Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 44.93
March 27, 2023
Fabric earlier this month shared the news that it has partnered with another systems integrator to sell its micro-fulfillment automation technology. Based in Franklin, Tenn. Synergy Design & Integration said it has more than 100 years of combined experience designing and building custom, turnkey material handling systems for industries including retail, e-commerce, health and beauty, parcel, apparel and more. Synergy Design is now a member of Fabric’s Partner Elite Program and will help the company identify clients, they said. As part of the program, which Fabric launched in February, Synergy Design employees will receive training on how to sell Fabric’s…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.40
April 28, 2022
Get Fabric Inc. today announced the launch of its new Dallas micro-fulfillment center, expanding its growing North American network for on-demand retail. Through its network of automated micro-fulfillment centers (MFCs) and inventory intelligence, the New York-based company said it enables retailers to scale their capacity while profitably and sustainably providing on-demand deliveries. Fabric expects network to cover nearly 90% of U.S. consumers The Dallas location is the latest in Fabric’s growing network of MFCs in the U.S. The company said it expects that number to double by the end of the year, covering delivery to nearly 90% of consumers across…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 38.92
May 13, 2022
…make robots “feel” better, said BeBop Sensors. RoboSkin’s advanced fabric-based sensor skin can be shaped to any surface, allowing quick tailoring to fit any robot, claimed the Berkeley, Calif.-based company. BeBob said its spatial resolution and sensitivity exceeds human abilities for collaborative applications. “I have been working with roboticists refining our RoboSkin for 10 years,” said Keith McMillen, founder and chief technology officer of BeBop Sensors. “We are pleased we can make this important contribution to the worldwide effort to bring humanoid robots into our lives to help people live longer, healthier, and more enjoyable lives.” McMillen started and sold…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.92
September 12, 2023
A.P. Moller - Maersk and Get Fabric Inc. today announced a new 38,000-sq.-ft. warehouse in Dallas. The facility includes e-commerce fulfillment automation driven by artificial intelligence, said the partners. They added that Fabric's robots and software maximizes productivity while minimizing urban space requirements. “The growth of e-commerce continues to reshape the retail landscape,” stated Erez Agmoni, global head of innovation for logistics and services at Maersk. “As we look to help our customers streamline their supply chains end to end, we see Fabric’s automated fulfillment solution as one that is highly capable of meeting the demand for efficient warehousing and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.58
February 07, 2023
Retail technology company Fabric today launched a new program designed to help brands, retailers, grocers, and logistics service providers looking to invest in automation and micro-fulfillment centers. The company has named the service the Fabric Partner Elite Program, and customers can apply for it starting today. “The Fabric Partner Elite Program offers a cost-effective solution to improve customer experience, no matter the business model,” the company said in a press release today. “System integrators receive training to sell and support joint implementation efforts, referral partners get access to tools that accelerate mutual sales and deepen relationships, and OEMs can leverage…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 31.85
October 26, 2021
Get Fabric Inc. today announced that it has closed a $200 million Series C funding round, bringing its valuation to more than $1 billion. The New York-based company runs micro-fulfillment operations for grocery and general merchandise retailers in New York, Washington D.C., and Tel Aviv. “It has never been so complex and challenging for retailers to fulfill and deliver online orders,” stated Fabric. “With these funds, Fabric has emerged as a new kind of unicorn — a 'robocorn' uniquely positioned to solve these challenges in the retail space.” Founded in 2015, the company said that its proprietary micro-fulfillment technology stack…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 31.05
November 07, 2022
…for rapid deliveries are putting pressure on retailers. Get Fabric Inc. today announced that it is partnering with Reply SpA to offer brands and retailers “seamless integration to a single point solution” for a warehouse management system, or WMS, and automated fulfillment. “Reply’s technology complements ours very well and ensures a robust automated fulfillment platform for any brand, retailer, or 3PL [third-party logistics provider] that is ready to take their supply chain to the next level,” said Avi (Jack) Jacoby, CEO of Fabric. “This is the future of fast, accurate, cost-effective fulfillment: placing inventory close to the consumer and automating…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 30.59
April 28, 2012
…materials. They can be manufactured to an extremely high tolerances. They do not show stretch like a chain or fabric belt. In short, they can be a superior way to convey motion.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.83
July 25, 2021
…has signed a multi-year strategic deal with micro-fulfillment company Fabric. It will integrate robots and software with Instacart's proprietary technology to create new e-commerce services for retail partners and a faster, easier online grocery shopping experience for customers, said the partners. “Instacart is proud to serve as the chief ally to retailers during a time when e-commerce in North America is poised for accelerated adoption,” stated Mark Schaaf, chief technology officer of Instacart. “Our next-gen fulfillment initiative combines our robust technology suite and dedicated community of shoppers with robotics solutions to give retailers even more ways to serve their customers…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.74
April 01, 2022
…participate in another led by partner institute Advanced Functional Fabrics of America Inc. “The ARM Institute’s leadership and involvement on these projects demonstrates the importance of the Manufacturing USA Network and Manufacturing Innovation Institutes to our nation’s resiliency,” stated Arnie Kravitz, chief innovation officer at the ARM Institute. “We were able to rapidly collaborate with our fellow Institutes and member organizations to propose high-impact projects that will enable a stronger national manufacturing infrastructure to navigate the current COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate future pandemics and similar crises,” he said. Founded in 2017, the ARM Institute is a public-private consortium with more…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.99
May 25, 2023
…will recognize one of the company's papers, titled “Geometric Fabrics: Generalizing Classical Mechanics to Capture the Physics of Behavior,” with an IEEE Best Paper award at ICRA. Papers examine training robots in simulation to work in reality Many of this year’s submissions demonstrate robotics capabilities trained in simulation that were then shown to work in the real world, noted NVIDIA. Members of the NVIDIA Robotics Research Lab will also present papers at ICRA, including: “DeXtreme: Transferring Agile In-Hand Manipulation From Simulation to Reality” (Read paper, watch video) “MVTrans: Multi-View Perception of Transparent Objects” (Read paper, watch video) “Self-Supervised Learning of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.44
October 11, 2022
…humanoid robots and prosthetics. BeBop said millions of its fabric sensors are already in daily use in research, corporate, and military facilities worldwide. “We started shipping RoboSkin to evaluation customers two years ago,” recalled Keith McMillen, founder and chief technology officer of BeBop Sensors. “We got good feedback and decided to give it better spatial resolution than human skin and significantly better force recognition.” How to identify superhuman sensing What is “better-than-human spatial resolution,” and how can that help robots? “Physiologists have experimented and touched a person with two dull points and then moved them apart,” McMillen told Robotics 24/7.…
