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Can a car seat withstand conditions at the North Pole?
Car seats have to withstand a lot. The weight of the driver, for example, his movement while waiting impatiently at a red light, or extracting a wallet from his back trouser pocket....

The production of proton exchange membrane fuel cells
At its site in Ulm, the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) is investigating options for alternative power generation. The focal topics of the not-for-profit foundation are photovoltaic systems, batteries and fuel cells.

Automatic surface inspection of painted plastic parts
Through ever higher demands in quality management, manual inspection processes are being increasingly pushed to the limits. In the context of a research exercise, Rosenheim Polytechnical Institute developed an optical surface inspection process for evaluating the quality of painted parts in inline series production, documenting them and separating the bad parts if necessary.

Robot park in body shop
In the body shop of the Ford plant in Cologne-Niehl, Germany, robots have to able to produce any of the possible variants of the Fiesta.

Durability testing of water fittings
To ensure a long useful life, the fixtures are subjected to durability testing at the North Rhine-Westphalia Materials Testing Office (MPA NRW). The tests for single-handle mixers last almost five weeks, and the MPA NRW was looking for an automated solution.