Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 31.50
April 08, 2024
…said it is Asia's largest person-to-goods AMR solutions provider. The company has served over 100 customers, including JD.com, DHL, IKEA, and TCL. Its AMR solutions are widely used for order picking in warehouses, in-store order picking, and material handling in manufacturing plants. With offices in the China, Japan, Korea, Europe, Australia, and the U.S., along with partnerships around the globe, ForwardX is expanding and applying its solutions to warehouses and manufacturers worldwide.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.52
December 30, 2021
…ApS as part of a joint investment with client IKEA. The companies said the autonomous mobile robots will improve logistics at a warehouse in Jarosty, Poland. “This implementation for our client requires transport of significant amounts of empty wooden pallet columns due to their use in storage in automatic warehouses,” said Edyta Śmiechowicz, platform director in Jarosty for FM Logistic. “It is an ideal process for automation.” FM Logistic Central Europe is part of FM Group, a global third-party logistics provider (3PL) in Roissy-en-France. FM Group has a presence in 14 countries on three continents, and its Central European unit…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.77
November 29, 2021
…Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. NTU technology first seen in Ikea Bot Mastering “touch sensitivity” and humanlike dexterity has been a holy grail for roboticists, said Pham. Programming force controllers is extremely complicated, requiring long hours to perfect the grip just for a specific task, he said. Current robots in the market have either high accuracy but low agility, where robots perform the same movements repeatedly such as in a car factory, or low accuracy but high agility, such as robots handling packages of different sizes in logistics. NTU scientists developed the force-feedback technology and demonstrated it with the “Ikea Bot,”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.33
March 17, 2023
…it has served over 100 customers, including JD.com, DHL, IKEA, TCL, and Walmart, according to its website. It secured its first U.S. contract in August. Hirocloud, which is based in Edison, New Jersey, is using 600 FowardX AMRs as its 50,000 sq ft. facility, according to the news site Industry Today. Founded in 2016, ForwardX has four AMR product lines, including its Flex Series, Max Series, Apex Series, and Conveyor Series. To date, it has raised $109 million, according to Crunchbase. ForwardX Robotics sees the popular trade show as a great space to connect with customers across the logistics supply…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.25
June 14, 2023
…base that includes industry leaders such as Inditex/Zara, H&M, IKEA, XXL, Falabella, and DHL. Designed for the last-mile Arti Kütt, CEO of Cleveron, said he is confident of the increasing demand for parcel lockers as a sustainable and cost-effective solution for last-mile deliveries. “Our projections show that within a decade, 80% of last-mile deliveries in Europe will be conducted via parcel lockers, which will emerge as the preferred method among end customers, Kütt said in a statement. “This approach is not only more cost-effective but also significantly more sustainable. Battery-powered parcel lockers will play a pivotal role in driving this…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.98
January 31, 2023
…trade show this week, including representatives from Walmart, Amazon, IKEA, and Target. Some 250 industry experts will also share their insights during panel discussions and talks. Tomorrow at 10:20 a.m. PT, Addverb Americas CEO Mark Messina will speak as part of “The Automated Micro Fulfillment & Autonomous Routing” panel. Other experts on the panel will include executives from Davinci Micro, Koch Disruptive Technologies, and Wise Systems. The session will “discuss trends in autonomous micro-fulfillment and autonomous routing,” Addverb said. Addverb invests in U.S. market Addverb has spent the past year expanding its presence in the U.S. after Reliance Retail Ventures…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.87
April 11, 2019
…companies: Covenant Transport; Department of National Defense, Canada; Framebridge; IKEA; PharmaLink; and Steelcase Inc. On Monday, those finalists’ exhibits were visited in person by a separate judging panel who determined the winners in each category. Finalists in the “Best New Product” category are: ● CMC srl (Booth S1259) – Pick2Pack WINNER ● Fetch Robotics (Booth S4841) – CartConnect ● Locus Robotics (Booth S3212) – Gamification ● OE Attachments (Booth S2495) – Forklift Safety Device Finalists in the “Best Innovation of an Existing Product” category are: ● Artitalia Group (Booth S2491) – Versatile Nesting Cart ● ProGlove (Booth N6429) – MARK…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.51
July 18, 2023
…said ForwardX. It also touted successful implementations at L'Oreal, IKEA, UNIQLO, Walmart, Orbis, Mitsubishi, JD Logistics, BYD, and more. TCL deployed Flex AMRs with a lifting module for line-side delivery, which FowardX said was “the world’s first 5G AMR deployment” (see video above). Chery recently deployed more than 100 AMRs from across ForwardX's product lines as one unified fleet to support its automotive Super Factory, which produces over 300,000 vehicles and 200,000 KD units per year. ForwardX said these partnerships have demonstrated the value of its technologies in improving efficiency, productivity, and operational excellence across various sectors. Last week, ForwardX…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.01
November 14, 2022
…sensors into a streamlined sensor-pod structure that optimizes for perception, scalability, and maintainability. The demonstration follows partnership announcements with IKEA, Werner, and Pilot Company. The company delivers freight daily for its customers along four routes in Texas and Oklahoma, operating autonomously on the highway portions of the routes.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.33
January 01, 2018
…prestigious Learning Technologies Awards in the “Excellence in the design of learning content” category along with companies such as IKEA and KPMG. The winner will be revealed in London, November 29, 2017. Learn how to create user-defined coordinate systems and use them to create flexible and redeployable programs. Learn how to easily create a program for packaging using the wizards function. Learn how to create an advanced program flow using conditional statements and variables.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.33
November 17, 2022
…factories. Its more than 100 customers include JD.com, DHL, IKEA, and TC. ForwardX helps JD.com for Singles' Day “11.11,” also known as Singles’ Day, has gained traction with Chinese consumers, as hundreds of brands such as Apple, Nike, Walmart, Samsung, Lowe’s, Michael Kors, and Urban Outfitters offer promotional deals for the holiday. This year, ForwardX and JD.com collaborated in multiple warehouses to meet the intense picking workloads that come with the sudden spike in demand. AMRs assisted with picking heavy cases, home appliances, and mixed small and midsized goods. Known for its same- and next-day delivery, JD.com needed to ensure…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.87
March 13, 2023
…brands – including American Eagle, Best Buy, Staples, and IKEA – that trust its technology “to make returns a strategic advantage for their business and enable sustainability initiatives across their supply chain.” Optoro integrates AMRs to keep up with return volume Increasing order volumes in e-commerce mean a corresponding increase in returns, noted the companies. U.S. retail returns totaled $816 billion in 2022, with e-commerce returns totaling $212 billion, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). Both more than doubled their totals from 2019, it said. Reverse logistics includes product returns, refurbishment and repairs, recycling of packaged materials, and disposal…
