Stack, gantry or gantry?
Positioning tasks are rarely carried out in one direction only. Rather, applications often require movement in both the Y and Z directions in addition to movement along the X axis. What are such multi-axis systems like?
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Positioning tasks are rarely carried out in one direction only. Rather, applications often require movement in both the Y and Z directions in addition to movement along the X axis. What are such multi-axis systems like?

According to the Hays Engineering Skills Index, Q4 2020 was the best quarter so far during the coronavirus pandemic. It is on a par with the same quarter of the previous year and 2017. What do the figures look like in detail?

Robot density according to IFR
Robot density in the manufacturing industry has reached a new record worldwide with an average of 113 industrial robots per 10,000 employees. Germany is by far the largest industrial robot market in Europe.

Robot density according to IFR
Robot density in the manufacturing sector has reached a new record worldwide with an average of 113 industrial robots per 10,000 employees. Germany is by far the largest industrial robot market in Europe.

The European mechanical engineering association EUnited has published a charter for future cooperation between robots and humans and identified ten areas of action. The overriding principle: the focus is on people.

ABB's Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) service enables robot users to create a preventive maintenance plan for individual robots or robot fleets based on real-time operating data.

How can robots be used outside of production? Kuka is researching this in collaboration with the BMBF, the German Sport University and RWTH Aachen University. The RoboGym shows what it can look like in reality.
The ergonomically designed assembly workstations from RK Rose+Krieger are equipped with collaborative robots.

ZF Friedrichshafen relies on special programming software to simulate robot applications, generate modular program codes, reduce maintenance costs and alleviate the shortage of skilled workers.

Schunk is expanding its 'Plug & Work' gripper portfolio with solutions for the cobots from Doosan Robotics and Techman Robot.