Not over a coffee at his favorite Italian restaurant, but while watching at the Sunday crime series at home in Pfinztal, Michael Stille came up with the idea of an application that baristas all over the world would fear. Because in the crime thriller Animals of the Big City a coffee robot, which initially comes under suspicion of murder, plays one of the leading roles. Impressed by this talented and innovative robot, Stille went straight to work. His aim was to create an efficient robot solution that could serve freshly prepared coffee specialties to customers in record time - and always in a friendly manner and without a break. And the Baden-based tinkerer already had a name for the project: MyAppCafé was to be the name of the new wonder machine. This would solve all the personnel problems in the catering trade. After all, finding good staff is becoming increasingly difficult at the moment, says Michael Stille. He knows this from his own experience, because he has been running
Gibraltar Expands Solar Capabilities
Q&A with Bill Vietas, Group President, Gibraltar’s Renewable Energy Group & Ryan Reid, President, TerraSmart | Gibraltar
What is the significance of the transaction to Gibraltar’s strategy in renewable energy?
Renewable energy is a market Gibraltar is focused on investing in and contributing toward. The transactions strengthen our position in the solar energy market with a full suite of solar products and services for commercial and utility customers.
“We are excited about the benefit it gives customers. As a single source from project optimization software to design to infrastructure build, there are greater efficiencies through simplification. Additionally, with a broad tracker portfolio, we can put the best product on site,” said Bill Vietas, Gibraltar Renewable Energy Group President.
- Major enhancements to Remote Tool Center Point (RTCP) that allow for an improved end user experience and exploit the full capabilities of any robotic cell.
- Additions to the surface paths with added strategies and advanced tools for applications such as polishing, grinding, deburring and more. The surface paths are designed to tie-in perfectly with the enhancements to RTCP or traditional configurations for robotic finishing.
- Faster processing times when saving, loading, and calculating jobs, plus improved real time feedback during simulation for faster part programming times.
- Enhancement to the Robotmaster Interactive Simulation Environment (RISE), delivering a more realistic simulation for external axes, along with tools to better control motion between the robot and external axes.