On course for growth with a new management team
The robotics company Franka Emika sets course for growth with the appointment of Dr. Alwin Mahler as CEO.
read more...read more...Choose your cover photo favorite of the year 2021
Which cover picture did you like best this year? Tell us in a short survey and take part in the prize draw for some great prizes.
read more...The top articles of the year
What connects Google and industrial robots, hovering shuttles, app stores and exoskeletons? It's simple: these topics are among the top articles of 2021. We take a look back at them...
read more...Investment in Taiwanese cobot company
Omron has acquired a stake of around 10% in Techman Robot, a provider of collaborative robots (cobots) that work together with people in production facilities.
read more...Safety encoder for AGVs
The TRK 38 from TWK is a compact and safety-oriented encoder for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and mobile robots that helps them to navigate in space and move to target positions.
read more...New options for cobot applications
Hilpert electronics, sales partner of TM Robot, offers new, complementary options for the effective use of collaborative robots in addition to various cobots.
read more...Robot density in Germany at record high
Germany is the most automated economy in Europe: according to the IFR, robot density - i.e. the number of industrial robots per 10,000 employees - has risen to a record 371 units (2020).
read more...Improved safety for service robots
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...Robot support for bricklayers in space
A remedy for bad moods: the robot Cimon is to keep German astronaut Matthias Maurer company on the International Space Station ISS.
read more...Autonomous agricultural robots for agriculture
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.
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