NEWS & Press Releases
The Australian Government has extended assistance to businesses investing in depreciable assets under the ATO’s Temporary full expensing provision. This means that eligible companies may be able to accelerate depreciation of their invest...
A major Sydney food producer has built a new plant and will no longer require their only two-year-old flexible Robotic Palletiser system, including stretch wrapper as a complete line. This system is capable of palletising up to 30 shelf-...
Tech Support: Nice to have, or now ESSENTIAL?
March 9, 2021
Colin Wells, managing director of Robotic Automation, takes a closer look at the evolution of tech support in Australia, and the critical decisions businesses need make to maximise the lifetime performance of their automation systems. Ha...
Timely automation takes TIME
March 3, 2021
There is an interesting theme developing currently within the Automation Systems Integrator (ASI) market; clients new and old are asking for delivery of automation systems in unrealistic time frames. So why now? The average time frame fr...
Not all automation systems are created EQUAL
February 17, 2021
Colin Wells discusses the importance of ensuring your investment in automation technology is not only the best value for money today, but also flexible enough to create viable options for your business well into the future, saving costs...
Laurence Marchini caught up with MD and founder Colin Wells to pick his brains on the state of Australian industry. Perhaps it’s one of those inevitable truths. But one of Australia’s most successful automation entrepreneurs continue...
The Continuity Factor
May 27, 2020
Australia really needs to lift a gear in the field of industrial automation to avoid falling further behind. But it’s just not happening. Why? Personally, I think there are a number of factors, such as the lack of continuity of staff a...
Is Aussie & NZ Industry Up To Scratch?
May 27, 2020
By Colin Wells MD Robotic Automation pl Over the past 30 odd years I have seen some highly innovative and world class Robotic Solutions employed in Australian and NZ industry’s. Given the size of our manufacturing Ind our population of...
AGVS GAIN THE FLEXIBILITY TO RULE THE WAREHOUSE
May 27, 2020
If there was ever a technology that has failed to live up to its potential in Australia, the Automatic Guided Vehicle or AGV is a prime case in point. Long-heralded as the next big thing in materials handling, AGVs have been proposed for...