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Robots and AI: Vision and Reality

Sep 27, 2018 — Robots that can ice-skate, hoover the house, flip burgers, pour beer and share jokes with humans are making headlines and scoring millions of hits on YouTube. Robotics is moving at a fast pace and much of this is due to rapid developments in artificial intelligence (AI).

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Automation and the Future of Work

Jul 30, 2018 — For over two centuries philosophers and economists have debated the question of the impact of automation on jobs. The evidence to date points to automation having a positive effect on labour demand. Why is this and how can we ensure the trend continues in the face of rapid advances in robotics and artificial intelligence?

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Events

IFR & CRIA CEO Roundtable at CiROS

July 09- July 09, 2019

Combined event with China International Summit of Robotics and Smart Manufacturing

IFR & RAR CEO Roundtable at INNOPROM

July 10- July 10, 2019

Industrial robotics is widely used around the world as a means of reducing costs and improving production efficiency, changing the technological process of enterprises.

CiROS 2019

July 10- July 13, 2019

China International Robot Show (CiROS)is China's first national exhibition platform covering the whole product chain of robots.

TAIROS 2019

August 21- August 24, 2019

The Taiwanese robot exhibition will be located at Taipei World Trade Center, Nangang exhibiton hall

ROBOTWORLD 2019

October 09- October 12, 2019

14th RobotWorld, which is the biggest specialized robotics exhibition in Korea and will be held during 9th – 12th, October.

iREX 2019

December 18- December 21, 2019

The iREX was first held in 1974, and it has since been held once every two years, marking its 23rd exhibition this year.

World Robotics Survey: Global industrial robot sales doubled over the past five years

The Report shows that a new record high of 381,000 units were shipped globally in 2017 – an increase of 30 percent compared to the previous year. This means that the annual sales volume of industrial robots increased by 114 percent over the last five years (2013-2017).

Study Service Robots: Global sales value up 39 percent

Sales value of service robots for professional use increased by 39 percent to US$6.6 billion. The total number sold in this robot category rose by 85 percent (2017). Logistic systems show the strongest demand, accounting for 63 percent of the total units and 36 percent of the total sales (in value) of professional service robots.

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