German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is currently testing ship-painting robots with nine of its ships, says an article published in their website.
Manual work replaced with robotsTraditional manual work is increasingly being replaced by automated processes, such as self-driving Automated Guided Vehicles in container terminals.
Thanks to robots, the quality of ship painting can also be improved and the docking time shortened. Hapag-Lloyd is currently testing the process with nine ships.
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