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    • October/November/December 2023

    Robots are everywhere - from factory and plant floors to warehouses and distribution centers. The industrial landscape has seen an escalated number of robots in all shapes and sizes. Integrators have increased their creativity by designing and building more work cells that include robots as part of the equipment or use robots to transfer materials to and from the work cell or even within it.

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