by Markus Henkel

and Kevin Hohmann

It seemed that we've got used to it over the past few decades. Faster processors and larger memory capacities provided computers with higher computing performance year-on-year. Various sensors became smaller and cheaper, too.

In short, it appeared that we had more but of the same. Meanwhile, however, something has really started to change. It all became more networked if not talkative, so the speak. Today's digitisation in society and industry is shaping anew the way people and machines interact, including the intralogistics domain.

The basis for this digital transformation is the Internet of Things (IoT), which enables both men-machine and machine-machine networking. The goal of the IoT is to automatically collect relevant information from the real world, link it together, and make it available in a digital network for all participants. In terms of potential returns, this is also a potent technology market.

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