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International Federation of Robotics
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has presented its new 'World Robotics Report 2018': According to this report, global sales of industrial robots achieved a 30% increase in 2017 compared to the previous year. The figures in detail.
read more...Yaskawa Europe GmbH has expanded its top management: Bruno Schnekenburger, previously President of the Robotics Division, has assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer at the company's headquarters in Eschborn since September 1. His successor will be Marcus Mead (pictured).
read more...On October 17 and 18, the 'Human Robot Forum' will take place in Stuttgart for the third time with an accompanying trade exhibition. Visitors can expect an extensive program and an exciting panel discussion.
read more...Wilfried Eberhardt, Chief Marketing Officer and member of the Supervisory Board at Kuka in Augsburg, has been elected Chairman of the Executive Board of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association for three years.
read more...Schunk has equipped the EGP-C co-act gripper with easy-to-use programming modules for the lightweight and small robots from Universal Robots. Universal attachment fingers with interchangeable plastic inserts also make it easier to get started with collaborative robotics.
read more...The robot manufacturer Rethink Robotics, based in Boston (Massachusetts), ceased operations on October 3 due to insolvency. Rethink Robotics became known for the collaborative robots 'Sawyer' and 'Baxter'.
read more...The final palletizing of finished products is still manual work in many production facilities. For a long time, this was also the case at a large spice manufacturer - until twelve robots were integrated into the packaging process at the beginning of the year.
read more...Agricultural technology / Agriculture
It is not only automation-intensive industries such as the automotive industry that rely on robots. Automation systems are also set to replace laborious manual work in parts of the agricultural sector in the future - for example when harvesting cucumbers.
read more...Counterproductive in the highly developed toolmaking department of the Audi Competence Center for Plant/Moulding Technology: processes that stand in the way of digital networking. This is why a robot machining center is now replacing four manually operated radial boring machines.
read more...Until now, tactile measuring technology has generally been used to measure car body sheet metal parts. As only a few individual points can be evaluated with this method, press manufacturer Schuler is now relying on a robot cell with an optical measuring system.
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