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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...Interview with Jörg Rommelfanger
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 ABB's Robotics division in Germany, talks about how robotics in industry will develop technologically in the near and distant future.
read more...The Chair of Machine Tools of the WZL at RWTH Aachen University is developing a framework for the automated programming of industrial robots for surface processing.
read more...China has overtaken Germany in the use of robots in industry: China has moved up to third place in the world rankings with a robot density of 470 units per 10,000 employees. These are the findings of the World Robotics 2024 annual report published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
read more...Robots already perform many important tasks in industry and help to increase productivity.
read more...Anniversary with arc welding cell
Yaskawa has been supplying robot-based turnkey welding systems from European system construction for 40 years and is illustrating this anniversary at Euroblech with a complex arc welding cell.
read more...Following the successful market launch of Horst1500, the first industrial robot of the new generation of digital robots, fruitcore robotics presented Horst1000 G2 for the first time at Motek in Stuttgart.
read more...A specialist for heat exchangers and cooling systems welds with robot systems from Cloos, among others. This has simplified and accelerated the production process and reduced energy consumption while improving working conditions.
read more...World Bank: Gender equality boosts GDP
The shortage of labor is slowing economic growth worldwide. According to a forecast by the World Bank, the gross domestic product would increase by an average of almost 20 percent per capita worldwide if the employment of women reached the same level as that of men. The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) and its members support the career advancement of women in the robotics industry.
read more...World Robotics data from the IFR
The manufacturing industry in the United States is investing more heavily in automation: the number of installations rose to a total of 44,303 units in 2023 - an increase of 12% compared to the previous year.
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