The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) is a professional non-profit organization established in 1987 to promote, strengthen and protect the robotics industry worldwide. Factory Automation Robotics Palettizing Bread

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Activities

The purpose of the International Federation of Robotics is to promote research, development, use and international co-operation in the field of robotics, both industrial automated robots and service robots. The IFR is also coordinator of the International Symposium on Robotics (ISR), one of the oldest conferences for robotics research, founded in 1970.

Members

Today nearly all international industrial robot suppliers and 16 national robots associations are members of IFR. Headquarters of this umbrella organization of national robotics associations is in

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, Germany. International Federation of Robotics

Key persons

*President: Milton Guerry *General Secretary: Dr. Susanne Bieller (VDMA) *Chairman, Research Committee: Alexander Verl (

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) *Chairman, Industrial Robot Supplier Group: Marina Bill *Chairman, Service Robotics Group: Melonee Wise

Notes

External links

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