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The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has announced the initial results of its World Robotics Report 2017. According to the report, the annual sales volume in China has currently reached the highest level ever recorded for a country.
read more...RoboCup World Championship 2017
Soccer skills were on display at the RoboCup robotics competition in Japan at the end of July. At the forefront: the robots from the German university teams. They also showed how advanced they are technologically in the industrial, household and rescue disciplines.
read more...Robot manufacturer Kuka plans to invest more than 100 million euros in the expansion and modernization of its headquarters in the east of Augsburg in the coming years, according to Dr. Till Reuter, CEO of Kuka AG, in a press conference.
read more...ABB has announced its figures for the second quarter of the current financial year. Order intake and sales increased compared to the same quarter last year. The 'Robotics and Drives' division stood out in particular.
read more...In the April issue of 'Quarterly Robotics', Computer&AUTOMATION took up the discussion of whether a robot tax makes sense in the age of digitalization. A reader's opinion.
read more...How can robot systems also be used economically for smaller batch sizes? The recently completed 'ReApp' research project aims to provide answers to this question.
read more...In January 2017, the opinion research institute Kantar Emnid conducted a representative survey on behalf of the BMBF on the topic of "Creating knowledge - thinking and working in the world of tomorrow". Robotics is viewed quite critically.
read more...This year's 13th IERA Award for Robotics and Automation goes to the butler robot 'Relay'. The little errand boy from the US development company Savioke carries out its errands completely independently - for example in hotels, hospitals or logistics centers.
read more...European Robotics Hackathon' competition
Radioactive material can escape in the event of a nuclear incident. If the radiation exposure is high, robots are the best way to secure the material. At the end of June 2017, eleven self-constructed robots took on this task at the 'European Robotics Hackathon' - under real-life conditions.
read more...Kuka and VW expand cooperation
The Augsburg-based robotics specialist Kuka and Volkswagen are intensifying their cooperation. Together, the two companies will develop robot-based service concepts for the car of the future.
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