The countdown is on for the eagerly anticipated Machine Vision Conference which opens the doors at the Coventry’s CBS Arena on 18 June 2024. The UK Industrial Vision Association (UKIVA), MVC organisers, are thrilled to unveil Laurie Barnes, Chief Technology Officer at Automate UK, as this year’s featured speaker. He will be introducing UKIVA’s very […]
OMRON’s Flexible Manufacturing Roadshow recently concluded its European tour with well-attended invitation-only events held across three days at the RAF Museum in Cosford. Delegates learned about a wide range of solutions that are redefining flexible, efficient, and sustainable production for the factory of the future. Live demonstrations of technology at work – usually inaccessible beyond […]
Rockwell Automation has announced further collaborations with NVIDIA to supercharge the development of safer and smarter industrial AI mobile robots. OTTO Motors by Rockwell Automation will create next-generation autonomous mobile robots enhanced with NVIDIA technologies. Earlier this year, Rockwell announced its ongoing work with NVIDIA to increase the scale and scope of AI in manufacturing. […]
Euchner will attend Drives and Controls 2024 at the NEC, Birmingham, from June 5-6, demonstrating how the company’s products can improve safety in various industrial machinery applications and showing visitors the benefits of bringing safety devices into their fieldbus network. On the stand, Euchner will showcase the MGB2 Multifunctional Gate Box – a guard locking […]
ALM Engineering near Newton Aycliffe in County Durham has uprooted machine tending robots, set them on wheels and turned them into freely-accessible and adaptable mobile units that can be quickly and easily repositioned wherever they are needed. Safety is assured thanks to a collaboration with SICK. The idea was sparked by the need for a […]
Delta has announced its participation in SPS Italia 2024 to present its latest innovations in factory automation, including the D-Bot Series collaborative robot portfolio, which offers models capable of handling payloads as heavy as 30 kg with reach up to 1,800 mm. Luca Cavagnari, Italian Head of Sales for the Industrial Automation Business Group at […]
Robotics is fast becoming a go-to for nuclear decommissioning advances, and May marks the launch of the Cumbria Robotics Cluster, an ambitious initiative powered by the Industrial Solutions Hub (iSH) to harness and expand the region’s renowned capabilities in cutting-edge engineering and problem-solving. Launched at the Harnessing Robotics and AI for Challenging Environments (HRAICE) event […]
Smart Factory Expo, part of Smart Manufacturing and Engineering Week 2024, will host the Made Smarter Innovation Showcase at this year’s event bringing the latest bleeding edge industrial technology to Birmingham’s NEC on 5-6 June. Over the past four years, the Made Smarter Innovation Challenge has poured £120 million in funding into more than 60 […]
FANUC UK will showcase a suite of next-generation automation solutions at Farnborough International Airshow to enable higher rate aircraft and aerospace manufacturing. Spanning the entire supply chain – including solutions for the burgeoning eVTOL sector – visitors to stand 4900 can witness the future of aerospace manufacturing first-hand. FANUC’s automation demonstrations, in conjunction with their […]
Application phase for 10th vector award is now open
The application phase of the igus vector award 2026 has begun. Now in its tenth year, a joint initiative is honouring designers worldwide who use high-performance plastic energy chains to create cable guides that set new technological standards, with winners to receive up to 5,000 euros in prize money. The vector award has gained international […]
ChocoMatic comes to life with igus 7th axis
When customers tap a screen to choose their favourite chocolates, Roose Automation’s ‘ChocoMatic’ robot arm travels along a linear track, selects each chocolate, and delivers them without human intervention. Behind this playful, hygienic automation lies a clever piece of engineering: the 7th axis from igus. Roose Automation wanted to give its robot arm the freedom […]
Cost-effective robotic automation products
Mouser Electronics announces a distribution agreement with igus, a global leader in industrial and automation products. With over 60 years of design experience and a strong reputation for quality, igus offers a range of technically advanced “motion plastics” designed for Industry 4.0 and 5.0. The igus product portfolio includes flexible cables, robotic components, motor control […]
RARUK Automation demos cobot palletising solution
On 11-12 February 2026, Packaging Innovations and EMPACK will be returning to the NEC in Birmingham. RARUK Automation will be showcasing the PE10 Robotiq Palletising Solution designed specifically for Universal Robots collaborative robots (cobots). Palletising is a repetitive and strenuous task that poses risk of injury to workers. For manufacturers looking to increase efficiency, palletising […]
New off-the-shelf and modular palletisers
End-of-line palletising is a task commonly automated across a range of industries, due to bottlenecks and the risk of repetitive strain injury (RSI) to workers. RARUK Automation can now offer two simple approaches to palletising automation, from partner Robotiq. RARUK Automation is the exclusive UK representative for Robotiq, a Canadian manufacturer of end-of-arm tooling and […]
Comau presents advanced automation at ITSA 2025
Comau showcased its advanced automation technologies at Industrial Transformation Saudi Arabia, (ITSA) held from December 1 to 3 at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Centre (RICEC) at Booth number 1-535. As the region’s leading platform for industrial innovation, the HANNOVER MESSE-backed event brought together global and local stakeholders committed to accelerating smarter, greener, and […]
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Automation and robotics in food manufacturing
At Food Manufacturing Live, Jake Norman, managing director at OAL, discusses applications for robotics in food factories to automate the likes of pick and place operations, palletising, case packing and other areas. He highlights the picking of fresh fruit, with a particular demonstration on the stand showing a robot picking up oranges. “We work with […]
Bridging the gap in food and beverage plants
Food and beverage plants increasingly operate with a blend of equipment generations: legacy machinery that has served reliably for years, and newer automation technologies designed to enhance efficiency, traceability and sustainability. This hybrid setup gives manufacturers flexibility to modernise gradually, but it also presents a growing challenge: how to maintain ageing assets while integrating more […]
FANUC robot pairs hygiene with high performance
To meet the growing demand for food and cleanroom applications, FANUC has unveiled the latest model in its LR Mate industrial robot range. The compact and powerful LR Mate 10-11A Food/Clean has a 10kg payload and is compliant with ISO 4 Class cleanrooms. This makes it ideal for use in highly controlled environments across sectors […]
Commitment is needed to change UK culture
At Smart Factory Expo (5-6 June 2024, NEC Birmingham), FANUC UK named ‘commitment’ as the number one driver to help inspire a change in culture towards robotics and automation among British manufacturers. FANUC’s Head of UK Sales Oliver Selby gave the keynote speech at the event’s Automation and Robotics Acceleration Symposium and said a change […]