Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.27
August 12, 2021
…we couldn't quite handle the maximum capacity of GMA [Grocery Manufacturers Association] 40x48 [in.] pallets of 2,800 lb.,” said Charles. “This will be huge for us in the pallet-transfer and materials handling spaces.” For inbound and outbound logistics, MiR's new AMRs can work with AutoGuide's autonomous lift trucks. “For us, it's taking products from loading docks to long-term storage or the production line or, flipping things around, taking finished products from the line to fork trucks, which take them from there and load them on trucks,” Charles said. MiR's new robots can handle pallets in loading docks alongside lift trucks.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.27
October 16, 2022
…making it a reality today. Manna has over 35,000 grocery and pharmacy customers in Ireland. Hicks’ experience is further substantiated by a recent study that projects the drone logistics and transportation market to grow from $539 million today to $17 billion in eight years. Alan Hicks of Manna Drone Delivery described how people are using his service to order groceries, pharmaceuticals, and even coffee. In addition, opportunities for terrestrial roboticists include autonomous delivery fleets, unmanned rovers, and robotaxis over the next five years, leading to a wider $120 billion market opportunity. Integrating drones into the national airspace falls on the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.21
June 11, 2021
…and Kroger announced a pilot as part of the grocery retailer's continuing efforts to transform e-commerce. The first stores in Ohio and California are expected to offer the drone delivery service in early summer. FarEye offers route optimization Last month, FarEye raised $100 million in Series E funding, which is said it plans to use to develop its platform, hire staffers, and expand in Europe and North America. Drone Express claimed that its drone experience and FarEye's orchestration software will optimize routes and provide retailers with end-to-end visibility, enhancing customer experiences. They said that FarEye and TELEGRID's combined capabilities will…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.15
October 09, 2019
…of supermarkets, Mercadona is a market leader in Spain’s grocery retail sector. Founded in 1977, the group has more than 1,600 stores across Spain and employs some 76,000 staff to serve 5 million Spanish households. For its new DC in Guadix, Granada, the company invested in robotic automation for the handling of its fresh produce, which has minimized handling times to maximize product freshness and shelf life. The new DC was designed to handle 6,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) and shift more than 3.5 million cubic feet of merchandise per month. The facility features zones for various product types: one…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.10
March 21, 2021
…company announced a benchmark pilot project to deliver select grocery and household essential items from Walmart stores in Fayetteville, N.C., using Flytrex’s autonomous drone delivery service. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Flytrex had launched a system delivering necessities to residents of Grand Forks, N.D., helping address the growing health crisis by keeping citizens in the safety of their own homes and reducing crowding and unnecessary contact at local stores. “Our mission is to make widespread on-demand drone delivery the rule rather than the exception – and this funding is a vote of confidence from our investors that we are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.97
November 03, 2021
…launched its partnership with Nuro in 2018 to explore grocery delivery through autonomous vehicles,” said Yael Cosset, senior vice president and chief information officer at Kroger. “Since then, Kroger and Nuro completed thousands of deliveries to our customers—driving innovation that supports our expanding seamless ecosystem by creating consistent and rewarding customer experiences with scalable, sustainable, and profitable solutions.” Nuro has also signed a five-year strategic partnership with Google Cloud to support the scale and capacity required to run self-driving simulation workloads, machine learning to improve model accuracy, and storage to manage important data from the vehicles. The partners said they…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.95
March 22, 2022
…and creating reliable and unparalleled results for our distribution, e-grocery, and e-commerce customers.” Buchs, Switzerland-based Swisslog said it delivers flexible, scalable, and modular logistics automation for major retail, e-commerce, and consumer goods customers. The company, whose Americas headquarters are in Newport News, Va., has more than 14,000 employees and is a part of KUKA Group. Swisslog said it can tailor systems to fit fulfillment strategies. It has more than 2,000 integrated installations around the world, including Walmart, Target, H-E-B, Peapod, and Ahold Delhaize. The company recently marked its 300th integration of AutoStore automated storage and retrieval (ASRS) technology. Berkshire Grey…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.89
September 12, 2022
…the location. Agarwal compared it to walking around a grocery store with a shopping cart (see video below). Once in operation, workers can also easily redirect the robot's path while in motion by placing their hands on the system and walking it in the direction it needs to go. Peer Robotics caters to SMEs One of Peer Robotics’ biggest goals is to reduce the barriers that small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) face when trying to integrate autonomous systems into their workflows. The company currently has three customers in India and one in the U.S., but Agarwal noted that it is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.88
July 28, 2021
…industries including fashion, health and beauty, industrial supply, pharmaceutical, grocery, parcel, and general merchandise. Covariant claimed that they proved its consistent and reliable performance on benchmarks set by leading companies to assess autonomy in real-world conditions. “As of today, the Covariant Brain is powering a wide range of industrial robots to manage order picking, putwall, sorter induction—all for companies in various industries with drastically different types of products to manipulate,” said Peter Chen, CEO of Covariant. “The breadth of use demonstrates the Covariant Brain can help robots of different types to manipulate new objects they've never seen before in environments…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.86
September 22, 2022
…“Vision perception had surpassed gripper performance, and the food, grocery, and e-commerce industries knocked on my door.” The Gripper Co. designs to KPIs Gripping capability directly influences overall equipment efficiency and the return on investment (ROI), said The Gripper Co. To help automation manufacturers meet key performance indicators (KPIs), the company claimed it has combined several technical innovations. More KPIs that MAXXgrip addresses. Source: The Gripper Co. Hjørnet described five KPIs that the MAXXgrip is designed to satisfy: Variation: Counting picked items and their pose and neighboring environment Throughput: Facilitated by vision perception, motion control, and planning, as well as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.81
September 29, 2020
…numerous B2B and B2C retail sectors such as fashion, grocery, pharmaceutical, hardware, and manufacturing. In North America, Exotec is expanding its footprint to meet the increasing demand for automated logistics. The company signed partnerships with highly experienced American integrators such as AHS, S&H Systems and Conveyco to accelerate market penetration. Exotec is also currently hiring in North America to support its operations and its growth. “Brands and retailers are seeing tremendous surge in e-commerce, accelerated by the current pandemic. They must now transform their supply chain to gain competitive advantage. Exotec is addressing this challenge and is the leading player…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.79
July 18, 2023
…an extra flavor in a warehouse or in a grocery store isn’t a big deal, but it is a big deal,” he observed. “And there’s a lot of trickle-down effect by adding that extra flavor.” Though the idea of mixed pallets is not new, using automation to build the pallets is. “It’s one of those things where it’s been around forever, but it’s always been a human that’s doing that portion of it,” said Murata's Woodley. “Putting the trust in machines to actually identify exactly what’s going onto that pallet and ensure the correct product has been a challenge.” He…
