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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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DHL opens expanded MEA Innovation Center in Dubai South and commits €120m to new multi-user warehouse

John Thornton — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:29:53 +0000

DHL Group has opened its newly expanded Middle East & Africa (MEA) Innovation Center in Dubai South and, in parallel, DHL Supply Chain has committed €120m to develop a new [...]

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Cyngn expands DriveMod Tugger deployment with G&J Pepsi

John Thornton — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:03:44 +0000

Cyngn has secured an additional autonomous vehicle order from G&J Pepsi, one of the largest independent Pepsi bottlers in the USA, as it looks to scale deployments of its DriveMod [...]

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Mercado Libre brings Digit humanoid robots to its San Antonio warehouse

John Thornton — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:24:22 +0000

Latin America (LatAm) e-commerce platform Mercado Libre has signed a commercial agreement with Agility Robotics to deploy the company’s humanoid robot, Digit, at its facility in San Antonio, Texas, USA. [...]

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Fortna to automate new Ram distribution centre in Johannesburg

John Thornton — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:32:59 +0000

Warehouse and parcel automation specialist Fortna has been selected by Ram Hand-to-Hand Couriers to deliver automation for a new distribution centre in Isando, Kempton Park, Johannesburg, as the South African [...]

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UPS to invest US$120m in 400 Pickle robots to automate truck unloading

John Thornton — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:50:42 +0000

United Parcel Service (UPS) is reportedly set to invest about US$120m in roughly 400 robotic systems designed to automate truck unloading, adding detail to its wider automation drive across its [...]

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JLR pilots drone inspections to reduce downtime and support ‘factories of the future’

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:07:39 +0000

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is piloting drone-based inspections at its Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EPMC) in Wolverhampton, reporting inspection time reductions of up to 95% as it explores new approaches [...]

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Japanese joint pilot proposes pharmaceutical logistics platform

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:09:58 +0000

Fujitsu Limited, Logistics Knight Japan Co. (LKJ), and Isuzu Motors Limited, has announced that they will begin a joint pilot project to build a platform for integrated management of pharmaceuticals [...]

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Sagawa Express deploys industrial superhumanoid for logistics sortation

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:53:01 +0000

Japanese logistics company Sagawa Express has approved onsite operational validation of Dexterity’s Industrial superhumanoid, Mech in its X Frontier relay center in Tokyo, Japan. The decision was made after successful [...]

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JLR backed with £1.5bn loan guarantee

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:16:58 +0000

The UK government has agreed to support Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) with a guarantee expected to unlock up to £1.5 billion to give certainty to its supply chain following a [...]

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