The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) is a professional non-profit organization established in 1987 to promote, strengthen and protect the robotics industry worldwide.
[
]
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 robot
Service robots assist human beings, typically by performing a job that is dirty, dull, distant, dangerous or repetitive. They typically are autonomous and/or operated by a built-in control system, with manual override options.
The term "service ro ...
s. 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 Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
, Germany.
[International Federation of Robotics]
Key persons
*President: Milton Guerry
*General Secretary: Dr. Susanne Bieller (VDMA)
*Chairman, Research Committee: Alexander Verl (University of Stuttgart
The University of Stuttgart (german: Universität Stuttgart) is a leading research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany wit ...
)
*Chairman, Industrial Robot Supplier Group: Marina Bill
*Chairman, Service Robotics Group: Melonee Wise
Notes
External links
International Federation of Robotics
*Automation
Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, namely by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines ...
{{Authority control
Robotics organizations
International professional associations
Organizations established in 1987