but VDMA economic expert Ralph Wiechers said that both results should not be overestimated. "The domestic increase is based on an extremely weak comparative basis in the previous year," Wiechers said.

These results are published by VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association in cooperation with the IFR. “About every other professional service robot was built for the application ...

The VDMA trade group, which represents some 3,600 companies in Europe's biggest economy, said it expects production across the industry to fall two percent next year after an eight-percent decline ...