Development Center in Japan
IAI has its own development center for energy-efficient and customized automation components.
This results in the continuous expansion of our own product portfolio with application-specific solutions for all branches of industry.
Most important milestones in company history:
| 1976 | IAI founded in Japan as a robot systems trader and advisory centre for automation |
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| 1981 | In-house production starts in the linear sector and the first independent sales of 4-axis sealing applications with IAI axes |
| 1986 | IntelligentActuator product line launched as an independent brand name and complete in-house production of units |
| 1989 | IAI America, Inc. founded as a sales and service subsidiary in the USA and Canada with separate technical support. |
| 1995 | IAI Industrieroboter GmbH founded as a sales and service subsidiary for Europe with separate technical support. |
| 1998 | IAI produces SCARA robots (IX) as a new product line from 1998 onwards. |
| 1999 | In 1999, the market launch of electric cylinders opposed to conventional pneumatic cylinders begins with the product line RoboCylinder™. |
| 2005 | • Linear motors (LSA) and tabletop robots (TT) complete the product range. • Foundation of IAI Headquarters Europe in Germany. |
| 2008 | Launch of the Green Automation communication strategy for the RC RoboCylinder™ product line in America and Europe. |
| 2014 | Introduction of the RCD micro cylinder line. |
| 2015 | • 20 year anniversary of the IAI Industrieroboter GmbH European headquarters in Germany. • Introduction of battery-less absolute encoders for the RCP5 product line. • Introduction of the second tabletop robot generation TTA. • Introduction of the first pulse motor type Scara robot in the IXP line. |
| 2016 | Launch of the RCP6 and RCS4 series. |
| 2018 | Market launch of a new generation of servo presses with load cell. Launch of the new red / black actuators under the name EleCylinder. New robot wrist units for cartesian robot systems. |
| 2019 | New electric grippers: GRS solenoid gripper for small parts assembly and the RCP6 long-stroke gripper for large workpieces. |
| 2020 | • Introduction of the compact high-performance RCON controller for up to 16 axes. • Significant expansion of the EleCylinder series with many new types and models.. • Launch of the new IXA High-speed SCARA robot. |
| 2021 | New fast ISB slider types with long stroke. |