The Hundred-Tonne Robots That Help Keep New Zealand Running

2019-04-29

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The Ports of Auckland are automating their straddle carriers, which might not seem like much: until you phrase it as "hundred-tonne autonomous robots guided by nanosecond-precision tracking".

More about the Ports of Auckland: http://www.poal.co.nz/

Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)

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