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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).
read more...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...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...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...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
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.
read more...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.
read more...Automation technology from a single source
With the modular industrial robotics kit "Automation Technology for Robotics" (ATRO), Beckhoff Automation is adding robotics to its automation system. The modular system can be used to flexibly assemble suitable robot kinematics for any application.
read more...The robotics industry is booming and at the same time suffering from disrupted supply chains. This is leading to seemingly contradictory developments.
read more...Automation is not always the best solution - a high number of variants or too large an investment are two obstacles why full automation is rarely an option for companies. But: there is also the option of partial automation.
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