Predicting the future is a mug’s game, said Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – so we’re not going to try and do that, but rather distill the thoughts of some of the robotic industry’s best … Read More

With Christmas coming up, who couldn’t do with a helping hand around the house?  The household robot remains a relatively under-developed area, but the signs are that 2020 will bring about significant developments and breakthroughs. Why hasn’t this breakthrough happened … Read More

Where once industrial robots and collaborative robots were identifiably different, those boundaries are blurring.  Here, we look at how new developments in handling technologies offer the end user more choice over their route to automation, and the factors to consider … Read More

Talk of robots and many people think of the industrial type, or those which interact with humans.  There is a rapidly developing type of robot which is very different – here we look at new microbot applications… A microrobot is … Read More

The construction sector is key to the economy – yet it is one of the areas where automation has been slow to catch on.  This tide is now turning, and here we look at robotic automation in construction. Performance of … Read More

With robots impacting on so many aspects of our daily lives, we explore the extent to which they are being treated like humans, and what this means for our relationships with them. Can robots be people too – do they … Read More

The use of robotics in surgery is well documented, with new procedures being developed to improve operating theatre efficiency and reliability. There are, though, many other areas in healthcare where robots are performing important roles. Here we look at some … Read More

The preliminary results of the 2019 World Robotics Report paints a sobering picture for the British manufacturing sector and prompts us to ask the critical question: is Britain falling behind our global competitors?  The report looks at the density of … Read More

The use of robots in warehouses at Amazon and Walmart are well known, but there are many other warehousing and logistics challenges that robots are addressing.  Here we look at some of the warehousing problems that robots are providing the … Read More

Nothing on the Internet of Things is safe from hacking, and any links offer opportunities for cybercriminals to potentially exploit for harmful purposes.  Here, we look at the main areas of threat and what you can do to keep your … Read More