Igus has added an AI chatbot to its online platform RBTX.com. The interactive advisor is designed to enable companies with little previous experience and technological expertise to quickly and reliably put together low-cost automation solutions.
read more...From March 11 to 13, global players, medium-sized companies and start-ups will be providing an overview of the latest products and innovations in the intralogistics sector at Logimat in Stuttgart and offering solutions to current challenges.
read more...Robots and drones rehearse an emergency at a nuclear power plant together. As part of the European Robotics Hackathon (EnRicH 2025), robotics experts from all over the world will meet near Vienna in early July at the Zwentendorf nuclear power plant, which has never been put into operation. There, they put their robotic systems to the test under the most difficult conditions.
read more...ABB Robotics has opened a training and exhibition center in Madrid dedicated to its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) product line. The center houses training facilities and exhibition areas to introduce this technology to customers, partners and employees.
read more...Yokogawa Electric has entered into a distribution partnership with Tokyo-based Sensyn Robotics with the aim of offering comprehensive drone services to customers in various industries.
read more...Fraunhofer Institute for Communication,...
Robotic systems use cameras to explore previously unknown terrain, buildings or danger zones. In the '3D-InAus' project, researchers at Fraunhofer FKIE are using a LiDAR laser on a moving robot that measures distances with laser pulses. Geometrically accurate 3D environments are created in the visualization.
read more...In the Luna hall, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has researched how payload boxes, sensors, rovers and astronauts connect to form a network. They exchange signals that can be used for communication and navigation at the same time.
read more...Synapticon, provider of solutions for integrated motion, announced the launch of Synapticon Intelligence as an internal project in the springtime. Synapticon Intelligence is now being established as an independent business unit based at the AI xpress center in Böblingen.
read more...According to Exotec, these trends in particular will dominate the industry in 2025: Increasing automation, a focus on investment security and flexibility, and the use of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) in system planning and presentation.
read more...At SPS 2024, Dassault Systèmes teamed up with Blue Danube Robotics and RobCo to demonstrate robotics solutions. Using Dassault’s Virtual Twin technology and 3DExperience platform, visitors saw how automation can enhance production processes through modular robotics and innovative safety features.
read more...At the world's first Robotic Coopetition in Nancy, France, 150 leading robotics experts from all over Europe and 20 robots came together from November 25 to 28, 2024. Their joint mission: a coopetition.
read more...Wandelbots claims to have introduced the world's first operating system developed specifically for industrial robotics automation. CPO Stephan Hotz explains the details.
read more...Artiminds Robotics at the SPS 2024
At SPS, Artiminds presented a robot-based cable handling application (image) that detects, picks up and joins flexible cables in connector housings. A particular focus here is on process-related real-time data analysis.
read more...Inovance is at the SPS in Nuremberg for the third time. In the interview, David Bedford Guaus, Technical Director, Europe and North America Region at Inovance, talks about market differences between Asia and Europe and why Inovance chose the SPS to launch its robotics business in Europe.
read more...Transformation hub wiring harness
Automation is becoming increasingly important in wire harness production: The Transformation Hub Wire Harness invites you to the second edition of the Robotics Challenge on November 1, 2024.
read more...The name PALLOC stands for 'PALlet content LOCalization'. A first prototype of the AI-supported, adaptive localization system with a browser-based 3D snapshot camera for automatic depalletization with robots was presented at Automatica 2023. Sick is now launching the first commercial version on the market.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
The Executive Board of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Takayuki Ito as President. At the same time, Jane Heffner was appointed as the new Vice President of the IFR.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
Sales of professional service robots have risen by 30% worldwide to over 205,000 units. This is according to the annual report 'World Robotics - Service Robots' from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
read more...The surface treatment of components by polishing, removing edges or grinding takes time and is prone to errors. Together with Joke Technology, TH Köln is therefore developing software to control a robot that can imitate the complex movements of skilled workers.
read more...The OmniVance Collaborative Machine Tending Cell from ABB Robotics is a complete integrated solution for automated machine tending.
read more...