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In the S³ research project, researchers at Fraunhofer IPA and their project partners have developed safety technologies and recognition algorithms for service robots. They were tested on the Care-O-bot 4 service robot in a nursing home application.
read more...How can farmers reconcile economic yields and ecological farming methods? Autonomous agricultural robots are seen as a promising solution here - for example from the Dutch company Pixelfarming Robotics.
read more...Hirata has developed a new robot cell for the automated loading and unloading of machine tools to increase productivity and reduce the workload of production staff.
read more...The robotics company German Bionic has launched the fifth generation of the Cray X Smart Power Suit on the market. The latest power suit is now outdoor-capable, among other things.
read more...Mobile Industrial Robots and Logitrans have entered into a strategic cooperation to develop autonomous forklifts. These are designed to enable the safe and automated picking up of pallets or other goods directly from the ground and their autonomous transportation.
read more...Five years after the takeover of the Augsburg-based robot manufacturer Kuka, the Chinese investor Midea wants to delist the German company from the stock exchange. A so-called squeeze-out process has been initiated, Kuka announced on Tuesday.
read more...ABB is entering into a strategic partnership with Sevensense. The start-up will expand ABB's new portfolio of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) with artificial intelligence and 3D mapping technology.
read more...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
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' (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.
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