Engelberger Robotics Award 2022 presented

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Inka Krischke, 01.07.2022, 10:32

Engelberger Robotics Award 2022 presented

Bertil Thorvaldsson, Senior Advisor at ABB, received the prestigious Engelberger Robotics Award for Leadership at the International Symposium on Robotics (ISR) in Munich on June 21, 2022.

Bertil Thorvaldsson has received a world-renowned robotics award in the form of the Joseph F. Engelberger Award.

Bertil Thorvaldsson is known as the 'father' of ABB 's 'Robot Studio' software platform. According to ABB, this has revolutionized how robot systems are planned and tested. Thorvaldsson was also instrumental in the introduction of virtual and augmented reality technologies. These enable system integrators and users to visualize robot applications on factory floors without having to interrupt production.

Thorvaldsson joined ABB in 1976 and has been active in the industry since the early days of robotics. He was part of a small team that developed the world's first microprocessor-controlled, all-electric robot. In the 1980s, he was instrumental in the development of software tools to create 'digital replicas' of real manufacturing systems, which led to the creation of 'RobotStudio'.

Thorvaldsson accepted the award as a thought leader in the robotics industry - and more recently in 'metaverse' manufacturing - at the ISR's 54th Gala Dinner at the Automatica trade fair.

"It is an honor to receive the Joseph F. Engelberger Award and to be part of the prestigious Robotics Hall of Fame," says Thorvaldsson. "Augmented reality and the metaverse were science fiction when I started my career in robotics. Now they play an essential role in automation every day."

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