International Federation of Robotics

The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) is a professional non-profit organization established in 1987 to promote, strengthen and protect the robotics industry worldwide.[1]

Factory automation with KUKA industrial robots for palletizing food products like bread and toast at a bakery in Germany
The Mars rover as an example of a mobile service robot

International Federation of Robotics (IFR)
AbbreviationIFR
Formation1987
TypeNGO
Legal statusInternational Federation
PurposeInternational co-operation in the field of Robotics
HeadquartersFrankfurt
Region served
World
Membership
national robotics associations, robotics companies, robotics institutes

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.[1]

Members

Today nearly all international industrial robot suppliers and 17 national robots associations are members of IFR.[2] Headquarters of this umbrella organization of national robotics associations is in Frankfurt, Germany.[3]

Country IFR Member Associations Website
 Spain Asociación Española de Robótica (AER) http://www.aer-automation.com/aer-atp-eng/ Archived 10 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine
 United Kingdom British Automation & Robotics Association (BARA) http://www.bara.org.uk
 China China Robot Industry Alliance (CRIA) http://cria.mei.net.cn/
 Denmark Danish Industrial Robot Association (DIRA) http://www.dira.dk
 Turkey ENOSAD enosad.tr/eng
 Poland FAIRPL https://fairp.pl/
 Japan Japan Robot Association (JARA) http://www.jara.jp
 South Korea Korea Association of Robot Industry (KAR) http://www.korearobot.or.kr/wp/
 Norway Norwegian Society of Electrical and Automatic Control (NFEA)
 United States A3 http://www.robotics.org
 Lithuania Lithuanian Robotics Association https://www.ltrobotics.eu/
 Italy Associazione Italiana di Robotica e Automazione (SIRI) http://www.robosiri.it
 Sweden Swedish Industrial Robot Association (SWIRA) http://www.swira.se
  Switzerland Swiss Technology Network https://www.swisst.net/
 France Evolis https://evolis.org/
 Taiwan Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robotics Association (TAIROA) http://www.tairoa.org.tw
 Germany VDMA Robotics + Automation (VDMA R+A) https://vdma.org/robotik-automation

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Key persons
  • President: Marina Bill (ABB Robotics)
  • General Secretary: Dr. Susanne Bieller (VDMA)
  • Chairman, Research Committee: Alexander Verl (University of Stuttgart)
  • Chairman, Industrial Robot Supplier Group: Marcus Mead (Yaskawa)
  • Chairman, Service Robotics Group: Francesco Ferro (PAL Robotics) and Werner Kraus (Fraunhofer IPA)

Notes
  1. "History of Industrial Robots" (PDF). International Federation of Robotics. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  2. "International Federation of Robotics".
  3. Luther, E. International Federation of Robotics. Acu Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-6139736485
  4. International Federation of Robotics
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