
Former Kuka CEO returns to the robotics industry
Till Reuter, former CEO of Kuka, returns to the robotics industry and joins the board of Neura Robotics, a start-up founded in Metzingen in 2019.
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Till Reuter, former CEO of Kuka, returns to the robotics industry and joins the board of Neura Robotics, a start-up founded in Metzingen in 2019.
The German robotics and automation industry is benefiting from a boom in demand: from January to April 2022, incoming orders rose by 38% compared to the previous year. The dynamic market development had already been announced with the results for 2021.

International Federation of Robotics
The Executive Board of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Marina Bill from ABB as President. At the same time, Kenji Yamaguchi from Fanuc was appointed as the new Vice President of the IFR.

574 exhibitors and over 28,000 visitors - that's the balance sheet for this year's Automatica. The next robotics trade fair will take place in 2023.

Automation technology from a single source
With the modular industrial robotics kit "Automation Technology for Robotics" (ATRO), Beckhoff Automation is adding robotics to its automation system. The modular system can be used to flexibly assemble suitable robot kinematics for any application.

The robotics industry is booming and at the same time suffering from disrupted supply chains. This is leading to seemingly contradictory developments.
Automation is not always the best solution - a high number of variants or too large an investment are two obstacles why full automation is rarely an option for companies. But: there is also the option of partial automation.
Miniaturization, modular design and a growing range of cost-effective robot solutions and cobots are making automation accessible to small and medium-sized companies.

Due to the increasing energy awareness and rethinking of the market, the AST palletizer from Hirata is also available without any pneumatic components on request.

Reducing the vulnerability of global supply chains, conserving resources and a rapid transition to digital production in Europe are challenges to which Automatica aims to provide answers.