Expansion of the robotics business
Schaeffler takes over Melior Motion
Schaeffler acquires Melior Motion, a manufacturer of precision gearboxes for industrial robots, with the aim of strengthening its robotics business.
read more...read more...Frank Konrad is Technical Director
On February 1, 2022, Frank Konrad will assume responsibility for the technical and process management of the entire Hahn Group as CTO/COO.
read more...Change of managing director at Agilox
Agilox has a new top management team: Helmut Schmid will take over as CEO from January 2022.
read more...Change at the top of ABB Robotics in Germany
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...Improved safety for service robots
In the S³ research project, researchers from Fraunhofer IPA worked with project partners to develop 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...Strong growth expected in 2022
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...On course for growth with a new management team
The robotics company Franka Emika sets course for growth with the appointment of Dr. Alwin Mahler as CEO.
read more...With a focus on electromechanics
The e-paper of issue 12/2021
Your opinion is needed at the end of the year: in issue 12, we present the nominees for the 'Products of the Year 2022' readers' poll. We also take a closer look at automated guided vehicles in our special Robotics&Automation section.
read more...Investment in Taiwanese cobot company
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...Safety encoder for AGVs
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.
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