Engineers develop smart conveyor rollers for the factory of the future

Conveyor systems are used in many different places: mail-order firms, parcel delivery services, factories, airports, to name but a few. To improve the speed and reliability with which goods are transported to their destinations, engineers in Saarbrücken are currently developing smart conveyor rollers that communicate with one another. The drive systems specialist Matthias Nienhaus from Saarland University is collaborating with partners to turn the motor inside every drive roller into a sens