Germany has the highest robot density
Germany is the most automated economy in Europe: robot density - i.e. the number of industrial robots per 10,000 employees - has risen to a new record of 371 units (2020).
read more...AGVs and robotics
read more...All autonomous - or not?
Where previously there were only AGVs and FTFs, today there are also AMRs, MRs, aAGVs, IGVs and other terms that are largely the product of marketing.
read more...On the way to intelligent, autonomous transport robots
The development continues: the smart, automated production of the future will require transport robots that have capabilities such as autonomous journey planning and people recognition, are capable of learning and can "think for themselves".
read more...Mobile Industrial Robots and Logitrans develop autonomous forklift truck
Mobile Industrial Robots and Logitrans A/S, manufacturer of material handling equipment, have entered into a strategic cooperation to develop autonomous forklifts.
read more...New palletizing and handling robot for loads up to 80 kg
A few months after the launch of the new generation of high-performance palletizingrobots , Yaskawa is expandingthe MotomanPL seriesin the lower payload range: the new Motoman PL80 palletizes loads of up to 80 kg.
read more...A platform transporter for Industry 4.0
With the SFX series, Hubtex develops compact, self-propelled platform transporters for indoor and outdoor use. Load capacities of 25, 40 and 65 tons are possible, and the models have a large loading area for transporting bulky, heavy loads. Thanks to its modular design, the base of the transporter can be equipped with various steering systems and a platform lift.
read more...Universal Robots posts record sales
Universal Robots (UR), a Danish provider of collaborative lightweight robots, increased its revenue by 46% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the third quarter of the previous year.
read more...Universal Robots expands sales network in Germany
Universal Robots is further expanding its sales network in Germany with four new partners: SCS Robotik GmbH, JDT robotics, PTS Automation GmbH and Somack GmbH.
read more...On the way to intelligent, autonomous transport robots
The smart, automated production of the future requires transport robots that have capabilities such as autonomous route planning and people recognition, are capable of learning and can "think for themselves". EK Robotics, a supplier of AGVs on the European market, is involved in numerous current research projects.
read more...Mobile Industrial Robots and CSi palletizing cooperate
Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) and CSi palletizing are working together to facilitate the internal flow of materials for companies in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods/Consumer Packaged Goods (FMCG/CPG) sector.
read more...Start of construction of the new EK Robotics headquarters
On October 14, the ground-breaking ceremony for the future EK Robotics headquarters took place on the Elbe island of Veddel in Hamburg.
read more...Efficient picking at medium shelf height
With the Linde V modular B vertical order picker, Linde Material Handling is launching a new high-rack stacker onto the market.
read more...The mechafant comes running
The Mechafant will be on public display for the first time at stand 5205 in hall 5. It is able to independently pick up loaded Euro pallets from the ground in order to transport them autonomously to their destination and unload them there.
read more...Elokon acquires stake in startup Filics
Filics is developing an autonomous transport robot: two mechanically unconnected skids drive independently into Euro pallets, lift them and move the load directly and digitally controllable.
read more...Savoye becomes global partner and integrator of HAI Robotics
System integrator Savoye becomes partner and integrator of HAI Robotics, a manufacturer of autonomous case handling robots (ACR) for picking, storage and shipping.
read more...stow founds stow Robotics unit and acquires Raiser Robotics
The stow Group, provider of industrial warehouse solutions, announces the creation of stow Robotics, a new unit dedicated to warehouse automation.
read more...Fraunhofer IML and KION Group further develop LoadRunner
In a joint Enterprise Lab, the partners want to further develop and industrialize the autonomous vehicle swarm equipped with distributed artificial intelligence.
read more...Robotics you can touch: Universal Robots welcomes MCI
Practical robotics training for Austria: Since May 2021, the Innsbruck Centre for Production, Robotics & Automation has been an authorized training center of Universal Robots (UR).
read more...Automation - simply made better
The best automation solution is only as good as the processes into which it is integrated. This is precisely why the plumbing and heating wholesaler Holter in Wels, Austria, initially set about reorganizing the flow of goods together with Linde Material Handling. On this basis, two Linde L-MATIC trucks can now perform their transport tasks optimally - and provide the company with a significant increase in productivity.
read more...Universal Robots continues to grow
Universal Robots (UR) increased its sales of collaborative robots by 75 percent in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the second quarter of 2020.
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