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Lucid deploys Rockwell Automation in EV Manufacturing

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:08:23 +0000

Industrial automation and digital transformation company Rockwell Automation, Inc. has announced a deepened collaboration with Lucid to support the automaker’s expanding manufacturing facility in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The [...]

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Saudi Arabia robotics industry worth US$3.5bn by 2031, study suggests

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:12:25 +0000

The Saudi Arabian robotics industry is expected to be US$3.5bn (c. £2.61bn) market by 2031, rising at a CAGR of 13.7%, a new report suggests. The report, the Workforce Analytic [...]

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Robotics & Automation in review 2025: the stories, signals and shifts that shaped the year

John Thornton — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:16:59 +0000

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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BMW commissions Intelligent Energy for AGV hydrogen fuel cells

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:50:20 +0000

BMW has commissioned hydrogen fuel cells developed by Intelligent Energy for a new fleet of 130 Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs). The AGVs will be utilised within its advanced vehicle assembly [...]

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Robotera secures RMB 1 billion for robotic projects

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:57:52 +0000

Embodied intelligence company Robotera has secured nearly RMB 1 billion (c. £106m) in a Series A+ financing round completed on November 20, 2025. The round was led by Geely Capital, with [...]

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UBTECH begins mass Walker S2 robot production

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:52:40 +0000

UBTECH begins mass production and delivery of the first batch of industrial humanoid robots, Walker S2, which will be deployed in phases across frontline industrial applications. The delivery of several [...]

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Rockwell Automation unveils manufacturing AMRs

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:50:38 +0000

Rockwell Automation has announced that a new 25,000ft² OTTO production space at the Milwaukee campus is now assembling the OTTO 600 and OTTO 1200 autonomous mobile robots (AMR). The robots [...]

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PespsiCo plans smart warehouse in Poland

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:16:52 +0000

PepsiCo has announced plans to open a new automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland. The smart warehouse would open in the third quarter of 2026 and [...]

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Robot installations double that than 10 years prior, IFR report states

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:10:51 +0000

The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has released the new World Robotics 2025 Report that stated 542,000 industrial robots were installed in 2024 – more than double the number 10 [...]

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Hai Robotics expands manufacturing to Asia Pacific region

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:19:00 +0000

Global provider of warehouse automation Hai Robotics has announced the expansion of its global manufacturing capacity into the Asia Pacific region. The company made the decision to supply growing customer [...]

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