Diageo Employs Robots In Clackmannanshire Cooperage

Clackmannanshire's cooperage in Alloa is getting massively upgraded. The trend to employ robots in heavy works is clearly seen in the cooperage as it now employs robots to lift the coopers thereby replacing an ancient tradition with technology to aid human efforts. #-Link-Snipped-# in Clackmannanshire is a custom designed one with latest machinery on board to handle casks of whisky.

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The whisky barrel robots are being used to move casks around the new plant

The move looks like a call for higher productivity among the workers. This is evident from the fact that the workers are relieved from a tough task involved in coopering. At least the process of hand lifting them to the kiln is made easy. However even after employing the robots, Diageo industries still wants to keep the skill of coopering alive. It is seen from the heavy investment that the cooperage is making on apprenticeship.

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Setting aside the Robots aid whisky barrel coopers - BBC News alone, there is a rising trend among many industries and small firms alike. The enhancing technology is tapped for securing calculated machine intervention for completing tasks- the latest of which are the #-Link-Snipped-# employed by a South Korean prison. These robots patrol the prison area and detect any suicidal tenancies to prevent any untoward incidents. Another industrial robotics application is Harvard scientists designing a completely autonomous robotic #-Link-Snipped-#.

The industrial sector dealing in robotics is on the rise and the market is growing very fast. Diageo industries of Europe which also happen to be a popular drink brand are an example of it. The development will boost mechanization of traditional occupations.

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