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Robots struggle to match warehouse workers on ‘really hard’ jobs

In the outbound dock of an Amazon warehouse near Nashville, Tennessee, a robotic arm named Cardinal on a recent day stacked packages, Tetris-style, into 6 1/2-foot-high carts. Then Proteus, an autonomous platform, moved the carts to the loading bay, flashing electronic eyes designed to make the robot more appealing to human colleagues.

Fire service skeptical of arson claims in egg factory fire

The fire service remains skeptical of the eco-militant group's claims of responsibility for the arson attack on an egg factory in Thessaloniki, as reported by MEGA TV on Thursday.

Based on initial findings, the fire service doubts that the fire was caused by arson. Instead, authorities suggest that the fire was caused by a short circuit.

Horns blaring, engines roaring, hundreds of tractors bring farmers’ plight to EU summit

Convoys with hundreds of angry farmers driving heavy-duty tractors arrived at European Union headquarters, bent on getting their complaints about excessive costs, rules and bureaucracy heard and fixed by EU leaders at a summit Thursday.

Killer Robot Strikes! Tragic Death in South Korean Factory

In a harrowing incident at a pepper sorting plant in South Xiaonan Province, South Korea, a robotic mishap resulted in the death of a 40-year-old employee from a robotics company, as reported by the BBC. The man had been on-site to inspect a robot designed for lifting and transferring boxes onto pallets.

Bulgaria: Customs Officers Found over 500,000 Pieces of Contraband Cigarettes

Customs officers at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint found more than 500,000 pieces of contraband cigarettes in wooden panels in a truck with Turkish registration, the Customs Agency announced. The disclosure took place on September 27 at around 8:50 p.m.

Two Iranian Citizens Arrested for Attempting to Smuggle 687 kg of Heroin worth about BGN 62 Million

Haskovo District Prosecutor's Office has pressed charges against two Iranian citizens for attempting to smuggle 687 kg of heroin worth about BGN 62 million, said the press office of the Appellate Prosecutor's Office - Plovdiv, Focus News Agency reported.

Millions of Captagon pills seized in Piraeus

Greek authorities seized a huge number Captagon pills from a freighter at Piraeus port on Wednesday, which may prove to be the largest haul ever achieved in the country.
The drugs were stashed inside 60 pallets loaded with lumber products found in three containers. Officials have so far counted 1.4 million pills in just one of the pallets. Counting is expected to take a few days.

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