Franka Emika – a storm in a teacup • Table.Briefings

Franka Emika robots were one of the trade fair highlights in Hanover.

A manufacturer of AI robots is to be sold to a company with connections to China. This is reminiscent of the acquisition of the German robotics company Kuka and could therefore fall under foreign trade law. It remains unclear whether public order is at risk.

A technically proficient robot manufacturer and a potential buyer with ties to China: When the news broke that the German company Franka Emika was to be acquired by its competitor Agile Robots, German business and political circles were startled. After all, the memory of the takeover of robot manufacturer Kuka by Chinese electronics manufacturer Midea still hurts.

Franka Emika – a storm in a teacup

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