
Gripper construction kit for cobots
Schunk is expanding its 'Plug & Work' gripper portfolio with solutions for the cobots from Doosan Robotics and Techman Robot.
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Schunk is expanding its 'Plug & Work' gripper portfolio with solutions for the cobots from Doosan Robotics and Techman Robot.

The German Robotics Association was founded in Nuremberg in October 2020. The aim of the association is to promote the use of robot technology, particularly in small and medium-sized companies.
2020 will undoubtedly be remembered as the year of the coronavirus - but it also brought some remarkable technical developments, including Single Pair Ethernet, the Omlox standard and the digital twin! Not forgetting the virtual coffee corner for the home office ...

Since December 1, 2020, Andrea Alboni has headed the Western Europe region for Universal Robots (UR) and, as Regional Sales Director, is responsible for all of the cobot pioneer's activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Teradyne has announced that Jürgen von Hollen, previously President of Universal Robots (UR), will leave the company on December 31, 2020. Von Hollen is seeking a position outside the UR competitive environment.
Small and medium-sized companies are also successfully opening the door to the future with the help of collaborative robots or cobots. One of the key foundations for this is the seamless interaction between robots and image processing.

Helmut Schmid left Universal Robots on July 1. Jürgen von Hollen and Andrea Alboni have taken over his duties.
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Voith Robotics becomes the new system integrator of Universal Robots. Together they want to take the "concept of intelligent automation to the next level".

Mobile Industrial Robots and Universal Robots are investing 36 million dollars in the development and production of robots at the site of a new cobot center in the Danish city of Odense.