Automatica 2018
Robotics - a record-breaking industry
Human-robot collaboration, digital transformation in manufacturing and service robotics - these were the key topics at Automatica 2018. Computer&AUTOMATION has captured impressions and important news from the trade fair in a photo gallery.
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Impressions from Automatica 2018
From June 19 to 22, 2018, the Munich trade fair was all about robotics - a review.
read more...Armin G. Schmidt becomes CEO of German Bionic
The Augsburg-based robotics specialist German Bionic is expanding its management team: The new CEO will be technology entrepreneur and company co-founder Armin G. Schmidt.
read more...Outstanding achievements in robotics honored
The International Federation of Robotics Associations (IFR) recently presented the 'IERA 2018' robot award. With this award, the association recognizes outstanding achievements by companies and inventors in the fields of robotics and automation....
read more...More than 5,000 robots sold for the first time
Fanuc Germany closed the past financial year with record sales. Both the "General Industry" division and the "Automotive" activities contributed to this.
read more...Mechanical engineering creates 32,000 new jobs
Despite bottlenecks in the labor market, the VDMA recorded around 32,000 more employees in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in Germany in April 2018 than in the previous year. According to the association, the increase will not be enough...
read more...Stemmer Imaging founds subsidiary in Austria
Stemmer Imaging founds its own subsidiary in Austria on July 1. The company is based in Graz.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
Industrial robot sales increase by 29% worldwide
Global sales of industrial robots reached a record 380,550 units in 2017. China recorded the highest growth in demand for industrial robots with an increase of 58%. In the USA, sales rose by 6% and in Germany by 8% compared to the previous year.
read more...Probably the fastest goalkeeper in the world
Messi, Neymar and many other soccer greats have tried, but none of them have been able to beat this goalkeeper on the penalty kick. There is no human between the posts, but a robot - the 'RoboKeeper' - and probably the fastest goalkeeper in the...
read more...VDMA Companion Specs for OPC UA
In the factory of the future, machines will have to speak the same language - this requires standardized communication interfaces. The VDMA's OPC UA image processing and robotics working groups have now published their first specifications.
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