Features News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:31:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-Favicon-1-e1705495184773-32x32.png Features News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features 32 32 Robot ready https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features/robot-ready.html Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:31:06 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27870 GXO Logistics’ new Warrington facility, developed for Iceland Foods, combines selective automation with digital tools, to improve efficiency on an industrial scale. Michelle Mooney reports. GXO Logistics has launched a [...]

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]]> From crisis to catalyst https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features/from-crisis-to-catalyst.html Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:47:57 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27802 Five years after lockdowns rocked the world, manufacturing, supply chains and engineering are still feeling the aftershocks – and reaping the rewards of a digital revolution they didn’t see coming. [...]

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]]> Delivering net zero https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features/delivering-net-zero.html Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:36:44 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27729 From urban distribution hubs to cross-border freight, robotics and automation are proving critical in reducing costs and cutting carbon. John Thornton reports. As pressure mounts on logistics operators to cut [...]

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]]> Seeing is believing https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features/26672.html Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:25:03 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26672 How is technology changing the way robots ‘see’ and perceive the world? Michelle Mooney asks the experts. Robotic perception is at the forefront of transformative change, redefining how machines interact [...]

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]]> Data-driven defence https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features/data-driven-defence.html Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:47:05 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26594 Robotics & Automation Magazine discovers how advanced sensors and data-collection technologies are unlocking proactive approaches to workplace safety and improved monitoring of staff wellbeing… In an era defined by rapid [...]

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]]> Scaling efficiency https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features/scaling-efficiency.html Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:53:44 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26531 Michelle Mooney visited Auchan Retail’s Luxembourg fulfilment facility and witnessed first-hand how robotic automation is enhancing the speed of deliveries to customers At Auchan Retail Luxembourg’s latest fulfilment centre in [...]

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]]> Man’s new best friend? https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features/mans-new-best-friend.html Thu, 05 Dec 2024 09:19:17 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26355 High-yield, repetitive industrial robots have long dominated automation, but a new generation of safe, collaborative robots is starting to shift this landscape. Ursula O’Sullivan-Dale reports The primary distinction between traditional [...]

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]]> The STEM gap: How gender disparity holds everyone back  https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features/the-stem-gap-how-gender-disparity-holds-everyone-back.html Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:07:36 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=24563 In 2023, the House of Commons’ Science and Technology Committee published a landmark report on diversity and inclusion across STEM and the disparity in funding, social acceptance and educational supports [...]

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]]> Blade scrubber https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features/blade-scrubber.html Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:03:19 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=24089 Ursula O’Sullivan-Dale speaks to experts on how automating industrial cleaning processes can unlock cost, environmental and other-value added benefits…  The cleaning and sanitation industry is one of many to undergo [...]

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]]> Have AI got news for you https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/features/have-ai-got-news-for-you.html Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:29:37 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=23914 AI has moved from the stuff of science fiction to a fixture in our day-to-day lives. To better understand how this technology is shaping the modern world, Robotics & Automation [...]

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