Staff / Personnel News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/staff-personnel 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 Staff / Personnel News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/staff-personnel 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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]]> MIT research shows task-level automation reshapes the value of labour https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/usa-news/mit-research-shows-task-level-automation-reshapes-the-value-of-labour.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:27:09 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28181 The value of labour can rise or fall with automation depending on which tasks are automated within a job, according to new research from MIT. Analysing more than 300 US [...]

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]]> South Korea becomes first country in the world to fill 10% of its workforce with robots https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/robotics-as-a-service/south-korea-becomes-first-country-in-the-world-to-fill-10-of-its-workforce-with-robots.html Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:35:50 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26290 Following a drop in national birth rates, South Korea has invested billions into robotics to cope with a shrinking population. According to findings by the World Robotics 2024 report from [...]

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]]> Exotec appoints new head of UK projects and VP of business development https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/warehousing/exotec-appoints-new-head-of-uk-projects-and-vp-of-business-development.html Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:01:10 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=25569 In a bid to expand its footprint in the UK, warehouse robotics provider Exotec has announced the appointment of Ada Ajoku as its head of UK projects and Bassem Awada [...]

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]]> Study shows positive impact gamification can have on warehouse staff https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/study-shows-positive-impact-gamification-can-have-on-warehouse-staff.html Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:39:15 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=23988 Advancements in data collection technology have made gamification a potentially powerful tool for improving productivity in the workplace. Warehouse environments are no exception; according to a survey commissioned by Lucas [...]

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]]> BlackBerry launches platform to address shortage of system developers https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/staff-personnel/blackberry-launches-platform-to-address-shortage-of-system-developers.html Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:56:57 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=22981 Multinational software company BlackBerry has announced the launch of QNX Everywhere, a new initiative to increase the availability of highly-skilled embedded systems’ developers. Some of the target markets of the [...]

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]]> New programme aims to get STEM professionals employed https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/rd/new-programme-aims-to-get-stem-professionals-employed.html Mon, 24 Jul 2023 16:04:32 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=20760 A programme announced today [24 July] will seek to support those with transferable skills from a qualified and experienced STEM background to enter or re-enter the engineering, environmental or digital [...]

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]]> UK cyber sector set for record employment growth, government claims https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/staff-personnel/uk-cyber-sector-set-for-record-employment-growth-government-claims.html Mon, 17 Jul 2023 11:13:29 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=20660 Based on the number of applicants to the UK government’s Upskill in Cyber programme, a record number of people are reportedly looking to start a career in cyber in 2023. [...]

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]]> Narrow Aisle announces board restructure https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/staff-personnel/narrow-aisle-announces-board-restructure.html Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:44:37 +0000 https://www.roboticsandinnovation.co.uk/?p=18709 Narrow Aisle Ltd, manufacturer of the Flexi Truck range of very narrow aisle (VNA) intralogistics technology, ­­has restructured its board ahead of its 2023 ambitions for global market development. With [...]

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