Whether for workpiece handling, retooling, postprocessing or parallel machining, robots and machine tools are working ever more closely together. Companies in almost all industrial sectors already benefit from robots today. But integrating robots into automation and exploiting their full potential poses many challenges. Under the motto “Seamless and fast integration of robot kinematics into automation”, Siemens will be presenting at this year’s automatica (Hall B6, Booth 302) how companies can overcome these challenges and how the digital and real worlds can be connected through robotics and automation solutions.