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"Industrial robots play a key role in the progress of the manufacturing industry," says Junji Tsuda, President of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). "Robots are being further developed with numerous cutting-edge technologies. These include machine vision, skill learning, error prediction using AI, new concepts of human-machine collaboration, simple programming and many others. These technologies will help to improve manufacturing productivity and expand the areas in which robots can be used."