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A cushion of orders from the coronavirus pandemic is still supporting the industry. However, orders are falling at the start of the second quarter. Economists see this as a bad omen for the economy. The VDMA is also reporting a decline in orders.
read more...Darmstadt-based start-up Energy Robotics wins the IEEE Award 2023 in the 'Robotics and Automation for Product Innovation' category of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
read more...At the Hannover Messe, Siemens presented 'Industrial Operations X', a portfolio for industrial automation that is part of Siemens Xcelerator and includes a fully virtual controller based on the S7-1500 functionalities.
read more...Prof. Dr. Holger Hanselka, currently President of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, is to become the new President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Reimund Neugebauer, who resigned by mutual agreement after almost eleven years at the helm.
read more...The VDMA Robotics Executive Board has appointed a new board member: Erich Schober, CSO of Kuka Germany, succeeds his former colleague Michael Otto, who left Kuka at the end of 2022.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
The North American robotics market has recorded strong growth: In the manufacturing sector, the number of installations increased by 12%, reaching a total of 41,624 units in 2022.
read more...Smart Automation Austria, the trade fair for industrial automation in Austria, will open its doors at the Design Center Linz from 23 to 25 May 2023. Including: over 170 exhibitors.
read more...In the past second quarter of fiscal year 2023, Siemens almost tripled its profit compared to the same period of the previous year.
read more...Following intensive biomechanical analyses, the company exoIQ has developed an active exoskeleton that provides up to 5 kg of force support per arm, making activities above the head and at chest height noticeably easier.
read more...Inther Group presents the robotic picking solution 'Gripp' (Gantry Robotic Intelligent Piece Picker) for fully automated order picking.
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