IFR published a press release on the IERA Award winner 2021. Congratulation to ABB for winning this prestigious award. The final presentation was hold digital and was part of the ICRA conference hosted by IEEE RAS. Next year the event will be hosted by IFR during automatica in June 2022.
Robotics Award 2021 goes to ABB´s PixelPaint car painting
IERA Award winner allows customized car designs
Frankfurt, Jun 09, 2021 — The 2021 “Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics & Automation” (IERA) goes to PixelPaint technology of ABB. Two high-precision robots make car painting faster, more sustainable and flexible – helping manufacturers to efficiently respond to individual demands. Two-tone and customized designs are applied in one pass. The technology eliminates overspray benefitting the environment.
More: https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/iera-award-2021-goes-to-abbs-pixelpaint-car-painting
For those who missed the IFR Executive Roundtable discussion on "Next generation workforce - upskilling for robotics", you may watch it now on the automatica webpage.