International Federation of Robotics

The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) is a professional non-profit organization established in 1987 to promote, strengthen and protect the robotics industry worldwide.^[1]

Factory automation with KUKA industrial robots for palletizing food products like bread and toast at a bakery in Germany

The Mars rover as an example of a mobile service robot

International Federation of Robotics (IFR)

Abbreviation	IFR
Formation	1987
Type	NGO
Legal status	International Federation
Purpose	International co-operation in the field of Robotics
Headquarters	Frankfurt, Germany
Region served	World
Membership	national robotics associations, robotics companies, robotics institutes

Activities

The purpose of the International Federation of Robotics is to promote research, development, use and international co-operation in the field of robotics, both industrial automated robots and service robots. The IFR is also coordinator of the International Symposium on Robotics (ISR), one of the oldest conferences for robotics research, founded in 1970.^[1]

Members

Today nearly all international industrial robot suppliers and 17 national robots associations are members of IFR.^[2] Headquarters of this umbrella organization of national robotics associations is in Frankfurt, Germany.^[3]

Country	IFR Member Associations	Website
Spain	Asociación Española de Robótica (AER)	http://www.aer-automation.com/aer-atp-eng/ Archived 10 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine
United Kingdom	British Automation & Robotics Association (BARA)	http://www.bara.org.uk
China	China Robot Industry Alliance (CRIA)	http://cria.mei.net.cn/
Denmark	Danish Industrial Robot Association (DIRA)	http://www.dira.dk
Turkey	ENOSAD	https://enosad.org.tr/en
Poland	FAIRPL	https://fairp.pl/
Japan	Japan Robot Association (JARA)	http://www.jara.jp
South Korea	Korea Association of Robot Industry (KAR)	http://www.korearobot.or.kr/wp/
Norway	Norwegian Society of Electrical and Automatic Control (NFEA)	https://nfea.no/about-nfea/
United States	A3	http://www.robotics.org
Lithuania	Lithuanian Robotics Association	https://www.ltrobotics.eu/
Italy	Associazione Italiana di Robotica e Automazione (SIRI)	http://www.robosiri.it
Sweden	Swedish Industrial Robot Association (SWIRA)	http://www.swira.se
Switzerland	Swiss Technology Network	https://www.swisst.net/
France	Evolis	https://evolis.org/
Taiwan	Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robotics Association (TAIROA)	http://www.tairoa.org.tw
Germany	VDMA Robotics + Automation (VDMA R+A)	https://vdma.org/robotik-automation

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Key persons

• President: Marina Bill (ABB Robotics)
• General Secretary: Dr. Susanne Bieller (VDMA)
• Chairman, Research Committee: Alexander Verl (University of Stuttgart)
• Chairman, Industrial Robot Supplier Group: Marcus Mead (Yaskawa)
• Chairman, Service Robotics Group: Francesco Ferro (PAL Robotics) and Werner Kraus (Fraunhofer IPA)