Robotics firms show latest offerings at CIIF
Nowadays robots act as helping hands in almost every industry, including auto manufacturing and logistics as well as waste separation. During the 21st CIIF, which opened today in Shanghai, four leading robot producers - ABB, FANUC, YASKAWA and KUKA - show off the latest in robotic applications.
James Li, lead business manager, ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation in China, says the trend of mass customization in the manufacturing industry is inevitable and ABB will use the CIIF to show how it embraces this trend.
FANUC brought two collaborative robots that can play any song you choose from your music library.
At the booth of YASKAWA, four collaborative robots weld the body of a car. KUKA shows how a customized shoe can be made by its robots.