Igus expands robotics marketplace RBTX
Low Cost Automation now available in 18 countries.
The robotics marketplace RBTX.com helps to find the right automation solution for individual applications. So far, the RBTX platform has been available in eight countries. Now Igus is expanding the offer and launching the robotics marketplace in ten additional countries - three more are to follow.
RBTX includes an online marketplace for cost-effective robotics components and complete solutions, the RBTXpert remote integration service and customer testing areas at various locations worldwide, where customers can test planned applications live together with an RBTXpert. In addition to Austria, France, the UK, the USA, Canada, India and Singapore, Low Cost Automation is also available in Poland, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam and Thailand. Spain, Brazil and Turkey are to follow.
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