Automation Market

The North American robotics market experienced its best quarter ever to begin the year: Companies from the US, Canada and Mexico ordered 11,595 industrial robots – up 28% compared to …

Machinery and plant manufacturers have made good progress in the fight against product and brand piracy in the past two years. While the annual damage sum remained at a high …

The industrial ethernet market is predicted to expand significantly in the upcoming years owing to the growing demand for fast, secured, and efficient network infrastructure for uninterrupted communication within a …

Funds for 1 billion euros for 4.0 investments. The initiative signed by the Italian Minister of Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgetti is part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). …

Japan is the world´s number one industrial robot manufacturer – delivering 45% of the global supply. In recent years, the country’s robot suppliers have increased their production capacity considerably: Their …

The International Federation of Robotics updated its paper on Artificial Intelligence in Robotics. The paper analyzes current applications of AI in robotic applications, future directions, and safety and certification considerations. …

Marina Bill has been appointed as new Vice President of the International Federation of Robotics with immediate effect. She represents IFR along with IFR President Milton Guerry. The IFR Executive …

The operational stock of industrial robots hit a new record of about 3 million units worldwide – increasing by 13% on average each year (2015-2020). The International Federation of Robotics …

The new 5-year plan for the robotics industry in China, released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in Beijing, focuses on promoting innovation – making China a …

The use of industrial robots in factories around the world is accelerating at a high rate: 126 robots per 10,000 employees is the new average of global robot density in …

In October, German mechanical and plant engineering companies once again recorded double-digit growth in orders, up 19 percent in real terms. Domestic orders rose by 13 percent, while orders from …

Exports of machinery from Germany recorded high growth in the third quarter, rising by 8.8 percent year-on-year to 44.6 billion euros, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office based on …

The new World Robotics 2021 Industrial Robots report just released by the IFR shows a record 3 million industrial robots operating in factories around the world, an increase of 10%. …

“The monthly VDMA order intake and turnover statistics show that the order books of the machine vision industry are full to the brim. The demand for machine vision components and …

Robot mobility is booming worldwide: Unit sales of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in the logistics sector e.g. will increase by 31% between 2020 and 2023 annually. At the same time, …