Unmanned systems News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/unmanned-systems Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:20:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-Favicon-1-e1705495184773-32x32.png Unmanned systems News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/unmanned-systems 32 32 Micropolis completes Saudi pilot-programme https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/international/mea-news/micropolis-completes-saudi-pilot-programme.html Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:20:37 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=29021 Micropolis Robotics has completed a one-month pilot programme with the Saudi Ministry of Interior at two sites in Saudi Arabia. Micropolis is a UAE-based company specialising in the design, development, [...]

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]]> 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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]]> Geekplus and Arvato deploy unmanned robotics system https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/warehousing/geekplus-and-arvato-deploy-unmanned-robotics-system.html Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:56:18 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28714 Warehouse robotics company Geekplus, and Arvato, a global logistics service provider, have deployed a new Rack-To-Person robotics system at Arvato’s logistics center in Poznań, Poland. The solution has reportedly been implemented [...]

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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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]]> 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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]]> UK technology secretary announces £9.7m for university-industry deal-flow https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/funding/uk-technology-secretary-announces-9-7m-for-university-industry-deal-flow.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:17:29 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28178 The UK government has pledged £9.7m for the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) through 2029 to accelerate commercialisation of research, including in robotics and AI, technology secretary Peter [...]

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]]> CT Group to export of 5,000 UAVs and 100 million semiconductor chips to South Korea https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/uncategorized/ct-group-to-export-of-5000-uavs-and-100-million-semiconductor-chips-to-south-korea.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:39:12 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28165 Vietnam-based technology and innovation corporation CT Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an emerging South Korean drone technology company for the export of 5,000 unmanned cargo aircraft. [...]

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]]> Swisslog introduces IntraMove AMR series https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/amrs/swisslog-introduces-intramove-amr-series.html Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:27:15 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28141 Swisslog, a provider of warehouse automation and software solutions, has announced the launch of its new IntraMove series of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), designed to provide horizontal transport for payloads [...]

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]]> Dubai deploys digital twin traffic technology in major smart city initiative https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/infrastructure/dubai-deploys-digital-twin-traffic-technology-in-major-smart-city-initiative.html Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:44:23 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28095 Dubai has begun the implementation of a traffic management system powered by digital twin technology, becoming the first city in the Middle East to adopt Yutraffic FUSION. The platform forms [...]

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]]> Saga Robotics raises £8.4m to scale autonomous farming platform Thorvald https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/agriculture/saga-robotics-raises-8-4m-to-scale-autonomous-farming-platform-thorvald.html Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:23:20 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28070 Saga Robotics has secured £8.4 million in equity funding to support the commercial expansion of its autonomous agricultural platform, Thorvald, in the UK and the United States. The investment marks [...]

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