Reis Robotics is a leading technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

 company for robotics

Robotics

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...

 and system integration

System integration

In engineering, system integration is the bringing together of the component subsystems into one system and ensuring that the subsystems function together as a system...

. Their robotic automation solutions are used by all major application fields such as solar energy, foundry

Foundry

A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal in a mold, and removing the mold material or casting after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals processed are aluminum and cast iron...

 and welding

Welding

Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. This is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material that cools to become a strong joint, with pressure sometimes...

. The Reis Robotics group comprises three German subsidiaries and eight international subsidiaries as well as representative agencies in many countries. Reis Robotics USA has two locations, the headquarters in Elgin, IL

Elgin, Illinois

Elgin is a city in northern Illinois located roughly northwest of Chicago on the Fox River. Most of Elgin lies within Kane County, Illinois, with a portion in Cook County, Illinois...

 and the west coast technical center in Valencia, CA

Valencia, California

Valencia is an affluent planned community located in the City of Santa Clarita, California and Los Angeles County, California, U.S. in the northwestern corner of the Santa Clarita Valley, adjacent to Interstate 5. In 1987, it was one of the four unincorporated communities that merged to create the...

.

Reis Robotics was founded in 1957 in Obernburg

Obernburg

Obernburg am Main is a town in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.- Location :...

, Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 by Walter Reis as a tool maker. Today they are the market leader for robotic automation systems.

Timeline

• 1957: The company is founded by Walter Reis
• 1961: Hydraulic press
  Hydraulic press
  A hydraulic is a machine using a hydraulic cylinder to generate a compressive force. It uses the hydraulic equivalenta mechanical lever, and was also known as a Bramah press after the inventor, Joseph Bramah, of England. He invented and was issued a patent on this press in 1795...
  
  es are developed
• 1967: Construction of the first trimming press
• 1973: Beginning of developing industrial robot
  Industrial robot
  An industrial robot is defined by ISO as an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes...
  
  s
• 1979: Reis Robotics expands to the USA
• 1980: The first robot
  Robot
  A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
  
  s used in industry
• 1983: Development the company's own robot controller - ROBOTstar
• 1986: Realization of complete turnkey
  Turnkey
  A turn-key or a turn-key project is a type of project that is constructed by a developer and sold or turned over to a buyer in a ready-to-use condition.-Common usage:...
  
   automation systems
• 1995: First test with service robot
  Service robot
  Service robots assist human beings, typically by performing a job that is dirty, dull, distant, dangerous or repetitive, including household chores. They typically are autonomous and/or operated by a build in control system, with manual override options....
  
  s
• 2004: Entry into the photovoltaic industry

System information

In addition to robots and peripheral modules Reis Robotics produces spotting and trimming presses as well as trimming tools. Furthermore the company makes full turnkey solutions for photovoltaics

Photovoltaics

Photovoltaics is a method of generating electrical power by converting solar radiation into direct current electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect. Photovoltaic power generation employs solar panels composed of a number of solar cells containing a photovoltaic material...

. Reis Robotics is dedicated to green energy and technology.