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The automation of economies worldwide is running at full speed: with an average robot density of 74 units per 10,000 employees, the global average in the manufacturing industry has reached a new record (2015: 66 units).
read more...With the project "Interactive Robotic System for Emptying Sea Containers" (IRiS), the Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics at the University of Bremen is conducting research together with BLG Handelslogistik, Schulz Systemtechnik and Framos.
read more...SCOPE has a new design and is sharpening its editorial profile! We also look beyond the horizon and show you which technologies from the world of IT and electronics can be useful to you in the digital transformation of your production.
read more...Yaskawa has optimized the Industry 4.0 solution Cockpit in cooperation with RoboticsX. It was presented for the first time at the Hannover Messe 2018.
read more...... dear readers, is what awaits us in Hanover from April 23 to 27. According to the organizers, the trade fair will be a "global hotspot for Industry 4.0".
read more...Collaborative assembly of multi-variant products. In the "KoKoMo" research project, a total of eleven partners are working on the question of how collaborative assembly can be integrated into product lifecycle management.
read more...Two connection options for signaling devices are integrated in the revised quarter-turn actuators of the CRB1 series from SMC. The D-M9 series signaling devices can be mounted directly here.
read more...Teradyne is taking over Mobile Industrial Robots, a company that was previously privately run. According to the announcement, the purchase price is 121 million euros (148 million dollars). A further 101 million euros (124 million dollars) will be paid if certain performance targets are met up to and including 2020.
read more...Serving orange juice, loading the dishwasher or sorting the groceries. The new low-cost robotic concept from Igus is designed to make these tasks possible. Igus has presented a new type of shaft-driven joint as a single component under the name Rebel.
read more...Robotic solution for quality control. ASM uses the Sawyer collaborative robot from Rethink Robotics in its production. It places printed circuit boards in a test adapter and checks them for errors.
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