International Federation of Robotics
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| Abbreviation | IFR |
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| Formation | 1987 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | International Federation |
| Purpose | International co-operation in the field of Robotics |
| Headquarters | Frankfurt |
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Region served
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World |
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Membership
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national robotics associations, robotics companies, robotics institutes |
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) is a professional non-profit organization established in 1987 to promote, strengthen and protect the robotics industry worldwide.
The purpose of the International Federation of Robotics is to promote research, development, use and international co-operation in the entire field of robotics, industrial robots as well as 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.
The IFR's statistical department publishes the study World Robotics every year. This publication contains detailed statistical data for some 50 countries, broken down by application areas, industrial branches, types of robots and by other technical and economic variables. The IFR estimates that about 225,000 industrial were sold in 2014, 27% more than in 2013. China was again by far the largest market destination for industrial robots in 2014. About 56,000 units were sold, 54% more than in 2013.
Today nearly all international industrial robot suppliers and 12 national robots associations are active members of IFR, including the biggest robot using countries like US (RIA), Japan (JARA), Taiwan (TAIROA), Germany (VDMA), Italy (SIRI) or Spain (AERATP). A full list of members is available on the IFR website. Headquarters of this umbrella organization of national robotics associations is in Frankfurt, Germany.
The organizational structure of IFR includes following bodies.
The General Assembly is the supreme body of the Federation that determines policy. It is composed of the nominated delegates of national associations, the Robot Suppliers Committee and the Research Committee.
The IFR Executive Board consists of a maximum of fifteen voting members:
The Statistical Department publishes the yearly report World Robotics. The national robotics associations are supporting the department, which is hosted by the German member VDMA Robotics + Automation association.
This Committee represents the interests of the worldwide robotics industry within the IFR. It supports the IFR Statistical Department to provide global robotics market data. Regular meetings are held a minimum of twice a year in conjunction with robotics exhibitions. The Robot Suppliers Committee nominates among its members a maximum number of six members, in order to be sent to the General Assembly as representatives with voting rights. Two of these representatives are elected by the General Assembly for the Executive Board. Other topics include promoting the industrial robotics industry.
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