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The Advantages of Robotics 4.0 for the Flame Hardening of Maserati Car Bumpers Monica Fumagalli ipcm®
E
stimates in the field of robotics are only partly reassuring: in its
ranked fifth in Europe and tenth on a global level in 2018, with
preliminary World Robotics Report, the International Federation
190 robotic systems installed for every 10,000 employees.
of Robotics (IFR) wrote that 384,000 robotic devices were sold
Eastern countries lead the ranking: South Korea is firmly in first
worldwide in 2018, i.e. one percentage point more than the previous
place since 2010, with 710 robotic systems for every 10,000
year1. According to the findings of the international association, Italy
employees. The automotive industry is the main beneficiary of the Industry
1 https://www.ifr.org
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4.0-oriented developments in this sector: from welding