The global demand for power electronics and chips for applications in automotive, communication, and industrial sectors continues to grow unabated. However, many of the production facilities originate from a different era: 200-mm wafer factories built in the 1990s and 2000s are still operating today…

Since October 1st, Fraunhofer IPA has a new location with several demonstrators for AI-based robotics in the "IPAI Spaces" in Heilbronn. The institute has been represented since the beginning of the year through the Fraunhofer Heilbronn Research and Innovation Centers HNFIZ within the local ecosyste…

Initially, for Pinger Robotic, this order involved no more than automating the assembly of a camera-based testing system at medical technology specialist WaveLight. Further upstream and downstream handling steps were then added as the project progressed. The result is a handling and testing cell tha…

The Sepro Group has completely redesigned its premium robots for plastic injection molding machines from 1,000 kN to 10,000 kN clamping force. The new robots of the S-Line series, debuting at K 2025, replace the 3-axis models of the S5 and the 5-axis models of the 5X series.

The three new S-Line robo…

How do you package medication sets with four components each, at a rate of 200 per minute, in compliance with pharmaceutical manufacturing requirements? Uhlmann Pac-Systeme has the answer: with a UPS 5 blister machine. Their system concept, which uses hygienic Stäubli SCARA robots for cycle time-cri…

Universal Robots, the world market leader for collaborative robots (Cobots) and part of Teradyne Robotics, announces that its long-standing partner Technicon, one of the leading automation companies in Scandinavia, has officially been appointed as a global UR Certified Solution Provider (CSP) for th…

Robotic solutions for hygienic and cleanroom environments are in great demand. Life sciences, food, laboratories, electronics, semiconductors – the niche markets of the past have evolved into growth drivers. However, the requirements placed on robots to be deployed in these areas are very, very dema…

Universal Robots (UR), the world’s leading provider of collaborative robots (Cobots) and part of Teradyne Robotics, today introduces UR Studio – a powerful online simulation tool based on PolyScope X, UR’s advanced, open, and AI-capable software platform.

UR Studio will be showcased this week at auto…

With the introduction of a specially developed, all-electric 2K injection molding machine, Wirthwein Medical is expanding its manufacturing capabilities for high-precision and extremely small multi-component components, including container closure systems and components for pharmaceutical primary pa…

At this year’s Automatica trade fair, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA will be showcasing numerous solutions that – thanks in part to artificial intelligence (AI) – greatly simplify and accelerate the planning, programming, and training of robots. On display…