Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.22
June 03, 2022
…announced that online pharmacy Apotea is now using its RightPick 3 Item-Handling System at its facility in Morgongåva, Sweden. Apotea ships more than 1 million parcels per month on average. During the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for order fulfillment skyrocketed. To keep up with order volume, Apotea invested in RightHand Robotics’ RightPick 3 platform to accelerate its e-commerce business and provide Swedish consumers quicker access to medication and other non-prescription products. Sommerville, Mass.-based RightHand Robotics said it will support Apotea’s increasing demand from customers who shop online and need reliable, direct, and convenient delivery throughout Sweden. “Through our warehouse automation initiatives,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.97
May 17, 2022
…Stuttgart, Germany. The Somerville, Mass.-based company will demonstrate its RightPick 3 system for automated order fulfillment. “Our latest expansion and funding have accelerated plans for RightHand Robotics to be a leader in the European market,” said Roderik Ter Beek, regional manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) at RightHand. “We are excited to be exhibiting our RightPick 3 solution at LogiMAT this year.” “Despite having production systems in Europe, we have not been able to showcase RightPick 3 in a public event due to COVID restrictions, so we are excited to see how new prospects and customers react…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.06
June 22, 2021
…a prebuilt connector between SVT’s SOFTBOT Platform and the RightPick 3 item-handling robot. “By connecting to the prebuilt standard integrations of our SOFTBOT Platform, RightHand Robotics customers who adopt the RightPick 3 system can now deploy without the need for custom integration code,” stated T.J. Fanning, vice president of sales at SVT. “Integrators offering flexible, automated piece picking will be able to connect and integrate this robust solution faster than ever before.” SVT Robotics said SOFTBOT enables companies to easily connect and integrate their enterprise systems to any robot or automation in just hours or days. The Norfolk, Va.-based startup…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.13
May 18, 2021
…for order fulfillment, today announced the opening of its RightPick Center Europe in Nürnberg, Germany. The company said the new center will expand its continued global presence in Europe and strengthen its business in a market characterized by accelerating adoption of warehouse automation and the development of increasingly sophisticated supply chains. With a growing number of customers and partners based in Europe, the new RightPick Center will provide a collaborative space for meetings, system integrations, automation testing, and robot demos, similar to the first RightPick Center at the company’s headquarters near Boston. Somerville, Mass.-based RightHand Robotics was founded in 2015…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.58
April 12, 2021
…data-driven, autonomous systems for order fulfillment, today announced its RightPick 3 item-handling robot. The Somerville, Mass.-based company made the announcement during the ProMat DX virtual event for material handling. RightHand Robotics (RHR) said its intelligent picking platform provides flexible and scalable automation for predictable e-commerce order fulfillment. RHR was founded in 2015 by a DARPA challenge-winning team from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT with the intention of applying computer vision and machine learning to real-world grasping problems. “We relaunched our site in January,” noted Vince Martinelli, head of product and marketing at RightHand Robotics. “It…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.32
February 23, 2022
…chain and e-commerce fulfillment, said the Somerville, Mass.-based company. RightPick deals with complex picking RightHand Robotics launched its autonomous piece-picking product in 2017. The modular, data-driven RightPick platform uses artificial intelligence, edge computing, machine vision, grippers, and collaborative robot arms. Its workflows can quickly adapt to new SKUs for streamlined and scalable order fulfillment in industries such as electronics, apparel, grocery, and pharmaceuticals, said the company. The company also offers fleet management software for human supervision, reporting dashboards, and application programming interfaces (APIs). RightHand cited integration partners including Element Logic, an AutoStore partner and a leading European intralogistics company, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.21
March 19, 2019
…the world’s second-largest retail sector, with annual sales exceeding $1.3 trillion. As the country’s leading wholesaler of cosmetics, daily necessities, and general pharmaceutical products, PALTAC sought a robotic piece-picking solution to further automate operations by picking and placing items of varying size, weight, and shape. The PALTAC leadership team chose to implement RightPick, an intelligent and integrated solution that can reliably pick and place a range of items, including never-before-seen objects, at a high rate. “Our RDC Saitama facility will stock over 20,000 SKUs every year,” said Masakazu Mikita, General Manager of Research and Development at PALTAC Corp. “In order…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.78
March 16, 2022
…company applies computer vision and machine learning for its RightPick piece-picking system. RightHand raised $66 million in Series C funding last month. Partnership program intended to ease robotics adoption RightHand Robotics said its Partner Integrator program will make it easier for end customers to adopt robotic picking by working with their preferred automation suppliers. “The Partner Integrator program aligns business goals of system integrators, OEM technology providers, certified robot integrator partners, and other related sales alliance members,” said Paul Eyre, director of global channels at RightHand Robotics. “The program offers strategic, commercial, and technical engagement such that companies can develop…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.65
March 30, 2022
…centers on a global scale. Vanderlande has added RightHand's RightPick item-handling system to its Smart Item Robotics, or SIR, portfolio of technologies. “The market wants integrated robotics that work, so we’ve tested the world’s leading robot solutions,” stated Terry Verkuijlen, vice president of warehouse solutions at Vanderlande. “Our findings showed that RightHand Robotics’ use of gripper technology, vision systems, and software algorithms is the best fit for automated general merchandise warehouses.” Established in 1949, Vanderlande said it is a global partner for logistics process automation, software, and services in the warehousing, airports, and parcel sectors. The Veghel, Netherlands-based company, which…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.59
August 15, 2022
…as a picking robot provider, highlighting its products including: RightPick 3 RightPick AI Software RightPick Control Center RightPick Integrator Tool Box “We are honored by Gartner’s recognition,” said Leif Jentoft, chief strategy officer and co-founder of RightHand Robotics. “This is a strong reflection of our intelligent, adaptable, and easy-to-integrate robotic solution. Our solution stands out in the industry because of its leading performance, proven reference installations, and our focus to create a productized building-block that companies can rely on.” What to consider when automating warehouse picking The Gartner report includes discussion of the market for warehouse picking robots, and states,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.28
March 22, 2022
…also feature the UR16e model with a 16 kg (35.3 lb.) payload, palletizing and de-palletizing in a conveyor setting, featuring UR’s own built-in palletizing programming wizard in seamless integration with the FXCB gripper from Schmalz. The gripper is part of UR’s expanding UR+ ecosystem of third-party component and application kits certified to be plug-and-play with UR cobots, now encompassing 387 different products, said the company. “There has never been a more crucial time for the supply chain industry to embrace automation,” said Joe Campbell, senior manager of applications development with Universal Robots. “We look forward to these conversations at MODEX,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.60
December 31, 2021
…execute warehouse tasks such as picking and materials handling. RightPick 3 learns without models RightHand Robotics incorporated AI into its RightPick 3 system, which comes equipped with all components to integrate with fulfillment systems. It also includes the RightPick MCP application programming interface (API) for easy and safe integration. The RightPick 3 uses the RightPickAI software, which the company said does not rely on models but instead learns over time. Apologistics GmbH is one user of RightHand's technology. The company, which claimed to be Europe's most advanced online pharmacy, with 100,000 products, recently opened a 220,200-sq.-ft. (20,438 sq. m) warehouse…
