Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.35
July 12, 2023
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and MassRobotics today announced the AMD Robotics Innovation Challenge winners. The challenge aimed to explore the benefits and advantages of AMD Kria System on Modules, or SOMs, in integrating adaptive computing into robotics projects. Participants submitted how they would work with the AMD Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit, and the winners will use it to produce innovations, said the partners. “We’d like to extend hearty congratulations to the winners of the inaugural AMD Robotics Innovation Challenge,” said Chetan Khona, senior director of industrial, vision, healthcare, and sciences markets at AMD, in a press release. “Working together…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.37
July 05, 2023
Advanced Navigation has been awarded a Moon to Mars Initiative: Demonstrator Mission Grant by the Australian Space Agency to support NASA’s endeavor to explore the Moon and beyond to Mars. The grant will accelerate the development and production of the company’s light detection, altimetry and velocimetry (LiDAV) technology, the Sydney, Australia-based Advanced Navigation said. Supported by this award, Advanced Navigation said it will deliver a space-qualified LiDAV sensor called LUNA (Laser measurement Unit for Navigational Aid) to US-based space systems company, Intuitive Machines, as part of NASA’s ongoing Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Project LUNA will ultimately be demonstrated…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.32
July 03, 2023
Bluegrass Supply Chain has announced a partnership with Locus Robotics, a global provider of autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, for warehouse automation. The companies said the strategic collaboration aims to enhance operational efficiency, optimize order fulfillment, and elevate customer experience through advanced automation technology. Bluegrass Supply Chain is a third-party/contract logistics provider based in Bowling Green, KY. Founded in 2002, it said it strives to deliver innovative solutions to make its customers and their supply chains better. Serving primarily automotive, food and beverage, and consumer goods companies, Bluegrass noted it provides value added fulfillment, Just-in-Time/Just-in-Sequence, cross docking, ecommerce fulfillment, light…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.47
June 30, 2023
Exotec has opened the Tokyo Demo Center, a dedicated urban showroom in Shin-Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo, to permanently display the company’s robotic solutions. The facility will feature all of the standard elements of the Skypod System including the Skypod robots, modular storage racks, and picking stations. In addition to the standard modules, Exotec will also exhibit the Skypicker, the company’s robotic arm that picks goods carried by Skypod robots and places them into fulfillment containers. The demo center will include a 360° “Immersive Space” and a “Service Center Area” to reproduce a typical warehouse environment where the system would be installed,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.22
June 30, 2023
GreyOrange Inc. announced yesterday that is improving distribution velocity for Canada-based Apple Express, a national final mile logistics company. In the first deployment with Apple Express, 145 of GreyOrange’s Ranger MoveSmart (RMS) robots will be seamlessly connected and controlled by the GreyMatter fulfillment orchestration platform at Apple Express' Mississauga facility, which is located just outside of Toronto. The power of RMS Twenty-eight employees work at the distribution center and manually sort 2,000 parcels per hour for 360 destinations. GreyOrange’s RMS system, slated for implementation in October 2023, will enable Apple Express to easily scale its sorting operations to over 10,000…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.44
June 28, 2023
Fizyr, Zivid, and The Gripper Company yesterday unveiled their robotic picking cell capable of handling transparent poly bags in high-variability, mixed-material environments. It is on display at Automatica, a leading exhibit for smart automation and robots, at Zivid's booth (B5300). The companies said the collaboration integrates three next-generation technologies for the first time: The Zivid 2+ 3D camera from Zivid: a new general-purpose 3D+2D camera for the highest-performing robotic applications Deep learning computer vision software from Fizyr MAXXgrip from The Gripper Company: a hybrid gripper that uses a smart strong pinch grip to prevent apparel from swaying to safely produce…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 63.16
June 28, 2023
Mecademic announced today its new micro-SCARA robot at Automaticia. The Montreal-based company said the robot builds on the success and design principles of its Meca500 six-axis robotic arm. Members of the company's Early Access Program have been testing the robot for the past month, the company said. Mecademic said the SCARA robot is ideal for small component design and manufacturing applications for electronics, optics, medical devices, and many other industries. Early Access Program has global presence “We launched the Early Access Program for our SCARA robot in May. This program included select distributors, integrators, and end customers across North America,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.99
June 28, 2023
OSARO, which provides robots using machine learning, today announced that it has partnered with systems integrator Mission Design & Automation. The companies said they plan to develop and deploy a range of automated systems optimized for e-commerce fulfillment. “Our close partnership with OSARO allows us to deliver a strong integration of new technologies and ensure a happy end customer experience,” said Ryan Lillibridge, vice president at Mission, in a press release. “At the end of the day, supporting our customer, delivering on their production needs, and maintaining the trust they put in us is how we measure our combined success,”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.70
June 26, 2023
Powermat Technologies last week announced its PMT350 600W wireless power platform, the next generation in its family of platforms based on the company’s SmartInductive hybrid inductive/resonance technology. Building on the company’s previous-generation 40W, 200W, and 300W platforms, Powermat’s new 600W platform is optimized for mid-power industrial, micro-mobility (e-bikes, e-scooters, golf carts), robotics, medical and telecom applications. The company demonstrated its new platform at Sensors Converge in Santa Clara, CA, June 20 – 22, 2023. Removing charging cables and replacing them with Powermat’s wireless power technology creates autonomous, efficient systems. They are free from exact alignment or docking restrictions and reduce…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.67
June 23, 2023
Depalletization is a popular application for robotics, and artificial intelligence and machine vision are enabling greater precision. Photoneo today introduced its AI-based Depalletization and Delayering tools for automated pallet unloading. The Bratislava, Slovakia-based company said they can increase efficiency, reliability, and safety, as well as order-fulfillment accuracy for logistics businesses. “We trained the AI algorithms on huge datasets of images to provide customers with a robust and reliable solution for any type of fully automated pallet unloading,” stated Marcel Svec, vice president of strategy and products at Photoneo. “The algorithms can recognize any type of items and boxes, including different…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.56
June 22, 2023
BOSTON—Robotics can transform the construction industry, but the companies serving it must clearly define the applications or tasks they offer to automate, said speakers at yesterday's Robotics in Construction event. Suffolk Technologies hosted more than 100 attendees at its headquarters with MassRobotics. “Construction is an industry ripe for adopting robotics,” observed Tom Ryden, executive director of MassRobotics, in his introductory remarks. “Robots can help to improve safety and accuracy as well as provide services in areas where there are labor shortages.” MassRobotics is a nonprofit organization that provides resources to innovators and entrepreneurs to nurture robotics and automation startups, particularly…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.24
June 21, 2023
Brightpick, a provider of warehouse automation solutions for order fulfillment, today announced the successful completion of a nine-month pilot of its robotic solution in the Prague fulfillment center of Rohlik Group, one of the largest e-grocers in Europe. Rohlik now plans to roll out the Brightpick solution across multiple warehouses in 2023 and 2024, starting with Munich in July 2023 and continuing with Frankfurt, Vienna, Prague and other fulfillment centers. Grocery orders contain an average of 30 items per order, so item picking is a major operational challenge. In addition, 78% of grocers state rising workforce costs as one of…
