Dr. Till Reuter steps down
Dr. Till Reuter, CEO of Kuka AG for almost ten years, will be leaving the Augsburg-based robot manufacturer early in December. Peter Mohnen takes on the role of interim CEO, Andreas Pabst that of interim CFO.
read more...read more...Specially adapted to robotics
Heidenhain presents the ECI 4000 absolute inductive rotary encoder for hollow shaft diameters of 180 mm - especially for applications in robotics.
read more...Augsburg all about robotics
The European Robotics Week (ERW) 2018 kicked off on November 16. This year's opening took place in Augsburg. The series of events, which will be held throughout Europe until November 25, aims to communicate robotics to the general public.
read more...Collaborative and compact
At the International Robotics Exhibition (iREX) 2017 in Tokyo, ABB presented a collaborative robot with one arm.
read more...Automated transportation of heavy goods
Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) launches the MiR500 transport robot onto the market. With a payload of 500 kg and a large load-bearing surface, it can automatically pick up, transport and deliver pallets at speeds of up to 7.2 km/h, among other things.
read more...ABB builds robot factory in China
ABB is investing 150 million US dollars in the construction of what it claims to be the world's most advanced, most automated and most flexible robot factory in Shanghai. In the future, it will play a key role in ABB's global robotics supply system.
read more...The third quarter of 2018 - forecast revised downwards
The Augsburg-based Kuka Group has announced its figures for the third quarter of 2018: Sales increased, but incoming orders declined. In view of the current business development, the previous forecasts for the year as a whole have been revised downwards.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
Service robots - sales value increases by 39
The robotics association IFR has published figures on service robotics: in 2017, sales of service robots for professional use rose by 39% to USD 6.6 billion. The total number of units sold grew by 85%. Logistics robots are in particularly high demand.
read more...Hahn Group takes over Rethink Robotics
On October 3, it was announced that Rethink Robotics - known for the cobot 'Sawyer' - had to discontinue its business activities. Now the German Hahn Group has taken over the Boston-based cobot provider.
read more...'All About Automation' in Hamburg - an outlook
The new year of regional automation trade fairs 'All About Automation' will kick off on January 16 and 17, 2019. The organizer Untitled Exhibitions is expecting over 120 exhibitors in the exhibition hall in Hamburg-Schnelsen.
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