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Beckhoff is a robotics company founded 1980, based in Germany, developing 1 robot primarily in the Industrial Arm category.
Control-cabinet-free automation and industrial PC-based control systems.
Beckhoff Automation develops PC-based control, I/O, motion, and the MX-System modular automation platform for industrial machines and systems. Its products are used by machine builders and factory operators to replace traditional control cabinets with decentralized automation architectures across manufacturing applications.
Company facts
- HQ
- Verl, Germany
- Founded
- 1980 · 46 yrs
- Website
- www.beckhoff.com
Maker Score
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Milestones
Company founded in Verl, Germany.
Press coverage
In the news
2 events · last 90 days
4.7momentumBeckhoff sponsors robot at Smart Manufacturing Week
In the news
2 events · last 90 days
Why Beckhoff has been in the news, across 1 outlet — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's Robo Score — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Active products by Beckhoff
1 shown| # | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | MX-System | Industrial Arm | 49.0 |
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