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Kuka generates $1.8 billion in revenues in first half of 2018

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Kuka has published an interim report of its financial results for the first half of 2018, and sales revenues are just over $1.8 billion.

This is less than the sales revenue Kuka generated in the first half of last year, which was $2 billion, and that seems to be the case for orders received and orders backlog – all slight below figures from last year’s first half.

Kuka’s order backlog has risen to €2.3 billion as at June 30, 2018. The order backlog for the first half of 2017 was €2.2 billion.  [Read more…] about Kuka generates $1.8 billion in revenues in first half of 2018

Atlas Copco acquires niche machine vision solutions provider

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Atlas Copco, a provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has acquired German Quiss Qualitäts-Inspektionssysteme und Service AG. The company specialises in machine vision solutions for quality inspection and robot guidance, and is mainly used in the automotive industry.

Quiss is based near Munich in Germany. The company had revenues of approximately 8.4m euros in 2017 and 45 employees.

Quiss’ core competence is image processing, algorithms, as well as system design including hardware and software. The products are mainly used for quality inspection of adhesive dispensing applications within the automotive industry.

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Kuka wins multimillion-dollar automotive contract with GAC in China

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Kuka has received an order to supply industrial robots to Chinese automotive manufacturer GAC NE, subsidiary of GAC Group.

The order value lies in the “high double-digit million euro range”, says Kuka, and was booked in the second quarter of 2018.

The automotive manufacturer GAC Group is headquartered in Guangzhou, China, and is a Fortune “Global 500” company.  [Read more…] about Kuka wins multimillion-dollar automotive contract with GAC in China

Universal Robots introduces training course in Singapore

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Universal Robots launched its systems in Singapore last year and is now looking to boost robotics literacy through a collaborative robotics course 

Current and potential employees in Singapore will soon be able to add robotics literacy, an increasingly important skill, to their CVs as automation gains wide adoption in the country.

Universal Robots, the pioneer and market leader of collaborative robots, has partnered with Singapore’s National Trades Union Congress’ e2i (Employment and Employability Institute), to establish the UR Collaborative Robotics Course.

The course follows the launch of Universal Robots’ free online training platform in 2016, UR Academy, which provides basic programming training on Universal Robots collaborative robots.  [Read more…] about Universal Robots introduces training course in Singapore

Swisslog wins CarryPick order with Waytek

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Swisslog Logistics Automation is to install CarryPick at electrical parts supplier Waytek’s Chanhassen, Minnesota distribution centre.

Swisslog’s CarryPick solution is a mobile system for flexible, scalable order fulfilment. CarryPick’s mobile robots  supply workstations with mobile racks.

The system supports different sizes and weights of products, provides the ability to add racks and robots quickly as storage volume increases, and enables equipment to be easily moved from one warehouse to another. The goods-to-person solution is orchestrated by Swisslog’s SynQ warehouse management software.

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Automotive robotics market to grow to $14 billion by 2025

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The global automotive robotics market size is expected to grow to $13.6 billion by 2025, according to a report. 

The market is subject to witness a substantial growth due to the rising implementation of automation and robotics in the automotive sector.

Rising adoption of automation and robotics in manufacturing processes has changed overall outlook of the automotive industry since last few decades.  [Read more…] about Automotive robotics market to grow to $14 billion by 2025

Industrial robotics market expected to exceed $79 billion By 2022

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The global market for industrial robotics expected to exceed $79 billion By 2022, according to a report.

The scope of the report includes a detailed study of global and regional markets for the global Industrial Robotics Market with the reasons given for variations in the growth of the industry in certain regions.

The report covers a detailed competitive outlook including the market share and company profiles of the key participants operating in the global market.  [Read more…] about Industrial robotics market expected to exceed $79 billion By 2022

Pilz launches robot measurement system

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Safety specialist Pilz has launched a new robot measurement system.

The company says the new force and pressure measurement system, PROBms, “guarantees the standard-compliant safety of human-robot collaboration”.

With the launch of this new rental-based force and pressure measurement system, PROBms, Pilz says it now offers “a complete package for validation of human-robot collaborations in accordance with ISO/TS 15066”.  [Read more…] about Pilz launches robot measurement system

US-China trade war affecting Fanuc’s industrial robot sales

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The trade war between China and the US is negatively affecting the sales of Fanuc’s industrial robots, according to the Nikkei newspaper. 

In recent months, the US and China have been introducing new taxes on imports from each other’s countries, and this has set up Fanuc for a tough year ahead, reports Nikkei.

Fanuc is headquartered in Japan but has global operations. It is believed to be the largest supplier of robotics and automation technologies to the industrial sector.  [Read more…] about US-China trade war affecting Fanuc’s industrial robot sales

Koki connects all 60 of its industrial robots to ABB’s Ability internet platform

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Koki Transmission has connected all 60 of its industrial robots to the ABB Ability internet platform.

The company is said to have connected its robots for the purposes of condition monitoring and diagnostics.

This is designed to address previous problems which were leading to unplanned downtime in material handling.  [Read more…] about Koki connects all 60 of its industrial robots to ABB’s Ability internet platform