Automate UK has announced the launch of Automate UK Week, an ambitious proposition for 2027 bringing its award-winning manufacturing, vision, processing and packaging events together to create an overarching experience for visitors and exhibitors alike. Already the force behind the UK’s...
AI-powered waste picking company Recycleye – which uses FANUC industrial robots in conjunction with its proprietary AI vision technology – has been acquired by CP Group, a leading designer, manufacturer and integrator of advanced material recovery facilities (MRFs) and automated...
ABB Robotics is combining the flexibility of cobots with higher payloads and performance, with the launch of its new PoWa cobot family into the rapidly expanding global collaborative robot market, which ABB Robotics estimates will grow by 20 percent annually...
UK manufacturing is entering a pivotal moment. Across the sector, businesses are beginning to recognise that robotics is no longer a future aspiration – it is a present-day catalyst for productivity, competitiveness and sustainable growth. Businesses are exploring flexible automation...
Festo has introduced the HPSX Universal Adaptive Gripper, a pneumatic soft gripper engineered to improve speed, hygiene and flexibility in demanding food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics applications. Combining robust design, food-safe materials and adaptive silicone fingers, the HPSX directly addresses long-standing...
The latest model in FANUC’s all-electric, energy-saving range of injection moulding machines will take centre stage on stand U70 (Hall 9) at Interplas 2026. Visitors can witness first-hand the flexible, fast and cost-saving benefits of the new ROBOSHOT S350C, which...
ABB Robotics will be demonstrating a range of advanced automation technologies at MACH 2026, highlighting how manufacturers can boost productivity, improve flexibility and accelerate digital transformation through more autonomous and versatile robotics (AVR™). On stand 18-640 in Hall 18, visitors...
– A Practical Guide to Matching Drive Technology to Your Machine – The instinct to over-specify drive technology is understandable, but it carries hidden costs, says Karl Walker, market development manager at industrial motion control specialist Beckhoff UK. Here, Karl offers advice...
Into the future of drive technology with new dimensions and features for robotics: The new BXI is the most powerful integrated drive system in the FAULHABER portfolio thus far and was developed to meet new requirements of modern robotic applications. ...
According to new research from cleaning manufacturer and distributor Robert Scott, the rising cost of doing business is the biggest challenge facing the UK’s cleaning industry – and robotics is set to have a much greater impact too. Key takeaways Nearly...
