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'Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Award'
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...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...Human-robot collaboration, digital transformation in manufacturing and service robotics - these were the key topics at Automatica 2018. Computer&AUTOMATION has captured impressions and important news from the trade fair in a photo gallery.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
Global sales of industrial robots reached a record 380,550 units in 2017. China recorded the highest growth in demand for industrial robots with an increase of 58%. In the USA, sales rose by 6% and in Germany by 8% compared to the previous year.
read more...The rapid expansion of industrial robots is leading to a positive job balance in companies: In addition to tasks that are now performed by machines, new activities have been created for employees. This is the conclusion of a ZEW study.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
The automation of economies worldwide is running at full speed: with an average robot density of 74 units per 10,000 employees, the global average in the manufacturing industry has reached a new record. Germany is in 3rd place worldwide.
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The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Junji Tsuda from Yaskawa Electric in Japan as its new president. Tsuda succeeds Joe Gemma from Kuka, who is handing over the position to his successor after two years in office. The new Vice President is Steven Wyatt from ABB.
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The global stock of industrial robots will increase from around 1.83 million units in 2016 to over 3 million units in 2020, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) in its recently published World Robotics Report 2017.
read more...The VDMA has raised its 2017 growth forecast for the German robotics and automation industry from 7% to 11%. This means that the sector's turnover is expected to break the record of 14 billion euros for the first time this year.
read more...The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has announced the initial results of its World Robotics Report 2017. According to the report, the annual sales volume in China has currently reached the highest level ever recorded for a country.
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