The UK axial-flux motor developer, Yasa, has opened a £12m manufacturing facility in Yarnton, near Oxford, with the capacity to produce more than 25,000 of its high-efficiency motors every year. The ...

The logistics giant DHL has agreed to buy more than 1,000 of Boston-Dynamics’ Stretch box-handling robots for use in its facilities around the world. The companies have signed a strategic Memorandum ...

Schneider Electric is the latest automation supplier to announce that it has developed an industrial Copilot in collaboration with Microsoft, with the aim of boosting productivity and enhancing ...

The American subsidiary of the Chinese motor-maker Wolong has announced a ferrite-assisted synchronous reluctance motor with an integrated drive, designed for high efficiency, robust performance, and ...

A US specialist in automated collision-free motion planning, control and optimisation for robots, has launched a cloud-based technology that, it claims, will cut workcell design times from months to ...

Universal Robots has announced is fastest-ever cobot (collaborative robot), with a maximum TCP (tool centre point) speed of 5m/s, and the ability to deliver improvements of up to 30% in cycle times in ...

Siemens has announced a development of its industrial AI offering that, it says, represents a fundamental shift away from AI assistants that respond to queries, towards truly autonomous agents that ...

The Swiss automation supplier Güdel has developed a purpose-built seventh-axis linear track for collaborative and lightweight robots, which extends their working range up to 5m. The Cobomover allows ...

The Korean car-maker Hyundai has announced plans to buy tens of thousands of robots “in the next few years”, including many from its US subsidiary, Boston Dynamics. Hyundai Motor Group says it will ...

The motion plastics specialist igus has unveiled its first humanoid robot, which is designed to support industrial production, service and transport tasks. The robot – called Iggy Rob – has a ...

A Norwegian start-up has announced the world’s first safe 3D ultrasonic depth sensor, designed to boost safety in spaces shared by humans and robots. Oslo-based Sonair claims that its Adar sensor ...

Fanuc and the 3D machine vision specialist Inbolt have announced a “manufacturing breakthrough” that allows robots to tackle one of the most complex challenges in industrial automation: performing ...