Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.07
March 31, 2023
…distribution operations. The Greene, N.Y.-based company provides electric forklift trucks that it said can increase productivty and efficiency. At ProMat 2023, Raymond showed its portfolio of integrated technologies.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.04
January 01, 2020
…It’s All About The Software following a Modex or Promat show. What I’d noticed is that solution providers were no longer talking about the features and functionality of their hardware at the booths; rather, it was about how their software was transforming the solutions they were bringing to market. That story continues, but, I think the next chapter focuses on how algorithms are transforming our space. The catch, which was pointed out to me by Melonee Wise, the CEO of Fetch Robotics, is that when you develop an algorithm you’re never sure how it’s going to perform over time as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.02
March 29, 2023
Among the trends around ProMat 2023 was an increasing amount of strategic partnerships and consolidation among robotics providers. Berkshire Grey Inc. last week announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with SoftBank Group Corp. and its affiliate. SoftBank has been an investor in Berkshire Grey since 2019. “After a thoughtful review of value-creation opportunities available to Berkshire Grey, we are pleased to have reached this agreement with SoftBank, which we believe offers significant value to our stockholders,” said Tom Wagner, CEO of Berkshire Grey. “SoftBank is a great partner, and this merger will strengthen our ability to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.89
July 12, 2023
…said Mondi. The companies launched the pallet mover at ProMat in March, and the robot can be purchased online at Big Joe's website. The Thoro.ai way Thoro.ai's arrangements with Nilfisk and Big Joe highlight how it operates as a business – it works with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and provides them with the technologies to make their machinery autonomous. “We can help them with our autonomy solutions because we have the team, we have the investment, and we have the know-how,” Mondi said. “It really causes a great combination.” The company's technology is comprised of both hardware and software systems…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.67
January 08, 2020
…MIT and ASU serve up an online Master’s in supply chain management RFID companies innovate to harness growth opportunities ProMat 2019: Nearly 50,000 attendees set 34-year record Pack Expo Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging Expo 2019 break multiple records MHI announces formation of new robotics industry group
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.65
June 11, 2023
…St-Sulpice, Switzerland-based company demonstrated its Autonomous Navigation Technology (ANT) natural-feature approach to AGV and AMR interoperability at this year's ProMat, Automate, and WIN Eurasia. This article is posted with permission.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.51
April 12, 2023
…developers for whom TI processors are their first choice.” ProMat in March “demonstrated the significant interest in robotic and autonomous solutions in supply chain and manufacturing logistics,” said SLAMcore. The visual simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) company raised Series A funding in May 2022, and it rebranded itself last month. TDA4VM gives mobile robots real-time perception The TDA4VM uses an integrated system-on-chip (SoC) architecture to enable real-time perception, control, and safety capabilities in automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), claimed Slamcore. The processor can reduce design complexity and cost, helping to accelerate development, it said. Slamcore said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.49
November 16, 2022
…making additional customer announcements in the spring, and we will be taking orders for Pickle Robot Unload Systems at ProMat in March for systems we will deploy throughout 2023. If any of your readers are feeling a painful bottleneck dealing with floor loaded freight, we encourage them to get in touch now!
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.39
November 14, 2016
…including the launch of new products at this year’s ProMat. However, lift trucks will not be integrated into the Dematic business. “Dematic has a huge install base, and we’d like to leverage their sales force where we can if a customer is doing a new facility,” Riske said. “However, lift trucks will remain part of our industrial truck and services business.” “There may be opportunities to strengthen and leverage each other’s spare parts and services businesses as well as each other’s software businesses,” he noted. “Finally, expect to see Retrotech’s service business coming under Dematic’s umbrella.” Riske added that when…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.38
April 14, 2021
…CEO of inVia Robotics, which promoted its software at ProMat DX this week. “The uptick started in May of last year, and some customers have seen the largest volumes than they've ever seen,” he told Robotics 24/7. “They saw peaks much earlier in the year and couldn't get the labor force. Each quarter has been the best ever for inVia in turn.” inVia approaches warehouses holistically “At inVia, we're approaching the problem of modernizing warehouses holistically,” Elazary said. “We've built a platform that programmatically digitizes every logistics workflow and uses AI to continually optimize both machines and people.” “For example,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.24
March 12, 2018
…watching the space, however, along with other technologies. They mentioned that they discovered the solution they’re working with at ProMat, and expect to be at Modex. “Going to a showcase with 850 to 900 vendors helps,” McDonald says. I’ll certainly be there, trying to figure out just what’s happening here.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.15
May 26, 2023
…announced that Automate, which used to be co-located with ProMat in Chicago and held every other year, is becoming an annual event. Some exhibitors and attendees grumbled about having to travel to multiple shows early in the year, but the line for space at Automate in Chicago in May 2024 was long. “The need to exhibit at more shows shows the increasing maturity of the market,” Leif Jentoft, co-founder and chief strategy officer of RightHand Robotics, told me at Automate. A renewed focus on manufacturing With A3 based in Ann Arbor, Mich., it's no surprise that much of Automate's focus…
