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| name = International Federation of Robotics (IFR)
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| abbreviation = IFR
| motto = 
| formation = 1987
| type = NGO
| status = International Federation
| purpose = International co-operation in the field of Robotics
| headquarters = Frankfurt
| location = 
| region_served = World
| membership = national robotics associations, robotics companies, robotics institutes
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The '''International Federation of Robotics''' (IFR) is a professional non-profit organization established in 1987 to promote, strengthen and protect the robotics industry worldwide.<ref name=HistoryBrochure/>

[[File:Factory Automation Robotics Palettizing Bread.jpg|thumb|right|Factory automation with [[Company:KUKA|KUKA]] industrial robots for palletizing food products like bread and toast at a bakery in Germany]]
[[File:Curiosity - The Next Mars Rover.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Astronomy:Mars rover|Mars rover]] as an example of a mobile service robot]]

==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 [[Engineering:Service robot|service robot]]s. The IFR is also coordinator of the International Symposium on Robotics (ISR), one of the oldest conferences for robotics research, founded in 1970.<ref name=HistoryBrochure>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifr.org/uploads/media/History_of_Industrial_Robots_online_brochure_by_IFR_2012.pdf|title=History of Industrial Robots|publisher=International Federation of Robotics|year=2012|accessdate=2012-11-17|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224213437/http://www.ifr.org/uploads/media/History_of_Industrial_Robots_online_brochure_by_IFR_2012.pdf|archivedate=2012-12-24}}</ref>

==Members==
Today nearly all international industrial robot suppliers and 17 national robots associations are members of IFR.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ifr.org/members-list|title = International Federation of Robotics}}</ref> Headquarters of this umbrella organization of national robotics associations is in Frankfurt, Germany.<ref>Luther, E. International Federation of Robotics. Acu Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-6139736485</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! Country
! IFR Member Associations
! Website
|-
| {{ESP}}
| Asociación Española de Robótica (AER)
| http://www.aer-automation.com/aer-atp-eng/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210231739/http://www.aer-automation.com/aer-atp-eng/ |date=10 February 2019 }}
|-
| {{GBR}}
| [[Organization:British Automation and Robot Association|British Automation & Robotics Association]] (BARA)
| http://www.bara.org.uk
|-
| {{CHN}}
| China Robot Industry Alliance (CRIA)
| http://cria.mei.net.cn/
|-
| {{DNK}}
| Danish Industrial Robot Association (DIRA)
| http://www.dira.dk
|-
|{{TUR}}
|ENOSAD
|enosad.tr/eng
|-
|{{POL}}
|FAIRPL
|https://fairp.pl/
|-
| {{JPN}}
| [[Organization:Japan Robot Association|Japan Robot Association]] (JARA)
| http://www.jara.jp
|-
|{{KOR}}
|Korea Association of Robot Industry (KAR)
|http://www.korearobot.or.kr/wp/
|-
|{{NOR}}
|Norwegian Society of Electrical and Automatic Control (NFEA)
|[https://nfea.no/about-nfea/]
|-
| {{USA}}
| [[Organization:Association for Advancing Automation|A3]] 
| http://www.robotics.org
|-
| {{LTU}}
| Lithuanian Robotics Association
| https://www.ltrobotics.eu/
|-
| {{ITA}}
| Associazione Italiana di Robotica e Automazione (SIRI)
| http://www.robosiri.it
|-
| {{SWE}}
| Swedish Industrial Robot Association (SWIRA)
| http://www.swira.se
|-
|{{SUI}}
|Swiss Technology Network 
|https://www.swisst.net/
|-
| {{FRA}}
| Evolis
| https://evolis.org/
|-
| {{TWN}}
| Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robotics Association (TAIROA)
| http://www.tairoa.org.tw
|-
| {{DEU}}
| VDMA Robotics + Automation (VDMA R+A)
| https://vdma.org/robotik-automation
|-
|}
<ref>International Federation of Robotics</ref>

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

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [https://www.ifr.org/ International Federation of Robotics]
*[[Engineering:Automation|Automation]]


[[Category:Robotics organizations]]

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