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In a demo video, scientists from Google subsidiary Boston Dynamics show the results of their current work on the humanoid robot 'Atlas'. Even deliberate disruptive maneuvers do not throw the biped off its stride.
read more...Universal Robots, the Danish manufacturer of collaborative robots, achieved a turnover of 56 million euros last year - a growth of 91% compared to the previous year. Profits increased even more.
read more...At the beginning of December 2015, the Japanese automation trade fair SCF and the robot trade fair iREX took place together for the first time in Tokyo. What can already be seen there in terms of Industry 4.0? Computer&AUTOMATION interviewed two industry experts to find out.
read more...The kick-off event for the 'Aquias' research project took place at the Fraunhofer IAO on February 2 and 3. Its aim is to enable broad groups of employees to participate in attractive work in human-robot collaboration.
read more...ABB published its business figures for the fourth quarter and full year 2015 at the beginning of February. The figures were down, mainly due to the Industrial Automation and Drives and Process Automation divisions.
read more...Human-robot collaboration (HRC) alone is not enough to make production more flexible. There is also a need for mobile platforms on which robots can move independently through factory halls and transport goods or workpieces.
read more...An innovative exoskeleton concept from a Swiss start-up company makes it possible: workers can carry out tasks virtually sitting down without needing a chair.
read more...The Agumos Q40 from Melkus Mechatronic is an automated guided vehicle system developed for the automated transportation of small parts, which are often transported in stackable 60 x 40 cm boxes.
read more...The USA is the partner country of the Hannover Messe this year - and the organizers are therefore expecting a high-ranking visitor from there: US President Barack Obama will open the industrial trade fair together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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