AGVs News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/agvs Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:17:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-Favicon-1-e1705495184773-32x32.png AGVs News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/agvs 32 32 Robotics & Automation in review 2025: the stories, signals and shifts that shaped the year https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/robotics-automation-in-review-2025-the-stories-signals-and-shifts-that-shaped-the-year.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:16:59 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28826 If 2024 was the year robotics and automation proved it could scale, 2025 was the year the conversation moved on to how it scales: skills, integration, capital, regulation and measurable [...]

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]]> Morocco’s Stellantis hub scales EV output as Kenitra adds in-house AGV manufacturing https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/international/mea-news/moroccos-stellantis-hub-scales-ev-output-as-kenitra-adds-in-house-agv-manufacturing.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:30:35 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28226 Stellantis has inaugurated a €1.2bn expansion at its Kenitra complex in Morocco, more than doubling capacity to around 535,000 vehicles per year “in the coming months”. The programme increases output [...]

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]]> Continental unveils compact transport robot for automated small load handling https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/supply-chain/continental-unveils-compact-transport-robot-for-automated-small-load-handling.html Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:58:36 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27830 Continental has introduced the NXS 300, a compact transport robot designed to move stacked small load containers of up to 300kg fully autonomously. The autonomous mobile robot (AMR) aims to [...]

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]]> Demand for automated warehouse technology rises following National Insurance hike https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/agvs/demand-for-automated-warehouse-technology-rises-following-national-insurance-hike.html Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:51:45 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26791 Toyota Material Handling has reported a significant increase in enquiries for its automated and robotic warehouse solutions following the UK government’s decision to raise National Insurance (NI) employer contributions in [...]

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]]> Cyngn raises US$33m to grow its autonomous forklift business https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/autonomous-vehicles/cyngn-raises-us33-million-to-grow-its-autonomous-forklift-business.html Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:43:13 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26646 Autonomous forklift developer Cyngn has secured US$33 million in funding, to expand its business and proliferate industrial autonomous vehicles. The funding will support the scaling of the production and deployment [...]

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]]> Robotics & Automation: 2024 in review https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/international/robotics-automation-2024-in-review.html Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:14:27 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26387 As 2024 draws to a close, Robotics & Automation Magazine is taking the opportunity to reflect on the past year. This review highlights the most significant news stories from the [...]

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]]> Register now for Robotics and Automation Exhibition 2025! https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/events-news/register-now-for-robotics-and-automation-exhibition-2025.html Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:40:36 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26283 Registration has opened for the UK’s largest dedicated robotics and automation technology event – Robotics and Automation, returning to the NEC, Birmingham on 25-26 March 2025. The exhibition will once [...]

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]]> Special guest host of Robotics & Automation Awards 2024 revealed! https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/awards/special-guest-host-of-robotics-automation-awards-2024-revealed.html Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:27:22 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=25893 Renowned British stand-up comedian, writer and actress Jo Caulfield has been announced as the special guest host of this year’s Robotics & Automation Awards. A TV and radio regular, Caulfield [...]

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]]> Toyota launches high-density AGV and pallet shuttle solution     https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/warehousing/toyota-launches-high-density-agv-and-pallet-shuttle-solution.html Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:51:33 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=25528 Toyota Material Handling Europe has announced the launch a high-density automated guided vehicle (AGV) and pallet shuttle solution designed to help increase storage space and optimise manpower in warehouse enivornments. According [...]

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]]> Britvic increases efficiency at Leicestershire site with automation investment https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/facilities/britvic-increases-efficiency-at-leicestershire-site-with-automation-investment.html Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:00:47 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=25342 Soft drinks company Britvic has announced that its national distribution centre in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, has reopened following an investment of £25 million in upgrading the site, including a significant investment [...]

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