Sortation News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/sortation 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 Sortation News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/sortation 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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]]> Fortna to automate new Ram distribution centre in Johannesburg https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/international/mea-news/fortna-to-automate-new-ram-distribution-centre-in-johannesburg.html Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:32:59 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28823 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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> Tetra Pak invests in AI-powered carton sorting at Scottish recycling facility https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/ai/tetra-pak-invests-in-ai-powered-carton-sorting-at-scottish-recycling-facility.html Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:13:12 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28266 Food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak has financed and installed artificial intelligence (AI)-powered optical sorting technology at Levenseat Resource Management’s materials recycling facility in central Scotland, marking the [...]

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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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]]> Tetra Pak makes investment to enhance sorting of food and beverage cartons https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/investments/tetra-pak-makes-investment-to-enhance-sorting-of-food-and-beverage-cartons.html Fri, 09 May 2025 10:02:45 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27406 Tetra Pak has funded an upgrade to food and beverage carton sorting capabilities at J&B Recycling’s materials recycling facility (MRF) in Hartlepool, as part of a collaboration with British technology [...]

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]]> Doosan Robotics to supply 300 cobots across Southeast Asia https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/cobots/doosan-robotics-to-supply-300-cobots-across-southeast-asia.html Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:27:01 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27278 Doosan Robotics has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), with robotic system integrator in Thailand VRNJ, to supply 300 collaborative robots. The robots will come from the company’s A, H, [...]

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]]> Ocado Intelligent Automation unveils a new autonomous pallet-moving robot https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/cobots/ocado-intelligent-automation-unveils-a-new-autonomous-pallet-moving-robot.html Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:07:23 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27063 IntraLogisteX exhibitor Ocado Intelligent Automation (OIA), a division of Ocado Group, has launched the Porter AMR (Autonomous Mobile Robot), a new robotic solution designed to streamline warehouse operations by automating [...]

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]]> Ambi Robotics introduces AI-powered robotic stacking solution for warehouse operations https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/warehousing/ambi-robotics-introduces-ai-powered-robotic-stacking-solution-for-warehouse-operations.html Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:14:40 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26778 AI-powered robotic sorting and stacking solution provider Ambi Robotics has unveiled a robotic system designed to to automate the stacking of items onto pallets or into containers. The AmbiStack system [...]

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