Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.22
…increase ergonomics and safety, and consumer expectations of accelerated deliveries have contributed to demand. At the same time, as much as 75% of warehouses and distribution centers in North America are reportedly not yet automated. More than 60 AMR providers offer to fill that demand, but several analysts told Robotics 24/7 that very few of them are currently profitable. Consolidation continues Amazon.com purchased Kiva Systems for $775 million in 2012, reserving its platforms for internal use only and helping to create the category by showing the “art of the possible” and forcing retailers to look for alternatives. Shopify's acquisition of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.52
…moves them to a staging area for loading onto delivery trucks. Working with the robots means that each employee stays within a specific zone in the facility and becomes an expert on the products located in that area. Workers have to do less manual labor thanks to AMRs Employees no longer have to push carts loaded with hundreds of pounds of products, enhancing employees’ health and safety. The robots help manage labor shortages, making it easier to attract and retain talent and helping new hires onboard more quickly, it said. Cardinal Health Canada said is actively looking to expand the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.60
…hospital staff services,” said Kim. “Use cases included food delivery, medication administration, surgical materials transport, infectious waste removal, and sanitization.” “With Samsung C&T, our units helped construct a new semiconductor plant,” he added. “Leveraging [our] AMR, Samsung C&T reduced workplace injuries caused by forklift accidents and manual transportation of heavy loads.” THIRA Robotics comes to the U.S. THIRA Robotics officially launched in the U.S. in March as it seeks to aid U.S. manufacturers, hospitals, warehouses, and construction projects with its robots. The company will hold live demonstrations in Booth 2450 at Automate, which will be in Detroit from May 22…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 8.64
…flow for mobile robots, the company said its energy delivery ecosystem allows robots to continuously operate with no energy depletion downtime, while ending reliance on legacy batteries. CaPow’s “battery-free” system is validated to cut down the size of the required robot fleet, enhance logistics throughput, and improve the ROI of automation. CaPow’s proprietary offering is designed to facilitate optimal power transfer with wide and dynamic capabilities. It can accommodate multiple users, as well as the presence of metal and debris in and around the energy transfer field. In addition, it can support large distances between the transmitting and receiving ends,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.16
…market and increased expectations for faster (if not same-day) delivery. Plus inflation pressures for inventory carry and operating costs. All of this, in addition to the new mega-scale required to meet throughput demands and competitive efficiencies, requires a radical quickening of automation technology adoption. Change has been afoot for a while with the transition from basic autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to 3D AS/AR systems. Mobile robots have been used extensively for the past ten years and will continue to be used in many applications for years to come. But ASRS systems provide a comprehensive solution to automate the entire flow…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.25
…configurator also gives the price and estimated time to delivery.” In addition, the RBTXpert team provides free consulting, and customers can test ideas in the company's robotics labs. “The critical part is knowing what to automate,” said Brockmeyer. “We work through the problem with the customer, with a half-hour virtual appointment at first, and then onsite.” igus works to shorten development time The igusGo app allows a designer or user to take a picture of an item, and AI in the cloud can identify spare or replacement parts. It is tied to the KOPLA cofigurator, which is intended to allow…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.68
…worldwide,” he added. OTTO Motors makes millions of AMR deliveries With more than 14 years of robotics experience, OTTO Motors said it “is solving labor and safety challenges with its established AMR fleet at manufacturing facilities and warehouses globally.” The company said that it has been recognized as a top 10 global robotics provider and that its AMRs and award-winning software are designed to improve the productivity and efficiency of materials handling operations. OTTO Motors claimed that it has more than 15 million autonomous deliveries in the past year across more than 200 facility installations around the world. The company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.39
Building on a successful pilot of autonomous deliveries in Miami, Florida, Uber Technologies, Inc. and Cartken, an AI-powered robotics company, on Thursday announced an expansion of their partnership to include food deliveries via automated robots in Fairfax, Virginia. Uber Eats consumers at Mosaic District will have the opportunity to have orders delivered by Cartken’s self-driving robot. Uber and Cartken will begin operating with select merchants at Mosaic District, a shopping and dining district owned and operated by EDENS. At launch, merchants like Our Mom Eugenia, Pupatella, and RASA, will participate in the program. “Our team at Cartken is excited to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.82
…$4 million investment will create more than 100 jobs and further regionalize ABB’s global supply chain to help reduce delivery times of high-demand electrification products to contractors by up to 50 percent. Columbia, S.C.: Previously announced opening of electric vehicle charger manufacturing facility to build up to 10,000 chargers per year, ranging from 20kW to 180kW in power, to support operators building the national charging infrastructure. ABB E-mobility’s investment will create over 100 jobs.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.72
…much it was investing. Bear Robotics announced its elevator delivery robot, the Servi Lift, last year. The robot was designed to complete last-mile deliveries inside multi-story buildings such as hotels, senior living communities, ghost kitchens, hospitals, corporate campuses, and other high-rise commercial and residential real estate properties, the Redwood City, Calif.-based company said. Bear noted that 100 trials are reserved for 2023 and broader rollouts are planned for 2024. It's betting on M2M Tech primarily because of its open and interoperable platform named ELSA (Elevator Smart Advisor, Elevator Smart Remote Management, Smart Predictive Maintenance System). “We believe this investment will…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.34
…Consumer demand for faster fulfillment, customized products, and home delivery has forced businesses to reshape both product-assembly and order-fulfillment processes. That has set many warehouses on an automation journey. Introducing automation into logistics and assembly workflows can deliver dramatic improvements in productivity, and it has wide-reaching effects on people, processes, and culture. It’s the type of change that is best managed strategically. Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT In this free webcast, Randy Ross, director of supply chain at SICK, and Lior Elazary, co-founder and CEO of inVia Robotics, will discuss how sensor provider SICK transformed its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.60
…of new solutions. “Logistics costs, the cost of timely deliveries to customers, are a significant item on our income statement. Any possibility of automation is crucial to the profitability of our factory,” - noted Michal Odyniec, director of the wiper systems production plant at Valeo in Skawina. “Robotization of intralogistics at the Wiper Plant in Skawina has significantly improved the efficiency of our processes. We estimate that the payback time on the investment is about 12 months,” – added Wąsiel. Valeo's installation was supported by ASTOR in Cracow, MiR's distributor in Poland. ASTOR developed the project conceptually and ensured the…