IERA Robotics Award 2022 presented
This year's 'Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics & Automation' (IERA) goes to Drishti, a video analysis company based in Mountain View, California.
read more...read more...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.
read more...Autonomous robot inspection
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.
read more...Monitoring system for robot energy chains
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.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
Robot sales at record level
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).
read more...Programming is welcome!
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.
read more...Engelberger Robotics Award 2022 presented
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.
read more...Former Kuka CEO returns to the robotics industry
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.
read more...Full order books, disrupted supply chains
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.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
New president elected
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.
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