Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.13
May 18, 2021
…for order fulfillment, today announced the opening of its RightPick Center Europe in Nürnberg, Germany. The company said the new center will expand its continued global presence in Europe and strengthen its business in a market characterized by accelerating adoption of warehouse automation and the development of increasingly sophisticated supply chains. With a growing number of customers and partners based in Europe, the new RightPick Center will provide a collaborative space for meetings, system integrations, automation testing, and robot demos, similar to the first RightPick Center at the company’s headquarters near Boston. Somerville, Mass.-based RightHand Robotics was founded in 2015…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.88
April 16, 2021
…robotic picking news, RightHand Robotics Inc. has updated its RightPick 3 system. “RightPick 3 achieves an unprecedented level of autonomy, with flexibility to execute multiple warehouse tasks reliably, despite the inherent variability of picking processes,” stated Yaro Tenzer, co-founder and CEO of the Somerville, Mass.-based company. Other automation at ProMat DX SICK showcased the nanoScan3, which is claimed is the “world's smallest-profile laser scanner on the market.” The company also discussed 2D lidar localization as a supplement to the magnetic and optical guidance systems for AGVs and AMRs. SICK also provides sensors for stationary applications, such as bin picking. Berkshire…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.58
April 12, 2021
…data-driven, autonomous systems for order fulfillment, today announced its RightPick 3 item-handling robot. The Somerville, Mass.-based company made the announcement during the ProMat DX virtual event for material handling. RightHand Robotics (RHR) said its intelligent picking platform provides flexible and scalable automation for predictable e-commerce order fulfillment. RHR was founded in 2015 by a DARPA challenge-winning team from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT with the intention of applying computer vision and machine learning to real-world grasping problems. “We relaunched our site in January,” noted Vince Martinelli, head of product and marketing at RightHand Robotics. “It…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.21
March 19, 2019
…the world’s second-largest retail sector, with annual sales exceeding $1.3 trillion. As the country’s leading wholesaler of cosmetics, daily necessities, and general pharmaceutical products, PALTAC sought a robotic piece-picking solution to further automate operations by picking and placing items of varying size, weight, and shape. The PALTAC leadership team chose to implement RightPick, an intelligent and integrated solution that can reliably pick and place a range of items, including never-before-seen objects, at a high rate. “Our RDC Saitama facility will stock over 20,000 SKUs every year,” said Masakazu Mikita, General Manager of Research and Development at PALTAC Corp. “In order…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.51
July 09, 2018
…logistics will grow from $300 million in 2017 to $3 billion by 2022, or roughly a 10-fold increase. “We are seeing true exponential growth now,” says Ash Sharma, a research director for Interact Analysis. “While numerous companies have been doing pilot projects for the last two years in warehousing or manufacturing facilities, now they are looking to expand their use of robotics. They are automating more processes, rolling out robots to more sites, or more countries. We are past the piloting stage.” While e-commerce has increased piece-picking requirements, robotics also has evolved rapidly, with less reliance on guidance infrastructure like…
