The National Farmers Union (NFU) recently launched a report called the ‘Future of Food 2040’  which looked at trends and developments which are likely to impact on the way farming is conducted over the next 20 years. It comes as … Read More

Liz Reid, our MD, is presenting today at the prestigious Institute of Directors in London on the challenges of a Norfolk-based business competing in the global, fast-developing industrial robots sector. The event, part of the Brittelstand Symposium, features industry leaders … Read More

Each Industrial Revolution asks questions of the existing order of things, and the fourth Industrial Revolution, the use of robotics, is challenging the whole nature of work:  will robots replace humans in the workplace?  Here we look at the impact … Read More

A new report, surveying the robot automation 2019 transformative trends across industry, foresees a big increase in robots and automation. This is being driven by lower-cost and more flexible technologies. Robots are increasingly being used across industry in order to … Read More

The future of farming is looking brighter. Historically, only big companies could automate their farms, at the expense of using expensive machinery worth millions. But now, with Farmbot, because of innovation and a close-knit community, the future of farming is … Read More

How many robots does it take to screw in a light bulb? The answer: just one, assuming you’re talking about a new soft robotic gripper developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego. The engineering team has designed … Read More

Former Google robotics outfit Boston Dynamics, famed for its advanced humanoid and canine automatons, has announced that it will begin the sale of its headless robotic SpotMini next year. At a robotics conference in California, the company’s founder Marc Raibert … Read More

If there’s one thing that robots are useful for, it’s reducing costs by performing tasks that would otherwise go to human workers. That was part of the inspiration behind Spyce, a new budget-friendly fast food restaurant that has a robotic … Read More

The third-generation ABB Foundry Prime Industrial Robot (IRB 6790) is designed to withstand high-pressure waterjet cleaning applications and harsh industrial environments with 100% humidity. Different parts can be cleaned in the same cell with zero changeover time. The ABB Foundry … Read More

Scientists at Imperial College London and the University of Göttingen have used machine learning to improve the performance of prosthetic hands. The new self learning robotic hand interprets strong signals from brain activity to make movements more natural. After testing … Read More