New trade fair integrated
From September 11 to 15, drinktec in Munich will start with a record number of exhibitors and exhibition space. This is mainly due to the integration of the SIMEI trade fair.
read more...read more...World's largest walking robot in action
Well done, dragon!
The high-tech monster 'Tradinno' is up to mischief again in Furth im Wald: Until August 20, 2017, the masterpiece of German engineering will be fighting at Germany's oldest folk play 'Drachenstich'.
read more...Michael Nörr joins the Management Board
The connector specialist Hummel from Denzlingen, Baden-Württemberg, has appointed a new Management Board member as of August 1, 2017: As Chief Operation Officer (COO), Michael Nörr is responsible for the areas of production, development and, in future, supply chain management.
read more...RoboCup World Championship 2017
German robots impress in Japan
Soccer skills were on display at the RoboCup robotics competition in Japan at the end of July. At the forefront: the robots from the German university teams. They also showed how advanced they are technologically in the industrial, household and rescue disciplines.
read more...Linear system guides chess pieces
A new generation of chess robots has been developed by students at the Linz Technikum. The robot reacts directly to the moves of its human counterpart and moves the chess pieces completely autonomously - as if by magic. The technical details.
read more...Kuka invests in Augsburg site
Robot manufacturer Kuka plans to invest more than 100 million euros in the expansion and modernization of its headquarters in the east of Augsburg in the coming years, according to Dr. Till Reuter, CEO of Kuka AG, in a press conference.
read more...DDS in robotics
The Industrial Internet of Things will connect devices, machines and entire systems to each other and to the cloud. As in other industrial sectors, the challenge for robotics is to master the resulting explosion in data volumes.
read more...Order boost for robotics and drives
ABB has announced its figures for the second quarter of the current financial year. Order intake and sales increased compared to the same quarter last year. The 'Robotics and Drives' division stood out in particular.
read more...Does a tax on robot labor make sense?
In the April issue of 'Quarterly Robotics', Computer&AUTOMATION took up the discussion of whether a robot tax makes sense in the age of digitalization. A reader's opinion.
read more...Risk versus benefit
Many manufacturing companies considering the use of collaborative robots in assembly workstations, for example, are still finding it difficult to weigh up the risks and benefits. The "SafeMate" joint project aims to provide assistance in this regard with a guide.
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