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International Federation of Robotics
The board of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) elected Milton Guerry from Schunk USA as the new president. Klaus König from Kuka was elected as the new Vice President.
read more...With the single-pad Gecko gripper, Onrobot has launched a compact version of its Gecko gripper onto the market. It is space-saving, lightweight and designed for three different payloads.
read more...As CEO of drag&bot, Martin Naumann has a lot to say about current trends in robotics. His company - created as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer IPA in Stuttgart - offers a solution for the uncomplicated programming of robots and end-of-arm tools.
read more...Research on task-oriented planning
Task-oriented planning. In networked production systems, more and more machines and autonomous vehicles are working alongside people. In order to make efficient use of all the possibilities, a sub-project of "FORobotics" is researching software for suitable resource allocation.
read more...Basics - Artificial intelligence
What is artificial intelligence? This basic article explains the origins, explains subcategories such as machine learning, deep learning and reinforcement learning and provides an overview of current applications of the technologies.
read more...Automated assembly production. In order to be able to manufacture more economically, SBS-Feintechnik brought the industrial robot Horst from the start-up Fruitcore into the company. Horst is used in assembly for the automotive sector, where it fits motors with a drive screw.
read more...Universal Robots is expanding its UR+ platform for certified partner products: Twenty software and hardware kits for the most popular cobot applications are now available on the platform.
read more...When multi-axis solutions are required for precise positioning tasks in automation technology, parallel kinematic systems are often the ideal solution. One example of this is hexapods, which can position loads extremely accurately with different travel ranges. Possible applications range from mechanical engineering and robotics to medical technology, research and high-precision measurement of optical components.
read more...In the fourth quarter of 2019, Kuka secured a major order for the planning and delivery of a fully automated battery pack line in the double-digit million euro range.
read more...Research teams from all over the world applied for the Kuka "Medical Robotics Challenge". These five teams made it to the final of the 7th Kuka Innovation Award.
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