I had a fantastic afternoon at ROBOTBRAG 2026 at the Danish Technological Institute in Odense the 7th of May. As well as taking a stroll with a few stops at selected exhibition stands, I also attended three conference presentations, which provided an insight into:
(1) the factories of the future in five years’ time,
(2) the key requirements of the new Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 for machines with self-developing behavior, and
(3) robots in challenging environments.
The immediate common thread running through the three presentations was the integrated use of AI and machine learning in efforts to future-proof the business and innovate design and manufacturing processes. Stand 16 in the section on robots in production also caught my attention (in particular): Under the heading ‘Can your robots become more robust with digital twins?’, the link between a production environment and a digital twin/virtual model was illustrated with a practical example, which showed how the robots’ routines were continuously analyzed and optimized when the ball handover failed.
solveig einarsson/may 2026