Abstract: A surgical robot system includes a robot having a robot base and a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and a surgical retractor. The surgical retractor includes a retractor frame, a coupler, blades, a force and/or torque sensor, and a force and/or torque feedback determination unit. The retractor frame includes arms that are translatably and/or pivotably connected to the retractor frame. The coupler releasably attaches the retractor frame to the robot arm. The blades are each coupled to and extend away from a distal end of one of the arms. The force and/or torque sensor is connected to the blades and indicates an amount of force and/or torque being applied to the blades from contact with material of a surgical site. The force and/or torque feedback determination unit determines the amount of force and/or torque being applied to the blades based on the indication.

Abstract: Described herein is a method for spacing glass sheets from one another during stacking of the glass sheets, where the method includes: applying an interleaving powder material between adjacent glass sheets, where a composition including a powdered support material is employed, which is selected from a natural composite material based on cellulose, hemicellulose and/or lignin as the interleaving powder material between the adjacent glass sheets.

Abstract: A press-in machine for pressing electrical, electronic, mechanical and/or electromechanical components into a substrate, in particular into a printed circuit board or carrier plate, and method therefor, including a moving unit, which comprises a receptacle for a substrate and with which the substrate can be moved in a plane, which is spanned by an x-axis and a y-axis and can be placed in a press-in position in which one or more components are pressed into the substrate, a lower tool, which comes to rest against the underside of the substrate before or during the press-in, an upper tool, which can be moved against the component for pressing the component along the z axis toward the substrate, a control unit for controlling the moving unit, and a sensor for detecting at least one reference mark present on the substrate, wherein the control unit is configured and designed such that it controls the moving unit depending on the detected reference mark in such a way that the substrate is placed between the lower to

Abstract: Press-in machine for pressing electrical, electronic, mechanical and/or electromechanical components into a substrate, in particular into a circuit board or carrier board, including a lower tool, which for pressing-is in contact against the underside of the substrate, an upper tool, which with an upper pressing unit for pressing-in the component can be moved against the component along the z-axis toward the substrate, and a changing unit for automatically changing the lower or upper tool. The changing unit includes a magazine in which a plurality of tools can be deposited, one or more tool-holders, a tool being provided in or on each of the tool-holders, a displacement unit with which the respective tool holder can be moved along a displacement direction out of the magazine and into a pressing receptacle of a pressing unit, and a locking device, with which the respective tool-holder can be locked in the pressing receptacle.