New position for Dr. Klaus Kluger
Industrial automation specialist Omron Electronics has expanded the role of Dr. Klaus Kluger, who is now General Manager of the Central and Eastern Europe regions.
read more...read more...Physik Instrumente founds subsidiary
Physik Instrumente has founded a new subsidiary, PI Innovation. Lucius Amelung takes over the management.
read more...Ethics in technology
Eight international standardization organizations have founded the 'Open Community for Ethics in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems' (OCEANIS). The aim is to transparently anchor ethical aspects in the standardization of autonomous and intelligent systems.
read more...'Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Award'
Robotics prize for Gudrun Litzenberger and Esben Østergaard
The American Robotic Industries Association (RIA) has honored Gudrun Litzenberger and Esben Østergaard with the 'Engelberger Robotics Award 2018'. Both have made outstanding contributions to the robotics industry.
read more...Continuous growth in the 2nd quarter
ABB has published its financial figures for the second quarter of 2018: order intake rose by 14% year-on-year to USD 9.5 billion. ABB recorded growth in order intake in all divisions and regions, but not in sales.
read more...Outstanding achievements in robotics honored
The International Federation of Robotics Associations (IFR) recently presented the 'IERA 2018' robot award. With this award, the association recognizes outstanding achievements by companies and inventors in the fields of robotics and automation. This year, the award goes to three winners.
read more...PLC becomes robot controller
With the 'Unival drive' real-time interface, machine manufacturers have been able to easily integrate robots into their own motion controllers for some time now.
read more...RoboCup World Championship 2018
Germany is the soccer world champion!
If not in Russia, then in Canada: robots from German universities recently beat the international competition in soccer at the RoboCup World Cup. But the robotics competition in Montréal was not just about soccer. A look back.
read more...54th round of 'Jugend forscht' launched
Under the motto "Ask yourself!", the 'Jugend forscht' competition is starting a new round. As of now, young people can once again register their research projects in the fields of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology (STEM).
read more...More than 5,000 robots sold for the first time
Fanuc Germany closed the past financial year with record sales. Both the "General Industry" division and the "Automotive" activities contributed to this.
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