Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.98
April 03, 2018
…is a combined hardware and software solution that picks individual items for e-commerce order fulfillment for pharmaceuticals, electronics, grocery, apparel, and other industries. Unlike traditional factory robots, RightPick handles thousands of different items using a machine learning backend coupled with an intelligent gripper that works in concert with robotic arms. Vecna Robotics and RightHand Robotics will be showcasing each other’s technologies at MODEX in Atlanta from April 9 through 12. Vecna Robotics will exhibit at booth B4987 and RightHand Robotics will be at Booth B4087.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.57
March 12, 2018
…Robotics in a 139,000 square foot area reserved for apparel fulfillment in a shared tenant facility outside of Indianapolis. Stock and McDonald report impressive results – a 100% productivity improvement rate over their baseline. It’s not a fluke: DHL is reporting similar results in the facility where it is using Locus Robotics. The catalyst for the project was that convergence I referred to earlier. It starts with labor. DC operators tend to congregate in logistics hubs, where everyone is vying for their piece of a finite workforce. “It’s becoming more and more difficult to find labor, especially around peak, in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.17
October 11, 2017
…few e-fulfillment categories - like health and beauty or apparel - and by specific expertise, such as kitting. “If a 3PL specializes in doing a certain service well, they can better scale their operations and offerings to price themselves to be profitable, yet still deliver service that is within the cost limitations of retailers.” Marketplace Solution Matches Smaller Retailers, Regional 3PLs Acting as the “Airbnb for warehousing,” online marketplace FLEXE connects organizations that need warehousing to warehouse operators with extra space. The marketplace currently includes 800 warehouses in 45 markets across North America, says Dave Galgon, director of network development.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.96
July 12, 2017
…robot-pickable items include pharmaceutical, grocery, and health and beauty. Apparel, with its deformable products and irregular packaging, is on the more challenging side of the spectrum. Tenzer suggests you consider “three Rs” when evaluating robotics: range of objects, reliability and rate. Depending on the SKUs, how items are presented to the robot and overall system design, the rates of solutions across the industry might vary from 500 to 2,400 picks per hour. The range, reliability and rate of some applications are more agreeable to robotic picking, especially where a human adds no value. Tenzer outlines the four main applications his…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.07
April 19, 2017
…By aggregating orders from various geographic locations and coordinating apparel assembly processes on a large scale, the embodiments provide new ways to increase efficiency in apparel manufacturing. Amazon applied for the patent in late 2015 and, whether or not such a facility is being built, is the latest sign that the e-commerce giant has its sights set on being a giant player in the clothing industry. The company already has a tremendous apparel selection and has also started selling at least eight of its own clothing brands, representing everything from kids clothes to women’s dresses to dress shirts for men.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.22
April 04, 2017
…With RightPick, businesses can reduce the cost and improve the reliability of e-commerce order fulfillment for pharmaceuticals, electronics, grocery, apparel and countless other industries. As e-commerce continues to grow, the trend is away from bulk or pallet-load handling toward single SKUs and piecemeal items. Unlike traditional factory robots, RightPick handles thousands of different items using a machine learning backend coupled with a sensorized robot hand that works in concert with all industry-leading robotic arms. “The supply chain of the future is more about pieces than pallets,” said Leif Jentoft, co-founder. “RightHand can help material handling, 3PLs and e-commerce warehouses lower…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.76
February 08, 2017
…and capitalizing on the company’s recent distribution installations across sectors including aerospace (Airbus), manufacturing (Boeing), hospital (Providence Hospital), and apparel (ChefWorks). These White Systems installations are automated systems comprised of either stand-alone or combinations of White vertical and horizontal carousels, vertical lift modules (VLMs), StorBot robots and inventory management software. “I am excited an honored to take on this role and look forward to accelerating White Systems worldwide,” Lingamfelter said. “For over seven decades the White brand has stood for performance and customer focus. I am pleased to be leading the next phase of innovation and growth.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.85
May 01, 2016
…for familiar names in the premium branded fashion and apparel industry like Bonobos, Zara and Mack Weldon. Start with a walk through of a 300,000-square-foot distribution center near the Fort Devens Army Base in Devens, Mass. There, some 200 orange Kiva robots shuttle 5,000 shelving units from a storage area to picking stations where order selectors fill orders. As one of the early adopters of mobile robotics for e-commerce fulfillment, Quiet has been using Kiva since 2009. And while the leading edge is called the bleeding edge for a reason, Bruce Welty, Quiet’s co-founder and CEO, says that getting out…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.29
May 01, 2016
…feet in 2 DCs Products: Premium branded fashion and apparel Throughput: 55,000 units per day SKUs: 150,000 Employees: 350 Shifts per day/days per week: The facilities operate 24 hours a day, 6 days per week, using 3 staggered shifts per day In one of its two distribution centers in Devens, Mass., Quiet Logistics is launching a mobile robotics solution to enable zone picking for e-fulfillment. At present, the solution is up and running for one zone but will soon be expanded across the 200,000-square-foot facility. Receiving: Most items arrive at the facility on air shipment pallets or as parcel deliveries…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.41
May 01, 2016
…(3PL) provider of e-fulfillment services for premium fashion and apparel brands like Bonobos, Zara and Mark Weldon. And like the high-end brands it services, Quiet has built its own high-level image as a leader in putting mobile robotics to work and is now looking to build a reputation as an innovative robotics vendor. In fact, the story is one for a business school textbook. Back in 2009, during the depths of the Great Recession, the e-commerce boom was just about to be ignited, and the leadership team at Quiet saw a golden opportunity to build a 3PL that specialized in…
