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Editorial: Robotics in production
R2-D2, C-3PO and Marvin - who doesn't know them, the intelligent robots from the "Star Wars" series and from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? And who wouldn't want them at their side every day as intelligent helpers?
read more...ABB has announced that CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer (55) is stepping down from the position he has held since 2013. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Peter Voser (61), will also assume the position of interim CEO with immediate effect.
read more...The Board of Directors of ABB and CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer have agreed that he will step down from the position he has held since 2013. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Peter Voser, will also assume the position of interim CEO with immediate effect.
read more...Instead of programming every movement, service robots should in future learn what to do from humans. These and other topics were discussed by 170 experts at the Schunk Expert Days on Service Robotics in the Danish automation hotspot of Odense.
read more...Igus presented new approaches to low-cost automation at this year's Hannover Messe: The "Rohboter" concept consists of a Robolink DC articulated arm made of plastic and a marketplace model that helps users online to find and configure or build the right automation solution for them.
read more...After around two years of construction, Yaskawa opened its new robot production facility and a new European robotics development center at its site in Kočevje/Slovenia. The investment volume is around 25 million euros.
read more...With the Roby-servostop series, Mayr Antriebstechnik has small, powerful safety brakes in its range. With their compact design and low weight, they are tailored to the requirements of robotics.
read more...Today, microdrives achieve remarkable things in a wide variety of applications, and not just in industrial applications. In the kinetic sculpture "Project Anthozoa", which imitates the movement patterns of invertebrate flower animals, many small linear DC servomotors ensure fluid, dynamic and therefore lifelike movements.
read more...At the Hannover Messe, Schunk announced its cooperation with AnotherBrain, a specialist in artificial intelligence. By the beginning of 2020, the first autonomous gripping system is to be developed that enables independent handling without manual programming.
read more...Process monitoring in robotics
With solutions based on piezoelectric sensors, Kistler can efficiently monitor industrial robots and further optimize assembly and handling processes. Thanks to miniaturized and integrated systems, robots will become more precise, more flexible, more efficient and safer in the future.
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