Schunk announces robotics ‘Expert Days’ event date
The key focus at Schnunk’s robotics ‘Expert Days’ event this year will be service robotics, with the event highlighting technical, economic and political imperatives at its headquarters in Lauffen from 25-26 February 2015.
The market for service robotics is rapidly growing and according to the International Robotics Association (IFR), about 21,000 service robots were sold in 2013 for professional applications, amounting to total turnover of US$3.6billion. New technologies and applications promise a high developmental dynamics in the upcoming years.
This year’s motto at the Schunk event is ‘Service Robotics: Probing New Horizons’. Among the industry leaders to present at the event, Lijin Aryananda PhD of Hocoma will speak about robot-supported neuro-rehabilitation technology, Professor Gordon Cheng of the Technical University Munich will present new possibilities of tactile sensor systems, and Professor Dr Albert Amos from Bosch Start-up will explain the concepts for using service robotics in the agricultural sector.
In addition, Dr Andreas Goerdeler of the Federal Ministry for Economics and Energy in Berlin will present the political perspective of service robotics. The event will be moderated by the renowned MIT researcher Julie Shah, and the robotics mastermind Martin Hägele who is the Head of the Robot and Assistive System Department at the Fraunhofer IPA in Stuttgart.
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