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President's Report by Marina Bill

IFR just published its much-anticipated World Robotics 2024 report with the latest data on the global robotics market. We will discuss the global robotics market dynamics and trends with a special focus on the impact on Europe, during the IFR Executive Roundtable at Robotheart at BiMu on 11 October 2024.

Record of 4 Million Robots in Factories Worldwide

The new World Robotics report recorded 4,281,585 units operating in factories worldwide - an increase of 10%. Annual installations exceeded half a million units for the third consecutive year. By region, 70% of all newly deployed robots 2023 were installed in Asia, 17% in Europe and 10% in the Americas. 

China’s New Growth Strategy Backed by Robots

At its recent Third Plenum, China mapped out the direction of the country's economic policies: Beijing wants to adapt to the new round of industrial transformation by using robots as an engine for growth. China's success story with industrial robots is unique: the country is by far the largest robot market in the world. 

Published Today - World Robotics Market Reports


Our latest Blogs - Introducing IFR's Women in Robotics 2024

Portrait of Xiaorui Zhu

Inspired by science fictions and movies, I started my research career in robotics as a graduate student. The more I dig into, the more interested I feel in this research area. After I become a professor in robotics, I began to think over what industry impacts robotics could make, and then I put them in practice with my graduate students via entrepreneurships.

Portrait of Nadja Schmiedl

As a child, I was already involved in my parents' family business, where I first encountered technology. This early contact has inspired in me a passion for working on technological advances that have a significant impact on human development. 

Portrait of Mar Masulli

I am passionate about robotics because I truly believe that the combination of Robotics with Artificial Intelligence (both with Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing) is defining exciting new opportunities that can improve our lives at work and as a society. 
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New Case Studies

Welding cobot in use at Stöckl Maschinen- und Gerätebau
For Stöckl Maschinen- und Gerätebau in Schliersee (Germany), the moment finally came when a neighbouring customer placed a large-scale order: this prompted the company to venture into robot-based welding – with a Weld4Me cobot complete cell by Yaskawa. 
Collaborative assembly application with HC10
Fagerhult make first-class lighting solutions that improve people's well-being in professional and public environments such as offices, schools, healthcare, etc. With initial training and support from Yaskawa, Fagerhult’s automation department were able to do all the testing, evaluation, and development of the final application on their own. 
Carrier Transicold begins using robots at Container Refrigeration factory
Carrier Transicold with headquarters in the USA and a manufacturing site in Singapore. At this site, the company faced a challenge that required human inspection in limited space, making the installation of traditional safety fences difficult. 
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Reducing Footprint with cost-effective collaborative solution
As part of their ongoing efforts to improve production processes, Sano sought to optimize their palletizing operations. Traditionally, palletizing had been carried out by manual labor, but the company was increasingly aware of the limitations. 
LBR iisy cobot in quality assurance
LIGRE, a brand launched by Gronbach, is conquering the consumer goods industry with a fresh feature for household coffee grinders: grinding coffee to the exact gram. To test for quality control, they put the new grinder's durability and compliance with the pre-set coffee weight through thorough examination.
ABB’s cobots boost productivity by 68% on refrigerator production
Collaborative robots carry out fully automated gas leak detection and electrical testing as part of the quality control procedures for refrigerators manufactured by Electrolux Group in Brazil. 
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Next Events


Robot Heart 2024

9 to 12 October 2024
Milano, Italy

 


Robot World 2024

23 to 26 October 2024
Seoul
 

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