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| Robotics - industry of the future |
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| Robot simulation using data gloves |
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Automotive, mechanical engineering, chemistry/pharma, device and equipment manufacture, construction, food, packaging machine engineering as well as medical technology... all of these industries rely on robotics and automation systems.
No wonder then that robotics and automation have been leading the capital goods industry in growth rates. The challenge of the robotics and automation industry consists of implementing dynamically driven technological advances made in industrial application.
Growth industry with geographic advantages
The industrial infrastructure is based on the innovative research climate provided by (among others):
- Dortmund University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chair for Mechanical Engineering Elements, Design and Handling Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Robotics Research Institute
- Fraunhofer Institut für Materialfluss und Logistik [Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics]
The location Dortmund offers promising prospects: Once completed, Robotik- und Automatisierungstechnik Centre [robotics and automation centre] (RACE) at DortmundTechnologyCenter will serve as a spring of ideas and services for small and medium-sized companies of this industry, making it easier for companies operating in the fields of manufacturing, control/electric/mechanical and plant engineering to choose this location and take advantage of the services of RACE for their development.
In this context, network activities are particularly important:
- bringing together manufacturers and users of robotics and automation technology
- dividing tasks in core competencies to benefit from synergies
- forming flexible partnerships
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