a provenance management to your existing PLM-system? And during this...
Feb 9, 20213 min read
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Her mission: create the optimal assembly line
The distribution of tasks over work stations within the manufacturing industry around the globe is far from optimal. With ergonomics...
Jan 19, 20213 min read
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Courses for professionals in industry is based on VF-KDO research
On December 17th 2020, the Knowledge Foundation announced that the University of Skövde will be granted SEK 27 million SEK to develop...
Jan 13, 20211 min read
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Webinar: Glimpse of Tomorrow’s Decision Support Technologies for Industry
On November 25th from 9:00-11:00 there is a unique opportunity for you to take part of a digital event presenting the latest research...
Nov 20, 20202 min read
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