THE ROBOTICS and Artificial Intelligence Collaboration (RAICo) – a collaboration between the UK Atomic Energy Authority, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Sellafield, the University of Manchester and AWE Nuclear Security Technologies – has developed a new platform designed to let operators create their own simulated training programmes for remote handling.
INNOVATIVE AGRI-TECH businesses can now bid for a share of £20 million to collaborate with researchers and farmers to develop the next generation of farm automation and robots.
OFS HAS announced a strategic collaboration with Performance Solutions by Milliken, bringing together real-time manufacturing data with operational excellence expertise to help manufacturers turn insight into measurable performance improvement. The collaboration will initially focus on Europe, with a shared ambition to expand into the US market over time.
MORE THAN £1 million in investment and innovation funding has been secured by Versatile RobotX to accelerate commercialisation of its intelligent agricultural robots, designed to ease labour shortages, boost productivity and enhance food security.
TEKPAK AUTOMATION will demonstrate a live working 3-axis pick-and-place cell on Stand G74 at PPMA Show 2026, showcasing the benefits of robotics to food, beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturers of all sizes.
SPECIALIST IN industrial DC power supply solutions, PULS, has announced the expansion of its FIEPOS (FIEld POwer Supply) product family with new low power class field-mounted power supplies designed for decentralised industrial automation and intralogistics applications.
NEW RESEARCH from Make UK shows nearly one in three manufacturers have been hit by cyber incidents directly or through their supply chain, with disruption increasingly affecting production, costs and customer delivery.
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Automation Systems Division UK is urging UK machine builders to act now to ensure that they are ready for the Cyber Resilience Act’s (CRA) upcoming vulnerability reporting deadline.
A NEW standardised approach to designing digital twins for transport decarbonisation across road, rail, air and maritime has been developed by researchers at Cranfield University as part of the UK research hub, TransiT.
REIMAGINE ROBOTICS, an AI robotics company founded by former leaders of Google DeepMind’s Applied Robotics team, has revealed new technology that allows robots to learn on the job.
