ABB's robots aim to meet demand for workforce that never gets sick [Reuters]
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By John Revill 3 Min Read ZURICH (Reuters) - ABB unveiled two additions to its robot family on Wednesday which the Swiss engineering company expects will tap into increased demand for automated production after the COVID-19 crisis. More companies in pharmaceuticals, logistics, electronics and food and beverage manufacturing want to use robots, ABB said, with investment set to increase as companies emerge from lockdowns. ABB, which saw a 90% surge in robot sales in China at the end of 2020, hopes the GoFa and SWIFTI collaborative robots - or cobots - can win orders from customers who have been forced to shut down during lockdowns or have struggled with ill workers. “Customers want to be independent of these fluctuations in future,” said Sami Atiya, head of ABB’s Robotics & Discrete Automation business. “The question of resilience has become fundamental,” he told Reuters. “The pandemic has accelerated the mind-shift.” The big advantage of robots - they don’t catch coronavirus - has led
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