With a healthy addition of organisations to our membership in recent months, we’re taking time to introduce them, a few at a time, and in their own words, via our newsletter. This month we welcome KEBA Industrial Automation GmbH from Linz, Austria, and IT & Robotics (ITR), based in Vicenza and Padua, Italy.
KEBA Industrial Automation
Website: keba.com
In a nutshell…
KEBA, founded in 1968, with headquarters in Linz (Austria) and subsidiaries worldwide, operates in three business areas: Industrial Automation, Handover Automation and Energy Automation. Controls and safety technology, drive technology for machines and robots, ATMs and parcel and transfer machines, as well as power charging stations for e-cars and heating controls, for example, are all part of the product portfolio. KEBA employs around 2000 people.
In the area of industrial automation, in line with the guiding principle “Automation by innovation”, KEBA develops and produces innovative and high-quality automation solutions for general machine and tool construction as well as for Intralogistics, robotics, plastics, wind energy, turbo systems and sheet metal processing. Whether hardware or software, individual components or complete solutions – the Austrian technology expert offers powerful, modular and safe solutions for all industrial requirements.
In more detail
With KeMotion, the high-end technology module of the Kemro X automation platform, the company offers a particularly flexible solution for robot manufacturers as well as for machine manufacturers who want to integrate robotics deeply into their products and solutions. The open, scalable and modular KEBA robotics platform consists of robot controllers, operator terminals, user-friendly software, drive technology and safety technology that ensure the safe operation of machines and robots in accordance with current standards and directives. The range is rounded off with a series of services that facilitate the development and integration of unique solutions.
With KeMotion, users benefit from a highly customizable modular system that not only provides the necessary technology for robot controllers, but also ensures seamless integration into existing machine concepts. KEBA relies on proven industry standards, from real-time Linux to modern web APIs, which enables uncomplicated integration into existing systems.
By becoming a member of euRobotics, the company will actively contribute to shaping the European robotics strategy and further drive innovation in research and industry.
Michael Garstenauer, Product Manager at KEBA Industrial Automation says: “Our membership of euRobotics opens up additional valuable opportunities for us to collaborate with leading experts, research institutions and companies across Europe. We look forward to working with the robotics community to promote new technological developments, set standards and contribute our expertise to working groups and innovation projects.”
By joining the euRobotics community, the automation expert from Austria is sending a clear signal for the future of robotics in Europe and reaffirming its goal of providing powerful, safe and efficient robotics solutions for a wide range of industries.
For more information visit https://www.keba.com/industrial-automation
IT & Robotics (ITR)
Website: it-robotics.it
In a nutshell…
IT+Robotics, founded in 2005 as a spin-off of the University of Padua by a group of professors and researchers, is today an independent company with 20 specialists in machine vision. Its main products are Smart Pick, a robot guidance system for gripping objects, and Smart Inspect, a quality control system based on Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning. ITR is an industry leader with installations in Europe and America. With a turnover of more than €2M, it continuously invests in research with a team of 5 people dedicated to scientific research financed by both internal and EU funds. ITR has invested € 2.5M allocated in 20 perception and robotics projects proposing novel approaches for object localization and grasping based on instance segmentation models, and Task and Motion planning to perform activities within Human-Robot Collaborative industrial scenarios.
In more detail
The mission of ITR is to increase the flexibility of industrial processes by transferring the results of academic research into cutting-edge industrial solutions. ITR is one of the industrial 2D/3D vision market leaders, with products and solutions exported to various foreign countries. Its expertise includes bin-picking systems, vision-based quality control tools, and robotic system integration by providing software (e.g., Smart Pick 3D), hardware (EyeT+ Pick) and customized solutions. The flagship products are machine vision systems born as an engineering of research conducted during European projects: EyeT+ Pick, a vision system for random bin picking; EyeT+ Flex, a robot guidance system for the logistic sector; EyeT+ Inspect, a vision system for quality control.
On joining euRobotics, ITR has an interest in the Topic Groups AI & Cognition; Software Engineering, Systems Integration & Systems Engineering, and Industrial Robotics.
For more information, visit it-robotics.it