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Every two years, Igus presents the Vector Award, which recognizes outstanding applications with energy chain systems. The golden Vector went to Loxin 2002 from Spain. In this application, two articulated robots work in the final assembly line of aircraft fuselages.
read more...Automatic loading of printing plates. Voodoo Manufacturing has tripled its 3D printing capacity with the help of collaborative robots from Universal Robots.
read more...Siemens, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and other partners have worked closely together to develop a robot system that processes aircraft parts with maximum precision.
read more...Flexible production. Around a dozen industrial robots work in a smart factory in Norway. Omron's mobile LD robots and enterprise management software are used to intelligently connect the cells.
read more...ZEW and London School of Economics
According to studies, equipping companies with industrial robots has led to a positive job balance. The ZEW estimates that further automation and digitalization in companies will trigger processes that will lead to a 1.8% increase in employment by 2021.
read more...The automated production of a single product according to individual specifications is just as much a central requirement of Industry 4.0 as standardized interfaces and the networked management of systems and processes. Yaskawa meets these challenges with intelligent control and software concepts, but also with high-performance robot models.
read more...Teradyne and the shareholders of Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) announce the acquisition of Mobile Industrial Robots, previously a privately held company.
read more...Automation in sawing technology
Sawing with robot support. Automation and robotics are rapidly gaining ground in metal processing - including in sawing technology. Robot-assisted systems are taking over more and more work steps following the sawing process.
read more...Kawasaki Robotics is presenting three new products - the BX200X and RS007 robots, which can also be seen at the Hannover Messe, as well as the Successor, a new manual remote control for industrial robots.
read more...Yaskawa is presenting its Industry 4.0 concept i³-Mechatronics at the Hannover Messe. This integrative approach includes products such as robots, drive and control technology, as well as specially developed software solutions. The backbone of the concept is the newly developed Yaskawa Cockpit software platform.
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