Factory automation > Robotics

The differences between AGVs and AMRs

07 October, 2021

Robotic vehicles in the form of AGVs and AMRs are rapidly becoming a new normal in day-to-day operational activities in warehouses, factories and other facilities.


Australia claims historic top two spot in the 'Robot Olympics'

27 September, 2021

A team led by CSIRO has beaten teams from NASA, California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University to claim second place in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge.


GlobalData predicts future robotics unicorns

24 September, 2021

Data and analytics company GlobalData has released a list of 50 robotics start-ups that have the potential to reach a valuation greater than US$1 billion.


ABB launches robotic work cell for e-commerce operations

23 September, 2021

Designed for e-commerce supply chain operations, FlexBuffer is said to offer additional functionality to the traditional automated storage and retrieval systems.


CSIRO team representing Australia in 'robot olympics'

10 September, 2021

A Brisbane-based team of robotics experts will represent Australia in the world's leading robotics competition held in the United States this month.


MiR250 mobile industrial robot

03 September, 2021

Konica Minolta Australia has announced the availability of the compact MiR250 mobile industrial robot.


Made4CNC launches automatic CNC door opening system for robots

26 August, 2021

A Danish company says it has solved a well-known and previously “unsolvable challenge” in the metal industry.


Revenues from warehouse robotics to exceed US$51 billion by 2030

23 August, 2021

ABI Research says that evolving e-commerce fulfilment operations and technical improvements in robotics and AI are rapidly growing the commercial robotics market.


Robotic pipeline repair robot seeks investment

16 August, 2021

A UK company is seeking investment to help bring to market pioneering robotics to repair oil pipelines remotely without the need to stop production.


Mobile robots to revolutionise manufacturing

12 August, 2021

The International Federation of Robotics has released a paper on how mobility is reshaping robotics.


OTTO Motors expands its worldwide AMR network

05 August, 2021

OTTO Motors has announced a series of partnerships to extend the availability of its line of AMRs to a global audience.


FANUC produces 750,000th robot

13 July, 2021

Robot maker enhances global market-leading position.


Lion Australia futureproofs supply chain with AGVs

08 July, 2021

Lion Australia has futureproofed its supply chain at its Tooheys Brewery facility in Lidcombe by investing in Dematic's automated guided vehicles.


Open-source AMR interoperability standard released

07 July, 2021

MassRobotics has released an interoperability standard to allow autonomous mobile robots from different vendors to work together.


Can cobots solve the welder shortage?

29 June, 2021 by John Young, APAC Country Director, EU Automation

Cobots have the potential to affordably solve the problem of finding human welders in the future.


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