Robotics

The contract caterer has introduced new autonomous delivery robotics to deliver food to students’ rooms at the University of Roehampton, London. Elior provides student catering at the University of Roehampton’s campus restaurants and noticed that many preferred the ease and convenience of ...

Skyline Robotics and Principle Cleaning Services have joined forces to bring autonomous window cleaning robots to London. Principle, a market leader in providing corporate, commercial cleaning in London, will be the exclusive provider of Skyline Robotics’ flagship window cleaning robot ...

Facilities Management specialists NJC and Kite Robotics have announced their partnership to deliver the Kite Robot to the UK and Ireland. This partnership will provide the provision of both bespoke and standard Kite applications. The autonomous Kite Robot removes the ...

Compass Group and robotics supplier to the hospitality industry, SoftBank Robotics, have been shortlisted for an award that recognises their innovative application of robotic solutions in food and beverage. The Robotics & Automation Awards celebrate the latest innovations and highest ...

Amey is trialling the use of robotic technology as a means of capturing usable data across its education portfolio. Amey’s FM business has teamed up with its in-house design and consultancy team and supply chain partner, Trimble. The team visited Northampton ...

BackHug launched into the UK market this month with a global health-tech first. UK businesses will now be able to subscribe to a ‘robot back therapist’ that users can control via their smartphone and comes with new proprietary ‘Spinemap’ back ...

Myles Johnson, Autonomous Specialist, Nilfisk Labour shortages in the cleaning sector are well documented and worsening in the post-Brexit environment. Cleaning roles are often poorly paid and have little prestige. Meanwhile, logistics and warehousing facilities are often located in remote ...

Labour sourcing is the top obstacle for FMs in providing cleaning services of the right quality, according to a new report by SoftBank Robotics EMEA, the global leader in collaborative robotics (cobotics). Nearly half (46 per cent) ranked it higher ...

Climate change means people are at greater risk of occupational heat exposure, and employers need to develop plans to manage this, warns independent research and advisory firm, Verdantix. According to Verdantix, most employers currently having little or no systems in ...

The two companies will develop a variety of automated and intelligent tray delivery systems to help with challenges in the service industry, hospitality, education and elderly care. SoftBank Robotics UK (SBRUK), the EMEA arm of the global leader in collaborative ...