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April 8, 2008 by Angela Shupe | 2 Comments

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European research project presents new prototypes of cost-effective, modular and interactive automation solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises

Since its launch in 2005, SMErobot has brought together a number of leading European robot manufacturers, system integrators, research institutes and partners from the field of Industrial IT in the search for future automation solutions aimed at small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses. One year before the end of the project, the first results will be presented at a joint stand at the trade fair AUTOMATICA 2008 in Munich from 10 to 13 June 2008 in hall B2, booth no 538.

Automation makes a business competitive – this has long since been true also of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, for many SMEs, the standard commercially available solutions are often too inflexible, too big or too expensive. SMErobot now promises to give new impetus to the introduction of robot technology in small and medium-sized businesses: this EU project is developing an entirely new, modular and interactive generation of robots which, in addition to being quick to install and easy to operate, will also help to make European SMEs more competitive thanks to their cost-effective design. Scheduled to last four years, the EU project is being coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart.

New things are being invented every day, and this new idea could help small and medium sized manufacturing businesses. These robots could be an option that would make it easier for these businesses to compete against the larger ones with more machinery.

In Europe, Innovation, News, Small Biz | 2 Comments