6.7 billion euros profit for Siemens
Siemens raised its forecast three times in the current 2021 fiscal year and has now significantly exceeded it: Profit after tax rose by 59% to €6.7 billion.
read more...read more...Making machines talk to each other better
Siemens and Merck want to enable machines to communicate more and better with each other in order to ensure the quality of manufactured products.
read more...Alternative to PLCs
The RevPi Connect+ feat.Codesys from Kunbus can be used as a modular and powerful small controller for a variety of different automation tasks and, according to the provider, represents an alternative to complex and cost-intensive PLCs.
read more...Four robots, one unit
Handling pipes is a major challenge. Especially when they are up to four meters long and space is limited. An application-specific handling and transfer unit with four Scara robots solves the problems.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
Double-digit growth forecast for 2021
The number of industrial robots in factories worldwide has risen by 10% to a new record of around 3 million units - as reported by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) in the new 'World Robotics 2021' yearbook.
read more...Mechatronics & Automation Cluster
The Mechatronic Joint Initiative
The 'Mechatronic-Joint Initiative' (Mejoin) is a cooperation between German and Japanese SMEs, universities and industry-related institutions. The aim of the project is to strengthen the exchange of knowledge between industry and science.
read more...Automated material transport in vehicle construction
Fire department vehicles are custom-made and are not assembled on production lines due to the high proportion of manual work involved. However, the material flow within production can be automated. The Xito platform forms the basis for this.
read more...Without special robot programming
Comau has released the Comau Next Generation Programming Platform, a protocol that uses the Uniform Robotics Data Interface (URDI) communication standard to simplify robot programming.
read more...New board elected
Volker Spanier was confirmed as Chairman of the VDMA Robotics Executive Board for the new 2021-2024 term of office following new elections to the Executive Board of the Robotics Division.
read more...Financing round with 17 million euros
The startup Fruitcore Robotics has raised 17 million euros in a Series A financing round. The capital comes from three venture capital firms.
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