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Developments such as adaptable production and the booming online trade place the highest demands on intralogistics. To meet these requirements, digital networking, artificial intelligence and machine learning offer innovations for driverless transport systems and mobile robots. On September 18, 2019, the 8th Fraunhofer IPA Technology Forum will present new approaches and applications.
read more...A small robot from Kuka's KR Agilus series is a key component of Swisslog's new Item-PiQ generation. The provider of automation solutions for warehouses and distribution centers is part of the Kuka Group and has presented the fully automated picking solution.
read more...International robotics competition
Team B-Human from Bremen showed what robots can achieve not only in industry but also in soccer at this year's international robotics competition RoboCup in Sydney. Here, the German champion in the Standard Platform League won the world championship title against the reigning world champion from Leipzig.
read more...The VerbBot project of the Chair of Robotics and Embedded Systems at the University of Bayreuth is investigating how to enable flexible natural language instruction of robots for force-based tasks.
read more...Robots are also finding their way into soccer. This year, Team B-Human from Bremen showed what the little robots can do in this popular sport at the international robotics competition Robocup in Sydney.
read more...Yamaha's Factory Automation Section portfolio includes all common types of industrial robots such as Cartesian and Scara robots as well as single and multi-axis articulated robots.
read more..."Out of the niche, into series production" is the motto of additive manufacturing. However, in some places there is still a lack of connection between the technology and the world of automation for this development step.
read more...Market trends such as omnichannel distribution, batch size 1, ever shorter order throughput times and delivery cycles and the handling of a growing variety of product ranges place high demands on intralogistics.
read more...Automation is also finding its way into the surface treatment of large areas. Ferrobotics has developed the Active Orbital Kit 601 to meet the special challenges of large-area sanding and polishing processes.
read more...Fanuc has added two new robots to its model range. The new additions are the M-20iD/25 handling robot and the ARC Mate 120iD welding version. Compared to their predecessors, both are characterized by higher axis speeds and a large working range.
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