This year’s event for networking and the discussion of trends and innovations in robotics was a resounding success
Interest in a shared platform for exchanging robotics experience and information is still high, a fact reflected by the demand seen at this year’s ‘Get Together for Robotics’ conference. This event represented the entire spectrum of the industry, offering users, manufacturers, universities and associations a shared stage for both networking and exchanging experience & information on opportunities & challenges in the field of robotics. This year, 130 participants gathered in Erlangen, Germany on October 23 and 24, 2024 to discuss the latest developments in the industry. They were also joined by many online participants. The ‘Get Together for Robotics’ event was organized by PI, which is also responsible for the development, expansion and maintenance of the data and command interface standard known as the SRCI (Standard Robot Command Interface).
Trends and innovations in robotics were in the focus of the event, which this year was held over the course of two days for the first time. In addition to robotics experts, PLC manufacturers and startups, numerous users (around one third of the participants) and experts from universities were represented.
Highlights of the event included two round table discussions by top-tier participants. At the “Trends in Robotics” executive round table, Reinhold Gross (CEO KUKA Robotics), Mladen Milicevic (CEO Unchained Robotics), David Reger (CEO Neura Robotics) and Helmut Schmid (Chairman of the Board of the German Robotics Association) discussed both future potential and the challenges of robot technology.