Robotics ideas for trade and small businesses

Robotics for bakeries, bending processes or clothing companies: The current round of the Kuka Innovation Award calls for creativity in the field of robotics for trade and SMEs.

The three final teams have now been selected to present their ideas at the Kuka stand. Team Yantra is developing an LBR iisy robot apprentice to support the skilled production of sustainable, hand-woven textiles in micro-factories to reduce production times while preserving the creative aspect of the craft. At Team Collaborative Deliciousness, the IISYest Baker is a user-friendly automation solution for smaller artisan bakeries and is based on iiQKA.OS and the Kuka LBR iisy Cobot. With an intuitive user interface, bakers can perform many repetitive tasks. Team Ricobb introduces the LBR iisy Cobot "Buddy", which is designed to enable small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe to bring back manufacturing processes that would otherwise be located in low-wage countries. This is the ambitious goal of the LVD Robotic Solutions and Acro research group.

Hall 5, Stand D12

Hamburg Regional Court issues preliminary injunction against Elite Robots Germany

In the copyright dispute between Teradyne Robotics and Elite Robots Germany, the Hamburg Regional Court has issued an interim injunction. The distribution of the software and products concerned is prohibited, and there is also a comprehensive...

Humanoid robotics

Schunk founds tech spin-off for humanoid robot hands

Schunk is bundling its activities in humanoid robotics by founding its own spin-off at the beginning of January. The aim of the new company is to develop modular humanoid robot hands for industrial applications.

Partnership for humanoid robotics

Schaeffler and Neura Robotics jointly develop humanoids

Schaeffler and Neura Robotics will work together in the future to develop and supply key components for humanoid robots. The systems will also be integrated into Schaeffler's global production network.

Yaskawa at the Automatica 2025

AI meets robotics

At this year's Automatica, everything at Yaskawa revolves around AI-based robotics solutions for the smart factory and beyond. As a trade fair highlight, the manufacturer is presenting its new Motoman Next product concept.

Kassow Robots at the Automatica

7-axle vehicle in action

At Automatica, Kassow Robots will be presenting a wide range of industrial applications for production and logistics tasks that provide new impetus for efficiency and flexibility in industrial automation.

Automatica 2025

Robotics and automation in six exhibition halls

From June 24 to 27, 2025, Automatica, the trade fair for intelligent automation and robotics, will bring industry and research together in six exhibition halls. Preparations are in full swing.

Interview with Jörg Rommelfanger

Robotics in 25 years

The annual IFR report shows that the number of industrial robots is steadily increasing worldwide. They have already played an important role in ABB's portfolio for decades. In an interview with INDUSTRIAL Production, Jörg Rommelfanger, Head of...

Pneumatic gripper series

Reliable end effector for cobots

Collaborative robots are now widely used for a wide range of handling tasks. SMC offers three versions of the RMH pneumatic gripper for this purpose; it is compatible with cobots from a total of twelve companies.