Robotics

Almost 72,000 industrial robots were installed in the 27 member states of the European Union in 2022 - an increase of 6% compared to the previous year. These are the preliminary results presented by the International Federation of Robotics.

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Omron has announced the release of 'Fleet Operations Workspace (Flow) Core 3.0' software. The platform extends the operational capabilities of LD and HD series autonomous mobile robots (AMR) and facilitates AMR deployment and fleet management.

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A payload of up to 8 kg and a reach of 1018 mm are among the features of the 'Horst1000' robot kinematics system that fruitcore robotics is launching on the market.

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In recent years, so-called lightweight robots have been developed. They are also known as collaborative robots or cobots. A group of scientists at RWTH Aachen University has researched how these mechanical helpers can be integrated into a system.

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Autonomous systems are about to revolutionize factories and warehouses. This article shows how Simulink is used to set up a continuous pick-and-place workflow for a mobile manipulator such as the Kinova Gen3 on a mobile Husky robot.

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Industrial robots are increasingly being used for inspection and maintenance work, particularly in environments that are awkward, difficult to access or unsafe for humans. Integrating them into everyday working life is often a challenge. A pilot project aims to help.

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The German robotics and automation industry expects sector growth of 9% to 15.7 billion euros in 2023. Patrick Schwarzkopf, Managing Director of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association, comments on current trends and developments.

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The robotics market has been experiencing enormous growth for years. The mechanical helpers are used in many sectors - industry, logistics, retail and medical technology. They can be used to increase productivity, efficiency and accuracy in production processes.

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Around half of employees in Germany see robots as a way of helping to overcome the shortage of skilled workers - according to one of the results of the automatica 2023 trend index, for which a market research institute surveyed 1,000 employees in Germany.

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Suitable transport structures in intralogistics are a prerequisite in all industries in order to withstand competitive pressure in the future. The basis for this is comprehensive automation, which would be inconceivable without an armada of powerful micromotors.

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