Large influx for Intec and Z

Around 1,300 exhibitors will present their innovations and technologies at the industry get-together for production technology in metalworking and the supplier industry.
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Around 1,300 exhibitors will present their innovations and technologies at the industry get-together for production technology in metalworking and the supplier industry.

The research company Profactor has landed the three-year EU research project Spirit. Together with eight partners from science and industry, the aim is to develop a new generation of inspection robots that can be used without programming.

General Manager Central Eastern Europe
Omron Electronics, a specialist in industrial automation, has expanded the role of Dr. Klaus Kluger, who is now General Manager of the Central and Eastern Europe regions.

If chemically contaminated areas have to be decontaminated or nuclear facilities dismantled, workers are exposed to health risks. In future, robotic systems will carry out such decontamination work. The new Robdekon competence center, which is being funded by the BMBF with twelve million euros, is working to make this a reality.

5th handling award at Motek 2018
But hurry now! The application phase for the "handling award for Motek" ends at midnight on July 31! Submit your innovation for one of the four categories now!
Schunk User and Technology Day
How can human-robot collaboration be used in everyday production? What safety concepts are there? How to get started? - These topics were the focus of the second Schunk User and Technology Dialogue. Above all, the ergonomic facilitation of everyday work will become a central aspect of HRC in the future.

On October 17 and 18, the third edition of the Human Robot Forum and accompanying trade exhibition will take place in Stuttgart. Registration at the early bird price is possible until August 10.
Expansion of the stepper motor range

With effect from July 19, 2018, Faulhaber Antriebssysteme acquired Dimatech, a Swiss manufacturer of high-performance stepper motors using disc magnet technology.

Universal Robots draws a positive balance of its large-scale roadshow. From mid-April to the end of June, the provider of collaborative robotics toured Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Esben Østergaard, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Universal Robots, has been honored with the Engelberger Robotics Award. The award is considered the world's most important accolade in the field of robotics.