6 September 2023 Rockwell Automation is buying the Canadian autonomous robotics specialist Clearpath Robotics for an undisclosed sum. Rockwell believes that AMRs (autonomous mobile robots) are the next… Read More
7 August 2023 The UK manufacturing industry experienced the second-highest number of administrations of any business sector in the country during the first six months of 2023, according… Read More
6 April 2023 There were almost 800 acquisitions or mergers involving UK manufacturing businesses in 2022, according to data released by the accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. Read More
17 October 2022 The number of industrial robots installed around the world hit last year an all-time high of 517,385, representing a 31% year-on-year expansion. The number was… Read More
23 June 2022 Global sales of industrial robots bounced back during 2021 to hit an all-time high of 486,800 shipped machines – a 27% increase on the figure… Read More
21 February 2022 Kollmorgen has joined forces with Ericsson to test the use of 5G transmissions on AMRs (autonomous mobile robots). They believe that 5G will enable new… Read More
31 March 2021 Boston Dynamics, the US company behind YouTube-starring robots such as Spot the robot dog, has entered the warehouse automation market with a wheeled box-handling robot… Read More
18 October 2018 A record 381,000 industrial robots were shipped globally in 2017 – 30% more than in 2016 – generating revenues of $16.2bn – a 21% increase… Read More
18 August 2017 The first half of 2017 was the best-ever for the North American robotics market, with new records set for orders, revenues and units shipped, according… Read More
1 May 2015 The Engineering and Machinery Alliance (Eama) – the umbrella group for 13 UK trade associations including Gambica, the MTA, Bara, the BFPA, BCAS, the PPMA… Read More
