Dealing with deformable objects
Interdisciplinary research project "Soft Tissue Robotics". Researchers are working on a multi-body system approach for the automated handling of soft components.
read more...read more...Technical center rooms expanded
Robot carries out dosing tests at Viscotec
Viscotec has purchased a new Kuka robot for its Customer & Innovation Center (CIC), which opened in September 2017. It complements the pilot plant rooms for precise customer trials.
read more...Dematic installs first robot picking system
Dematic delivers the world's first robotic order picking system in Australia, moving it from the beta phase to live operation.
read more...New managing director at Smartray
Marius Westermann is the new Managing Director of Smartray with immediate effect. He heads the company, which specializes in 3D sensors for robotics, together with company founder Mathias Reiter.
read more..."The benchmark in the 15-kilogram class"
New Scara generation. In June, Omron presented its new range of Scara robots to a wide audience for the first time. The i4 is characterized by its speed, precision and range of functions.
read more...Zalando tests picking robot Toru
Zalando is currently testing how robotics can be used intelligently in logistics. Two robots from Magazino are being tested in Erfurt and are helping to store and pick goods.
read more...Collaboration with seven axes
Seven-axis cobots. Robotics engineer Kristian Kassow and his two partners are an experienced founding team behind the start-up Kassow Robots, which was founded in Copenhagen in 2014.
read more...Cobot with vacuum
Piab enters the collaborative robot market with the Picobot, a plug-and-play extension of the Cobot arm with Piab's vacuum technology.
read more...Hahn takes over Rethink Robotics
German robotics specialist Hahn acquires Rethink Robotics to strengthen its market position in the field of collaborative robotics.
read more...For the factory of the future
Collaborative robot based on Kuka. Bosch Rexroth continues to expand its portfolio of Automatic Production Assistants (Apas): With this assistant, the company now also integrates Kuka technology into its product range.
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