Pharmaceuticals News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/pharmaceuticals 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 Pharmaceuticals News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/pharmaceuticals 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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]]> DSIT awards £54m to eight medicine R&D projects https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/funding/dsit-awards-54m-to-eight-medicine-rd-projects.html Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:19:53 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28624 The UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has awarded more than £54 million across eight R&D projects through the Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Programme. This programme is a [...]

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]]> Japanese joint pilot proposes pharmaceutical logistics platform https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/international/apac-news/japanese-joint-pilot-proposes-pharmaceutical-logistics-project.html Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:09:58 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28431 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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]]> Innovate UK funds Somerset drone disaster scheme https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/aviation/innovate-uk-funds-somerset-drone-disaster-scheme.html Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:11:10 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28328 Innovate UK has awarded Somerset Council funding for a drone project for disaster response and environmental protection in the county. The award for the £191,370 project comes from the Future [...]

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]]> Potential £80bn lost due to sector downtime across UK and EU https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/potential-80bn-lost-due-to-sector-downtime-across-uk-and-eu.html Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:28:44 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27888 Manufacturers across the UK and Europe are on track to lose more than £80bn in 2025 due to unplanned downtime, according to new research by IDS-INDATA. The study highlights the [...]

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]]> Nomagic secures US$44m to accelerate AI-powered robotics in warehousing https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/usa-news/nomagic-secures-us44m-to-accelerate-ai-powered-robotics-in-warehousing.html Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:11:13 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27002 Nomagic, a provider of AI-powered robotics for warehouses and the fulfilment sector, has successfully closed a US$44m investment round. The company plans to utilise the funding to expand its operations [...]

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]]> AutoStore system launched in South Korea’s first automated smart hub https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/international/apac-news/autostore-system-launched-in-south-koreas-first-automated-smart-hub.html Tue, 07 Jan 2025 09:32:47 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26553 Pharmaceutical distributor Geo-Young has launched an AutoStore-powered smart hub in Incheon, South Korea. The smart hub uses IntraLogisteX exhibitor AutoStore’s automated storage and retrieval system and accomodates 40,000 bins across [...]

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]]> Dematic completes automation solution for Grupo Servicio Móvil https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/retail/dematic-completes-automation-solution-for-grupo-servicio-movil.html Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:22:50 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26137 Dematic has completed the installation and commissioning of a compact automation system featuring an AutoStore solution for Grupo Servicio Móvil, a Spanish third-party logistics provider specialising in healthcare. The new [...]

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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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]]> Flow Robotics and Global Focus announce US distribution partnership https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/pharmaceuticals/flow-robotics-and-global-focus-announce-us-distribution-partnership.html Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:54:34 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=25799 Robot developer Flow Robotics and lab equipment supplier Global Focus have partnered to deliver liquid handling automation to the US.  Under the distribution partnership, Global Focus Marketing & Distribution has [...]

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