Maintenance and servicing ensure high productivity and availability in industrial plants. This is especially true for complex industrial robots. New solutions for preventive maintenance management open up new efficiency potential.

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Reducing costs and thus increasing resilience was ABB's declared aim. These efforts led to a better quarterly result than expected.

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The IFR is certain that robotics is necessary for the economic upturn. However, there is a lack of suitable training and further education opportunities.

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Kuka is feeling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, with the project business particularly affected. This is now reflected in the business figures for the first half of 2020.

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The automation specialist Kuka and the IT service provider T-Systems are entering into a partnership. The aim is to make companies fit for digitalization.

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Under the name "munich_i", the automation and robotics trade fair Automatica and the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MSRM) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are jointly launching an AI and robotics platform.

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With the 'BionicMobileAssistant', Festo has developed the prototype of a robot system that moves autonomously in space and can recognize objects, grip them adaptively and work on them together with humans.

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Following consultations with exhibitors, Schall has postponed Motek to 2021. However, you don't have to miss out on the latest information: From October 5 to 16, we are organizing a virtual industry trade fair with an accompanying congress.

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Helmut Schmid left Universal Robots on July 1. Jürgen von Hollen and Andrea Alboni have taken over his duties.

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Robot welding processes have been unprofitable in steel construction to date. This has changed with a solution in which the robot programs itself and then welds each component immediately.

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On August 1, 2020, Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) will have a new CEO: the parent company Teradyne appoints Søren E. Nielsen (51) as President of the company.

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Kassow Robots has added two more models to its product portfolio: the KR1805 robot arm with a reach of 1.80 m opens up new areas of application for industrial customers

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Instead of scrapping inactive or older robots and leaving them unused in the production hall, existing customers can sell them to ABB via a buy-back service. The robots are reconditioned there.

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With the Single Pad Gecko gripper, OnRobot is launching a compact version of the 'Gecko' gripper, which is particularly space-saving and lightweight. It is designed for three different payloads.

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Fanuc Germany generated sales of EUR 168 million in the past financial year ending March 31 (2019: EUR 244 million) and was therefore unable to continue the positive development of previous years for the time being.

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'Comau Mate' is the first exoskeleton with EAWS (Ergonomic Assessment Work-Sheet) certification on the market that has been proven to reduce the 'risk of biomechanical overload' of the upper limbs.

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Flexibility and health protection are the most important advantages of robotics, 80% of industrial decision-makers are certain. This is the result of the Automatica Trend Index.

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Qualcomm Technologies has unveiled the world's first 5G and AI-enabled robotics platform. It offers state-of-the-art connectivity and energy-efficient inference technology for AI and machine learning.

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In order to increase productivity in production, more and more companies are deciding to interlink and automate their machine tools. The right automation system is crucial. Robots and the right gripping technology play an important role here.

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German Bionic presents the fourth generation of its intelligent power suit. 'Cray X' is made from ultra-light carbon fibers and can be networked with the IIoT and the smart factory.

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