Packing News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/packing 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 Packing News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/packing 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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]]> UPS to invest US$120m in 400 Pickle robots to automate truck unloading https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/usa-news/ups-to-invest-us120m-in-400-pickle-robots-to-automate-truck-unloading.html Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:50:42 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28813 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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]]> Ocado and Kroger close three US CFCs https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/usa-news/ocado-and-kroger-close-three-us-cfcs.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:54:35 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28638 Ocado Group has announced that, through its partnership with Kroger, it will close three Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFC) in its live network in the US. These are in Frederick (MD), [...]

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]]> Sagawa Express deploys industrial superhumanoid for logistics sortation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/international/apac-news/sagawa-express-deploys-industrial-superhumanoid-for-logistics-sortation.html Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:53:01 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28428 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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]]> Amazon plans 600,000-strong US robot workforce by 2033 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/usa-news/amazon-plans-600000-strong-us-robot-workforce-by-2033.html Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:42:16 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28404 Amazon is reportedly planning to deploy up to 600,000 robot workers within its US workforce by 2033, internal documents obtained by The New York Times suggest. The documents suggested that [...]

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]]> Orto Verde commissions automated frozen food warehouse in Italy https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/manufacturing/orto-verde-commissions-automated-frozen-food-warehouse-in-italy.html Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:50:52 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28384 Swiss automation company specialising in warehouses, distribution centers and hospitals, Swisslog, has announced that it is expanding its footprint in the food industry with a new project for Orto Verde. [...]

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]]> Coca-Cola deploys semi-automated pallet control system https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/deliveries/coca-cola-deploys-semi-automated-pallet-control-system.html Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:54:00 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28306 Beverage company Coca-Cola HBC Ireland and Northern Ireland has implemented a new semi-automated pallet system in an additional warehouse. Opened in 2010, the Knockmore Hill production facility in Lisburn operates [...]

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]]> Premier Foods invests £19m to expand automation and capacity at Ambrosia’s Lifton site https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/facilities/premier-foods-invests-19m-to-expand-automation-and-capacity-at-ambrosias-lifton-site.html Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:46:04 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28269 UK manufacturing company Premier Foods has announced a £19m, two-phase investment at its Ambrosia factory in Lifton, Devon, to increase production capacity, improve efficiency and support more than 320 jobs. [...]

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]]> Amazon unveils seven robots to transform final-mile operations at innovation centre in Germany https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/logistics/amazon-unveils-seven-robots-to-transform-final-mile-operations-at-innovation-centre-in-germany.html Mon, 19 May 2025 08:26:03 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27457 Amazon has unveiled a new suite of seven advanced robotics systems designed to optimise parcel handling at the final stage of delivery, as part of a wider rollout of automation [...]

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]]> Chef Robotics secures US$43.1m in new funding to accelerate AI-powered food automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/fb/chef-robotics-secures-us43-1m-in-new-funding-to-accelerate-ai-powered-food-automation.html Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:23:31 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27202 Chef Robotics, a developer of AI-powered food automation, has announced it has raised US$43.1m in a combination of equity and debt financing. This brings the company’s total capital raised to [...]

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