Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.71
February 06, 2024
…North American customer base, HWArobotics has deployed systems globally. The company said its customers include Shein, Bosch UAES, SONY, Freshippo-Alibaba Group, Hisense Hitachi, Faurecia, JD.com, and Phoenix Media. HWArobotics said it provided South Korean consumer cooperative group iCOOP’s fresh food project with a system including 22 shuttle cars, 4 cart elevators, and 4,840 storage locations.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.70
April 21, 2021
…35.1%, predicts Markets and Markets. Meituan's e-commerce rivals include Alibaba Group, Amazon.com, and JD.com. All of them are actively developing delivery robots and drones or are partnering with autonomous systems providers. Other companies working on delivery robots include Daxbot, Eliport, Postmates, Refraction AI, Tortoise, and Unity Drive Innovation. Kiwibot last week launched Version 4.0 of its eponymous robot and partnered with Segway. Chipotle invested in Nuro last month, and Domino's Pizza is testing deliveries with the Nuro R2 in Houston. In January, Starship Technologies raised $14 million and added more college campuses to the locations it serves. The company said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.53
December 21, 2021
…five research and development centers worldwide. Its backers include Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. In January, AutoX launched what it said was the world's first (after Waymo) and China's first robotaxi service without safety drivers available to the public. It is operating hundreds of vehicles across the country, including in a fully driverless zone covering 65 sq. mi. (168 sq. km) in the Pingshan District of Shenzhen. AutoX designs Chinese factory for quality AutoX said its new facility marks a major milestone in China’s autonomous vehicle industry, “as a dedicated production line is critical to guarantee the quality, safety, and consistency…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.31
June 20, 2022
…a $200 million Series D financing round led by Alibaba's exclusive strategic financing and the SoftBank Vision Fund. The company achieved successful results and was ranked on the Hurun “global unicorn company” list last year. Meanwhile, Keenon Robotics was named one of the top 10 “best investment cases in advanced manufacturing” by the CVINFO 2021 Annual List. The company has launched with six global business areas: North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. In these areas, Keenon Robotics said it is cooperating with large local multinationals on strategic development to continue supporting the world with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.37
March 23, 2017
…market size and forecasting data, as well as overviews of some of the world’s leading e-commerce businesses, such as Alibaba and Amazon. Download Now! Precise Cross-Belt Sortation: Unlocking Efficient E-Commerce Distribution In the burgeoning e-commerce market, speedy delivery and diverse offerings are customer expectations, and the ability to deliver these via a seamless customer experience will increasingly separate leaders from laggards. Download Now! Five Ways to Optimize Your Distribution Center For E-Commerce Fulfillment Today’s challenge has now become how to manage fast-moving inventory with enough precision to meet the expectations for prompt shipment of multiple small orders. Download Now!
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.27
November 17, 2022
Shoppers in China spent $132.6 billion with Alibaba and JD.com on Singles' Day, Nov. 11, according to ForwardX Robotics. In comparision, U.S. consumers spent a total of $19.6 billion across retailers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2021, according to an Adobe report. ForwardX said it helped more than 100 warehouses meet e-commerce demand last week, with its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) picking over 15 million units. One warehouse using the company's AMRs shipped 6X its average orders on time. Founded in 2016, ForwardX claimed that it is “Asia's largest person-to-goods AMR” provider. The Beijing-based company has more than…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.12
August 23, 2021
…roads without safety drivers. The company is backed by Alibaba and has partnered with automakers including Honda. In addition, AutoX said it is the second company to obtain permission from the California Department of Motor Vehicles for completely driverless vehicles. AutoX navigates urban villages Unique to China, so-called urban villages are ultra-high-density residential neighborhoods in major cities such as Shenzhen and Guangzhou, according to AutoX. They are typically surrounded by skyscrapers, transportation infrastructure, and other modern urban developments. The public roads in urban villages are extremely busy, chaotic and overcrowded, especially in the early evening, the company said. In the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.91
May 23, 2023
…company. DEEP Robotics said its partners include Tencent and Alibaba. Lite3 series comes in four versions DEEP Robotics said it offers the new Lite3 series in four models: a basic one designed for technology enthusiasts, plus three more advanced versions designed for scientific study purposes. The robot's features include DEEP Robotics’ latest proprietary joints, control systems, and advanced algorithms. Lite3 incorporates significant technological advances since Lite2, the company said. The latest robotic dog has proprietary leg-joint technology that provides far greater strength and drive, with torque increased by 50%, it said. The high-torque joint drive-module offers extremely high torque density,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.59
November 05, 2022
…Zhu founded CoEvolution, a provider of intelligent logistics solutions, in 2019. Prior to that, he worked at Amazon and Alibaba, where he helped manage the companies' logistics operations.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.11
August 16, 2022
…online shopping jumped to nearly $30 trillion, led by Alibaba and Amazon. This shift in consumer behavior has accelerated the adoption of warehouse automation, as packaging systems are estimated to climb to $69 billion by 2025. At the center of this revolution are unmanned systems. Robots excel at dull, repetitive tasks like moving pallets. However, humans still exceed their mechanical counterparts in delicate creative tasks that require high levels of tactile dexterity. This paradox has led many roboticists to take a dramatically different approach to using mechatronics to streamline productivity. In place of traditional robots to augment labor, these innovators…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.95
January 18, 2022
…and investments in more than 300 companies such as Alibaba, Chewy, Devoted Health, Made.com, Pony.ai, Toast, and WuXi PharmaTech. 7bridges added that it is partnering with Maersk Growth to combine its specialized AI and Maersk's global logistics network and data for predictive analysis and more informed decision making. “The last two years have drawn supply chains directly into the commercial spotlight,” said Oliver Finch, investment partner at Maersk Growth. “There is an urgent need to innovate in the sector and maintain access to goods we rely on.” “7bridges have developed a novel technology solution to digitalise the design, management and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.75
June 28, 2021
…DeepMap. Billion-dollar race for AVs Xpeng, whose investors include Alibaba, raised $900 million in Series C+ financing in August 2020. The company raised $1.5 billion in its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and The Wall Street Journal said the company has a market value of about $32 billion. Several of this year's top transactions in robotics and related technologies have been around autonomous vehicles (AVs), including Plus merging with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) for a $3.3 billion valuation, Cruise's $2 billion investment from Microsoft and $750 million from Walmart and others, and Waymo's $2.5 billion funding.…
