ABB has appointed Jörg Rommelfanger as the new Head of the Robotics division in Germany with effect from January 1, 2022. As Head of the Automotive business line, the 48-year-old will also be responsible for the Robotics division's automotive and supplier business in Germany.
read more...The German robotics and automation industry is expecting double-digit sector growth in 2022. This was reported by the VDMA Robotics & Automation Association.
read more...The robotics company Franka Emika sets course for growth with the appointment of Dr. Alwin Mahler as CEO.
read more...Omron has acquired a stake of around 10% in Techman Robot, a provider of collaborative robots (cobots) that work together with people in production facilities.
read more...The TRK 38 from TWK is a compact and safety-oriented encoder for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and mobile robots that helps them to navigate in space and move to target positions.
read more...Hilpert electronics, sales partner of TM Robot, offers new, complementary options for the effective use of collaborative robots in addition to various cobots.
read more...Germany is the most automated economy in Europe: according to the IFR, robot density - i.e. the number of industrial robots per 10,000 employees - has risen to a record 371 units (2020).
read more...In the S³ research project, researchers at Fraunhofer IPA and their project partners have developed safety technologies and recognition algorithms for service robots. They were tested on the Care-O-bot 4 service robot in a nursing home application.
read more...A remedy for bad moods: the robot Cimon is to keep German astronaut Matthias Maurer company on the International Space Station ISS.
read more...How can farmers reconcile economic yields and ecological farming methods? Autonomous agricultural robots are seen as a promising solution here - for example from the Dutch company Pixelfarming Robotics.
read more...Hirata has developed a new robot cell for the automated loading and unloading of machine tools to increase productivity and reduce the workload of production staff.
read more...The robotics company German Bionic has launched the fifth generation of the Cray X Smart Power Suit on the market. The latest power suit is now outdoor-capable, among other things.
read more...Mobile Industrial Robots and Logitrans have entered into a strategic cooperation to develop autonomous forklifts. These are designed to enable the safe and automated picking up of pallets or other goods directly from the ground and their autonomous transportation.
read more...Five years after the takeover of the Augsburg-based robot manufacturer Kuka, the Chinese investor Midea wants to delist the German company from the stock exchange. A so-called squeeze-out process has been initiated, Kuka announced on Tuesday.
read more...ABB is entering into a strategic partnership with Sevensense. The start-up will expand ABB's new portfolio of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) with artificial intelligence and 3D mapping technology.
read more...Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
The Carl Zeiss Foundation is funding the research network 'Responsable and Scalable Learning for Robots Assisting Humans' (ReScaLe) at the University of Freiburg as part of its 'Scientific Breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence' program.
read more...The market for industrial robots tended to stagnate in 2020. Professional service robotics, on the other hand, achieved global sales growth of 12% in 2020. The market amounted to a total of 6.7 billion US dollars.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
The number of industrial robots in factories worldwide has risen by 10% to a new record of around 3 million units - as reported by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) in the new 'World Robotics 2021' yearbook.
read more...Mechatronics & Automation Cluster
The 'Mechatronic-Joint Initiative' (Mejoin) is a cooperation between German and Japanese SMEs, universities and industry-related institutions. The aim of the project is to strengthen the exchange of knowledge between industry and science.
read more...Cooperation between Zimmer and Schmalz
In the MATCH cooperation project, the Zimmer Group and Schmalz developed an end-of-arm ecosystem with a comprehensive function package and universal interfaces. The system enables an automated gripper change in the fixture.
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