"Iggy Rob" costs less than 50,000 euros
Igus presents the first low-cost humanoid robot for industrial applications. "Iggy Rob" is intended to offer a cost-effective alternative to systems currently available on the market.
read more...read more...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.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
World Robotics Association has a new president
The Executive Board of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Takayuki Ito as President. At the same time, Jane Heffner was appointed as the new Vice President of the IFR.
read more...Safe collaboration between humans and robots
The factory of the future is highly automated and digitalized. Cooperation between humans and robots plays a key role in the automation of production. Safety in particular is an issue that poses technical and ethical challenges. The Fraunhofer IFF is contributing to safe human-robot collaboration with its research.
read more...A new benchmark for collaborative robots
At this year's Automatica, Denso Robotics will be showcasing its innovations in the field of robotics. The collaborative Cobotta Pro product family will be the focus of the presentations. Visitors to the trade fair can see all variants in various sample applications.
read more...But be careful now!
Force-sensitive, dynamic, energy-efficient and versatile - these are the attributes of the new robot gripper from the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Design Technology (IEM) in Paderborn.
read more...The Hermes Award nominees have been announced
An independent jury has nominated three companies for the Hermes Award from among the submissions: ACS, Beckhoff and Bosch Rexroth. The winner will be announced at the opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
read more...Current topics in production technology
Visitors to EMO Hannover 2023 in September will be able to experience the latest trends in production technology at four joint stands. The focus will be on additive manufacturing, connectivity, open space cobot solutions and sustainability.
read more...Safe palletizing with the Cobot
Verla-Pharm's medicinal products and food supplements have been available for decades. Ever-increasing throughputs result in ever-increasing logistics costs, whereby optimum utilization of the available production space is necessary.
read more...Collaborative assembly stations in the context of handedness
When designing an assembly workstation, consideration should be given to whether it will be used by a right-handed or left-handed person. This should also be taken into account when working with collaborative robots.
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