Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.25
April 14, 2020
…like sourcing and retaining labor, finding space for growing inventories and rising commercial real estate costs.” With consumers demanding a wide range of items for fast delivery, businesses must manage large inventories in close proximity to population centers for fast delivery. The unique high-lifting ability of the robotic reach truck helps operations maximize existing space and avoid costly new construction or expansion. The robotic reach truck also helps ease the strain on logistics operations to keep hiring and re-training workers for repetitive, turnover-prone positions. Since they are standard Yale lift trucks outfitted with robotic technology, the same personnel can service…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.24
September 06, 2018
Aerial Inventory Robots Unlike their highly publicized home delivery cousins, drones designed for warehouse uses have been flying under the radar. However, a high-profile board appointment to an indoor drone pioneer could mean aerial inventory robots are ready to come out of the shadows. In August, Chris Sultemeier, former executive vice president of logistics for Walmart, joined the board of warehouse drone pioneer PINC to help roll out the company's new technology. Read the Article: Former Walmart Executive Chris Sultemeier Joins Warehouse Drone Pioneer PINC “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing the PINC team for almost four years now,” Sultemeier…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.51
August 05, 2024
…technology developer Nokia recently announced the launch of an inventory-counting capability for its Nokia Autonomous Inventory Monitoring Service (AIMS). The new option can enable warehouse operators to utilize autonomous drones to individually count items - such as eaches, cases, or cartons - in any racked inventory location. Nokia said warehouse shrinkage can account for 3-5% of a company’s revenue and 25% of shrinkage is due to administrative errors. This shrinkage, combined with continued pressure to fulfill orders rapidly has pushed warehouse operators to a tipping point of futureproofing and automating operations to gain a business edge. Through the cloud-based Nokia…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 12.48
June 01, 2024
…with robots. The company designs, tests and validates its products, in addition to building custom solutions for the supply chain/inventory management sectors. Cypher is modernizing warehouse operations with autonomous technologies. With Captis, their fully autonomous cycle counting solution, manual cycle counts become a thing of the past. By enhancing operational margins and improving inventory accuracy, Captis significantly boosts efficiency. Cypher Precision Scan assists customers in eliminating the labour-intensive task of updating CAD files for scenario planning. Precision Scan offers a fully autonomous solution, efficiently capturing highly accurate digital twins of facilities, empowering better business decisions.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.34
March 28, 2024
…a Pittsburgh-based maker of computer vision and AI-powered warehouse inventory monitoring offerings, recently announced a $17M Series A-1 led by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from Tribeca Venture Partners, Dundee Venture Capital, Expa and Bling Capital. The new funding provides a total of $34M raised to date and will be invested in scaling operations as Gather AI looks to further attract customers with its products. AI-software powered autonomous drones Today, companies combat low accuracy with cycle counting via barcode scanning. Still, these counts only partially represent inventory, and capacity constraints make it difficult for workers to survey the full warehouse.…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 12.28
October 15, 2019
We work at the intersection of drones and cutting edge artificial intelligence, until recently, drones were only suited for flying outdoors at high altitudes, today, they’re smarter than ever before, combine these flying robots with our proprietary AI and you’ve got Ware - the first scalable solution for warehouse inventory automation.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.87
January 11, 2022
…use the funding to meet growing demand for its inventory-tracking system. “The Technology Fund’s support is important validation that the Verity system does even more than improve employees’ lives and add commercial value,” stated Raffaello D’Andrea, founder and CEO of Verity. “By eliminating errors and supply chain inefficiencies, it also delivers a substantial positive impact to the environment. Reducing waste is critical and urgent, and we are proud to support that effort.” Founded in 2014, Verity said its team includes Kiva Systems (now Amazon Robotics) founders and ETH Zürich engineers, systems specialists, and data scientists. It also includes professionals representing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.80
October 20, 2022
…the completion of a national, chain-wide roll out of 'Inventory Scan' towers that have been added to their existing fleet of robotic scrubbers. Sam’s Club partnered with San Diego, Calif-based Brain Corp for the rollout. The new scanning accessory has been fitted to the almost 600 autonomous floor scrubbers already deployed within Sam's Clubs nationwide. The towers are powered by Brain Corp's AI operating system, BrainOS. Rollout started at the beginning of 2022 The chain-wide rollout of almost 600 Inventory Scan towers was initiated in late January 2022. “The speed and efficiency of the deployment of this next generation retail…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 11.77
January 17, 2011
IBM supply chain management solutions provide supply chain planning and execution capabilities across the extended enterprise to anticipate, control and react to demand and supply volatility. With advanced capabilities like inventory management, transportation management, warehouse management and supply chain visibility, your company can gain new degrees of flexibility up and down your value chain and achieve a true Smarter Commerce approach.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.37
September 09, 2019
…a warehouse fueled by human workforces unloading containers, organizing inventories on shelves, packing orders received online and shipping them out for delivery. Many eCommerce merchants who don't have the physical space to store and ship products depend on this service as a lifeline for their growing businesses. Top Benefits of an Automated Distribution Center After several years of improvements in shipping and logistics technology, many businesses are now changing to automated storage and retrieval systems for the benefit-rich opportunities they provide to brands and customers everywhere. An automated fulfillment center significantly reduces order processing times by replacing human material-handling with…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 11.25
January 11, 2022
Verity AG's team includes Kiva Systems (now Amazon Robotics) founders and ETH Zurich engineers, systems specialists, and data scientists. It also has dedicated professionals representing more than 20 nationalities, a variety of advanced degrees, and experience from innovative companies. The company claimed that it has designed, built, and deployed the world’s first fully automated inventory tracking system powered by self-flying drones.
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 11.23
April 06, 2017
Leveraging years of direct warehouse operations experience and deep firsthand knowledge of warehouse robotics, Locus Robotics Corporation has engineered a new approach to mission critical fulfillment operations. The Locus solution delivers greater throughput, reduced costs and unparalleled flexibility in moving inventory and orders through a fulfillment center. The efficiency and flexibility in turn allow operators to keep up with the increasingly complex demands of channel partners and consumers.
