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Siemens, Expert Technologies and RMGroup manufacture customisable AMRs

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:22:53 +0000

Siemens has partnered with Expert Technologies Group and RMGroup to manufacture the UK’s first fully customisable autonomous mobile robots. The collaboration has created the first end-to-end solution for autonomous mobile [...]

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Siemens’ 785,000ft² Nanjing facility recognised as a Lighthouse Factory

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:07:41 +0000

Siemens has announced that the World Economic Forum (WEF) has named Siemens’ Nanjing 73,000m² (c. 785,765ft²) factory in China as a Lighthouse Factory. WEF recognised the Nanjing factory for achieving [...]

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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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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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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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Geekplus and Arvato deploy unmanned robotics system

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:56:18 +0000

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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Dexory and Raymond Storage Concepts deploy robotic and data intelligence technology

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:06:14 +0000

Dexory has announced the deployment of its robotics and data intelligence technology at an ODW Logistics distribution center in Columbus, OH, in partnership with Raymond Storage Concepts. At the Columbus, [...]

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Ocado and Kroger close three US CFCs

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:54:35 +0000

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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