Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.97
February 15, 2021
Keeping consumers supplied with fresh baked goods has been part of convenience store chain Kwik Trip’s recipe for success. At its stores, consumers can buy many types of fresh goods, including bakery items that are labor intensive to produce and distribute without significant automation. With future growth in mind, Kwik Trip took an automated approach, including a new facility with automated order picking and storage and warehouse control system (WCS) software to orchestrate the picking of orders needed by stores. The new facility and automation meet the throughput needs of the growing chain, and they also make for a safer,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.73
August 02, 2023
…Corp. claimed that it has “reimagined” how to move packaged goods, starting with the middle mile between distribution centers and warehouses. The Seattle-based company said its cloud-based network can optimize shipping operations through its partnerships with carriers and warehouses to sort cargo and increase its density, as well as more efficiently use warehouse space. Founded in 2019, CloudSort said it challenges the conventional “hub and spoke” transportation model, which is expensive to build and maintain and closed to third-party innovations. “When we started the company, we wanted to redefine how we move packaged goods to the final station where that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.68
April 23, 2021
…than 1 billion bottles, or 100 million pounds of post-consumer PET, per year. Evergreen is a subsidiary of Greenbridge Packaging, formerly Polychem, a maker of polyester and polypropylene products. The Sterling Group portfolio company has served the food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, and manufacturing industries since 1974. Mentor, Ohio-based Greenbridge also supplies and supports tools, parts, and integrated equipment. Evergreen applies AI, robotics to recycling Louisville, Colo.-based AMP Robotics provides artificial intelligence, robotics, and infrastructure for the waste industry. AMP Cortex automates the high-speed identification and sorting of recyclables from mixed material streams. The AMP Neuron AI platform continuously…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.36
October 10, 2019
…country is with Paltac Corp., Japan’s largest wholesaler of consumer packaged goods. Paltac will introduce RightHand’s piece-picking solution to the Japanese market at the launch of its newest facility, RDC Saitama, on October 10, 2019. The warehouse, located in Sugito, Saitama Prefecture, stocks over 20,000 SKUs every year and is equipped with multiple RightPick workcells that can reliably pick and place a wide range of items at a high rate. “It has been a pleasure working with RightHand Robotics on Japan’s first multi-robot RightPick installation,” said Masakazu Mikita, General Manager of Research and Development at Paltac Corporation. “Moving forward, we…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.25
May 24, 2021
…problems in industries such as food and beverage processing, consumer packaged goods, and logistics. “As an industry leader in robotics automation for over 30 years, Applied Manufacturing Technologies provides the right solution to each and every application,” said Harley Green, director of business development at Soft Robotics. “Their knowledge, expertise, and dedication to their customers makes them a powerful and strategic partner for Soft Robotics.” AMT supports range of applications, industries Applied Manufacturing Technologies said it specializes in material handling projects with arbitrary object picking, packaging, and palletizing operations. The company offers systems integration and engineering services such as turnkey…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.21
April 04, 2016
…its customers in its target markets, including tire manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, and retail and e-commerce. “Due to its central location within a rapidly growing intralogistics market, ease of airport access, proximity to our major customers and access to skilled labor, the Norcross area is an ideal location for Cimcorp,” said Rick Trigatti, North America president, Cimcorp. “The new office will allow us to better service our U.S. customer base while providing us with expanded access to this growing market where we will be surrounded by customers, competitors, partners and suppliers.” Cimcorp’s robotic and automated solutions help…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.61
July 25, 2021
…to more quickly fulfill customers' grocery orders, ranging from packaged goods, household essentials, and produce to deli items, frozen food, and alcohol. Once orders are carefully packed, shoppers will deliver orders to customers’ doors or place them in staging areas for curbside pickup. Instacart said it plans to kick off early-stage concept pilots in partnership with Fabric and grocery retail partners over the coming year and beyond. “Everything about our micro-fulfillment solution has been built for speed, efficiency, and elasticity to meet today’s on-demand requirements,” said Elram Goren, co-founder and CEO of Fabric. “Our software-led robotics and modular solution gives…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.46
September 09, 2022
…and biomedical robotics. The company serves the manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, consumer packaged goods, and healthcare industries. The Noida, India-based company also opened new U.S. headquarters in Irvine, Calif., as part of its ongoing expansion in the Americas. It previously had offices in Frisco, Texas. Addverb claimed that the R&D center will help it tap into Silicon Valley's talent pool and that its U.S. headquarters will help it support customers. Tapan Pattnayak, director of system architecture at Addverb and head of the Center of Excellence for Advanced Robotics Research and Development, responded to Robotics 24/7's questions about the company's plans. Addverb to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.45
September 21, 2023
…the largest and only event for industry leaders, innovators, and investors attracting startups, third-party logistics providers (3PLs), forwarders, retailers, consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs), distributors, manufacturers, and ports and rails. The event is intended to uncover the newest technologies, innovations and partnerships that are transforming the way goods move globally. Manifest 2024 will be held from February 5 to 7 at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas. Manifest is powered by Connectiv, the premiere events studio that produces Blueprint and Medicarians.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.89
May 03, 2022
…where more labor is required to ship directly to consumers,” said Lior Elazary, co-founder and CEO of inVia Robotics. “As consumer demands for next- or same-day delivery increase and labor supplies decrease, we’re able to help 3PLs keep up and meet their SLAs [service-level agreements].” The system will include: inVia PickerWall system including a fleet of inVia Picker AMRs inVia Logic, the AI-powered warehouse execution system (WES) software inVia’s Robotics Operation Center (ROC) for 24/7 monitoring and support inVia said its Picker robots will do all of the nonstop traveling to retrieve each day’s ordered SKUs and deliver them to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.82
March 08, 2022
…and sorts green and clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from post-consumer bales of plastic soft drink bottles at speeds up to three times faster and at a higher accuracy than manual sorters can achieve. Evergreen then recycles the material into reusable flakes or pellets, which it sells to end markets as feedstock for new containers and packaging. Matanya Horowitz, founder and CEO of AMP Robotics “Evergreen is a leader in the transformation of recycling processes, and its application of AI-guided sortation is increasing plastic recycling rates and helping to close the loop on PET,” said Matanya Horowitz, founder and CEO of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.33
August 14, 2023
…handling and pick-and-place systems for the food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. As part of ProMach's End-of-Line business, Brenton said it “helps packaging customers protect their reputation and grow the trust of their consumers. Covington, Ky.-based ProMach has 46 brands and facilities worldwide. XCP designed with customer feedback Brenton Engineering said it designed the XCP Series with the customer in mind. The company added that its engineering team focused its XCP design on ease of operation, troubleshooting, and access – three attributes that it said are key to long-term success. “The XCP Series embodies a…
