It’s no secret that, despite its position as a top 10 manufacturing economy, the UK lags well behind its global counterparts when it comes to our use of industrial robots.
Collaborative robots are fast becoming the benchmark in industrial automation for their ability to offer higher productivity, while working safely alongside human workers. They are compact and lightweight, making them the ideal fit for the evolving needs of the factory of the future.
UK Robotics has recently launched a new liquid handler to shake up the lab automation market. Feedback from small biotech companies and big pharmaceuticals has been beyond the company's wildest expectations.
POSIMAT, the Barcelona-based producer of bottle handling systems, brings another innovation to the market with the POSIROBOT.
Using a ‘taste as you go’ technique, University of Cambridge researchers have trained a robot chef to produce taste maps of dishes to determine whether they are sufficiently seasoned.