Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.57
March 16, 2023
…American distributor of material handling equipment developed by Hamburg, Germany-based Jungheinrich. Jungheinrich’s lineup of products include advanced forklifts and automated guided vehicles. Mitsubishi Logisnext sells those systems at 340 dealer locations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The company also sells systems developed by CAT, RoclaAGV Solutions, and UniCarriers. “We are proud to unveil the latest in Jungheinrich innovation with the EKX 516ka / 516a AGV High-Rack Stacker,” said John Sneddon, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas. “Our Jungheinrich Automated Guided Vehicles combine proven technology with cutting-edge automation, including accurate navigation technology designed to help…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.21
March 16, 2023
…to tie them all together. The unit of Hamburg, Germany-based Körber claimed that its end-to-end offerings can help customers manage increasing supply chain complexity. The company said its robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) program will provide simple access to a global network of partners for every business size and industry, reflecting its emphasis on collaboration and serving its customer's needs. The new offering will give customers opportunities to reduce operational costs and time to deployment, said Körber. With RaaS, customers can purchase robots as a service rather than as one large upfront capital expenditure, the company noted. Building mixed AMR fleets could get…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.29
March 13, 2023
…Pennsauker, N.J., and Plano, Texas, as well as France, Germany, Switzerland, the U.K., and Australia. OPEX to show Infinity, Sure Sort, and Perfect Pick At Booth S2712 in Chicago's McCormick Place, OPEX plans to show how the Infinity goods-to-person ASRS is designed for flexibility and scalability in both throughput and storage. The system features triple-deep, high-density racking along with a fleet of robots that can access inventory from any the storage location, it said. Infinity, which runs on the OPEX Cortex software, is suitable for e-commerce, micro-fulfillment, store replenishment, and omni-channel distribution, the company claimed. Introduced in March 2022, the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.68
March 10, 2023
…standard for mobile robots and industrial e-vehicles.” The Freiburg, Germany-based company said its inductive charging systems can automatically supply energy to entire fleets of industrial vehicles, regardless of voltage, current, or battery type. Wiferion asserted that its products are flexible and scalable, eliminating unnecessary machine downtime and the need for high-maintenance, expensive wired charging. Users can sustainably increase their utilization and fleet efficiency by up to 32%, claimed the company. Wiferion added that customers in the logistics, automotive, and manufacturing sectors have relied on its technology. Leading automation suppliers such as SAFELOG and KUKA have also used its systems. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.70
March 10, 2023
…in San Diego, Geek+ has offices in the U.K., Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. Geek+ brings updated portfolio to ProMat Geek+ listed the following products that it will display at ProMat 2023: PopPick is Geek+’s most advanced goods-to-person system and is a finalist for the MHI Innovation Award. It includes picking robots to carry shelves from storage to workstations and robot arms present goods to the operator to improving order throughput. PopPick can pick up to 650 totes per hour, improve warehouse storage density by 50%, and double throughput capacity, Geek+ claimed. Four-Way Shuttle is a high-density storage system…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.13
March 09, 2023
…Business Area Supply Chain is a unit of Hamburg, Germany-based Körber, which has about 12,000 employees and more than 100 locations worldwide. It said its portfolio includes robotics and automation, mail and parcel systems, software, voice and vision technology, and materials handling systems – plus the expertise to tie it all together. For instance, the company said it can combine the K.Motion WMS with autonomous mobile robotics (AMRs), the K.Motion Warehouse Control System (WCS), K.Sight CLASS for warehouse design and simulation, and other systems. This gives businesses have the technology “to revolutionize the end-to-end supply chain—from source to doorstep delivery,”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.00
March 02, 2023
…Tract Autonom AT135 system at the Frankfurt Airport in Germany as part of a trial. The Tract Charlatte AUTONOM TRACT AT135 will connect Terminal 2 of the Frankfurt Airport to the planned Terminal 3 over a distance of 8 km, or 4.97 miles. The airport will deploy the system on two routes. One will take luggage trailers indoors and outdoors. The other will be for large cargo, outdoors only. The companies are working together under the subsidiary Charlatte Autonom. They said the routes consider the different scenarios that an autonomous vehicle may encounter on an airport site. The system will…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.33
February 17, 2023
…recently announced chip plant in the Saarland region of Germany run by chipmaker Wolfspeed and automotive supplier ZF. 3. Robots become easier to use Robot programming has become easier and more accessible to non-experts. Providers of software-driven automation platforms support companies, letting users manage industrial robots with no prior programming experience. Original equipment manufacturers work hand in hand with low-code or even no-code technology partners that allow users of all skill levels to program a robot. The easy-to-use software paired with an intuitive user experience replaces extensive robotics programming and opens up new automation opportunities. Software start-ups are entering this…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.54
February 13, 2023
…on-site. Mühlens: “We have already organized roadshow events in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, attracting around 3,500 visitors. The roadshow aims always to automate directly on-site.” RBTX online marketplace: new partners are adding more and more new products to the range Since 2019, users have also had access to the igus RBTX marketplace – an online marketplace that brings users and manufacturers of low-cost robotics together. Mühlens continued: “At RBTX.com, interested parties can find compatible components from a total of 78 partners. The marketplace currently has 100 low-cost applications with parts lists and hardware…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.61
February 03, 2023
…robots.” Teaching software aims to ease robot use Dresden, Germany-based Wandelbots currently offers the Wandelbots Teaching software and the unified Wandelbots Developer Platform. Wandelbots Teaching enables programming-free and uniform operation of all industrial robots for production up to batch size 1, said the company. For instance, a user can trace a new welding path on the workpiece with the TracePen input device in the hand and recorded by the software at the same time. The recorded path can then be edited, tested, and executed via the intuitive 3D user interface of the teaching app, Wandelbots said. The software automatically generates…
