Robots to tackle 100,000 labour gap in UK food factories

Robotics and automation specialist, OAL, has secured a £5m Innovation Loan from Innovate UK to deploy over 1,000 robotic systems in the food manufacturing industry by 2030 to address labour shortages. The five-year programme will support the commercial rollout of fenceless robotics: compact robotic systems designed to operate safely alongside people on production lines without…