
Cobot with 20 kg load capacity
Universal Robots is expanding its product portfolio with the Cobot UR20. Thanks to a new joint design, the cobot achieves shorter cycle times and handles loads weighing up to 20 kg.
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Universal Robots is expanding its product portfolio with the Cobot UR20. Thanks to a new joint design, the cobot achieves shorter cycle times and handles loads weighing up to 20 kg.

Energy Robotics, developer of software solutions for mobile, autonomous inspection robots, introduces the 'Click and Inspect' feature. This function enables companies to create and carry out inspection missions during operation.

Flexible 3D energy chains make it possible to guide robot cables safely. Igus is launching the i.Sense TR.B breakage monitoring system to detect potential chain breakages in good time and prevent unplanned machine downtime.
International Federation of Robotics
Global sales of industrial robots rose to 486,800 installed units, an increase of 27% compared to the previous year. This is one of the findings from the preliminary figures for 2021 published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

Researchers at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern have put a programmable 'Farmbot' into operation, which interested parties can help program via the Internet. The aim is to create a robot that gardens independently.

Bertil Thorvaldsson, Senior Advisor at ABB, received the prestigious Engelberger Robotics Award for Leadership at the International Symposium on Robotics (ISR) in Munich on June 21, 2022.

Till Reuter, former CEO of Kuka, returns to the robotics industry and joins the board of Neura Robotics, a start-up founded in Metzingen in 2019.
The German robotics and automation industry is benefiting from a boom in demand: from January to April 2022, incoming orders rose by 38% compared to the previous year. The dynamic market development had already been announced with the results for 2021.

International Federation of Robotics
The Executive Board of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Marina Bill from ABB as President. At the same time, Kenji Yamaguchi from Fanuc was appointed as the new Vice President of the IFR.

574 exhibitors and over 28,000 visitors - that's the balance sheet for this year's Automatica. The next robotics trade fair will take place in 2023.