May 31, 2021 — In the second of our two-part post on robots in healthcare we look at robots for cleaning and disinfection robots, surgery and rehabilitation and also robot assistants.
Smart robots for flexible production and resilient supply chains
Feb 25, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a number of recent developments in robotics into the limelight and is accelerating robot adoption in existing and new sectors. We look at five top trends.
Jan 05, 2021 — Experts in a virtual executive roundtable discussion hosted by IFR together with Messe München agree the most urgent challenge in up-skilling is ensuring effective collaboration between public and private-sector organization.
Dec 01, 2020 — New sales of professional service robots increased in 2019 by 32% over 2018 to US$ 11.2 billion, while the sales value of service robots for personal use is up 20% to US$ 5.7 billion.
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A3 Business Forum
January 20- January 22, 2025
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May 06- May 09, 2025
The Bright Side of Metal Forming
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May 07- May 08, 2025
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May 12- May 15, 2025
The latest in robotics, machine vision, AI, motion control, and more
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June 24- June 27, 2025
trade fair for smart automation and robotics
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September 03- September 04, 2025
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September 23- September 25, 2025
Exhibition for processing and packaging machinery, robotics and industrial vision systems
World Robotics – Industrial Robots: 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.
World Robotics – Service Robots: Sales of Service Robots up 30% Worldwide
Sales of professional service robots increased by 30% worldwide. More than 205,000 units were registered by IFR's statistics department in 2023. Nearly 80% of the robots came from the Asia-Pacific region with 162,284 units sold. Europe followed with 33,918 units and the Americas with 8,927 units sold.
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