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How robots can help UK manufacturers tackle skills shortages and drive productivity

How robots can help UK manufacturers tackle skills shortages and drive productivity

The UK manufacturing industry is grappling with significant challenges that are impacting competitiveness, including a shortage of skilled labour and a need for greater flexibility in production. In the final instalment of DPA's The Future of Robotics with ABB series, Julian Ware, UK & Ireland Sales Manager for ABB Robotics, looks at how robots are playing a pivotal role in overcoming these challenges.

Healthy diagnosis

Healthy diagnosis

Europlaz’s leadership team of Katy and Rory O’Keeffe take us through the complex world of the healthcare sector, and how innovation and upskilling are critical to its growth plans.

A game-changer in machine tool automation

A game-changer in machine tool automation

Gaining competitiveness is a priority for European machine tool manufacturers and users. This goal goes hand in hand with embracing digitalisation and achieving Industry 5.0. Automatic tool changers (ATC) play a role in this. Enabled by robotics, ATC can help OEMs develop more competitive machine tools that address end users’ most pressing challenges. Here, Serhat Volkan Yilmaz, Robot Technologies General Manager of Tezmaksan Robot Technologies, explains.

Reaching for a better grip with robots

Reaching for a better grip with robots

The industrial robotics sector continues to experience strong growth, with operational stock at approximately four million robots, according to statistics from the International Federation of Robotics. Improvements in robotic grippers have helped accelerate industrial robot uptake, but is there room for further development? Here, Ross Turnbull, Director of Business Development and Product Engineering at Swindon Silicon Systems, explores.

How to bring intelligence to the smart asset life cycle

How to bring intelligence to the smart asset life cycle

A machine is a critical component in an enterprise’s manufacturing facility, often found in the production line of a plant or factory. This piece of equipment is an industrial asset that needs to be designed, operated and maintained.

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