The first ever hackathon featuring umati, the connectivity initiative of the mechanical and plant engineering industry, MindSphere, the Siemens IoT-as-a-Service solution, and the IIoT community was held recently in Mindelheim. Some 32 digitalisation experts from 10 engineering and start-up companies were hosted by machining centre manufacturer Grob. They worked together to develop the free exchange of data between machine and software systems. Dr Alexander Broos, head of research and technology at the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association), said the event was a complete success.
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