
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.
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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 efficiency of operational workflows can be significantly increased with autonomous intralogistics solutions. An expert in production logistics offers a new, customizable cobot palletizer for this purpose.

The BMW Group's engine plant in Steyr uses ABB's Gofa collaborative robot to transport components between processing stations.

Sysgo, NexCobot and Vectioneer are working on a joint project with Intel: a platform that serves as the basis for cobots. This will be presented at the upcoming Embedded World.

Finalists of the Kuka Innovation Award 2024...
Robotics for bakeries, bending processes or clothing companies: In the current round of the Kuka Innovation Award, creativity in the field of robotics for trade and SMEs is in demand. The three final teams have now been chosen. They will present their ideas at the Hannover Messe in April.
INDUSTRIAL Production Products of the year...
safeVisionary2 is the first 3D time-of-flight camera with Performance Level c safety certification. It enables safe three-dimensional environmental detection and won 2nd place in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the handling, assembly and production logistics category.
INDUSTRIAL Production Products of the year...
The Cobot Smart Gripper CSG from Fipa is an area gripper with an internal electric vacuum pump for compressed air-free automation. It came third in the handling, assembly and production logistics category in the competition for the products of the year 2024.
INDUSTRIAL Production Products of the year...
The flexible robot cell ZiMo enables a safe and cost-effective entry into process automation. The solution for small, medium and varying batch sizes is the winner in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the Robotics category.
International Federation of Robotics
The global stock of industrial robots has reached a new record of around 3.9 million units. The strong demand is being driven by a number of exciting technological innovations. The International Federation of Robotics reports on the key trends that will shape robotics and automation in 2024.

Next generation of robotics experts
Students from Nuremberg Institute of Technology Georg Simon Ohm visited the Igus plant in Cologne to deepen their knowledge of automation technology. Last July, they had already traveled to Bordeaux as Team Autonohm to take part in the 26th RoboCup World Championships with the low-cost cobot ReBeL from Igus.