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igus is a robotics company founded 1992, based in Germany, developing 8 robots primarily in the Cobot category.
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Add a deployment →Motion plastics and low-cost automation for industrial robotics
igus develops low-cost automation products including the ReBeL cobot line, the robolink series, SCARA robots, and other robot components sold through its own robotics and RBTX channels. The company is based in Germany and markets these systems for industrial automation and compact handling tasks across manufacturing applications.
Company facts
- HQ
- Cologne, Germany
- Founded
- 1992 · 34 yrs
- Website
- www.igus.com
RoboScore
71.50 RoboScore + 1.66 Momentum· Very strong evidence
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Milestones
igus introduced a low-cost human-like hand for its ReBeL cobot platform.
Founded in 1992 as an industrial motion-plastics company that later expanded into robotics and automation.
Press coverage
- igus gives ReBeL cobot a low-cost, human-like hand
The Robot Report · Aug 2024
In the news
2 events · last 90 days
+1.66momentumof 15 maxigus energy chain supports 600° robot cable rotation
In the news
2 events · last 90 days
Why igus has been in the news, across 4 outlets — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Active products by igus
8 shown| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | ReBeL Cobot | Cobot | Payload 2 kg·Reach 600 mm | — | 2014 | 68.1 |
| 2 |  | SCARA drylin | Industrial Arm | Reach 560 mm·Payload 2 kg | $5.5K | 2019 | 67.8 |
| 3 |  | robolink DP 5-axis arm | Cobot | Payload 2 kg·Reach 790 mm | — | 2019 | 67.7 |
| 4 |  | rebel-s | Cobot | Payload 2 kg·Reach 617 mm | — | 2019 | 67.0 |
| 5 |  | robolink ReBeL SCARA | Industrial Arm | Reach 664 mm·Payload 2 kg | — | — | 61.3 |
| 6 |  | robolink DP SW | Cobot | Repeatability ±1 mm·DOF 5 DOF | — | — | 57.4 |
| 7 |  | ReBeL Cobot 5 DOF | Cobot | Repeatability ±1 mm·DOF 5 DOF | — | — | 53.4 |
| 8 | DLE-DR-0002 | Industrial Arm | Repeatability ±0.5 mm·DOF 3 DOF | — | — | 43.6 |
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