Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.20
February 12, 2019
…to another? That April, the new team went to ProMat 2017 to see what the industry had to offer. “We were deliberate about who we spoke to,” McDonald says, “and after we narrowed the solutions we were interested in down to collaborative robots, we narrowed that down to a few providers.” Over the course of the summer, the innovation team visited sites where cobots were up and running; they visited company headquarters to learn more about the various providers and their cultures; and asked the potential providers to develop a business case. The fact that this is a new technology,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.82
February 05, 2019
This month, the Supply Chain Group editorial team offers Logistics Management readers a preview of the latest warehouse and distribution center management equipment, automation and software products that will be introduced on this year’s trade show floor. Run two voice-directed picking solutions together The Lydia Voice Co-Exist Solution is targeted to Vocollect Voice customers who want to add Lydia Voice alongside their existing deployment. The solution enables companies to easily operate a two-vendor voice strategy without having to undertake any additional voice integration efforts. Operational in a very short time with minimal customer resources, the solution delivers 11% productivity improvement.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.87
November 12, 2018
…more at the Fresno campus. Ideas typically come from ProMat and Modex, the two major North American materials handling trade shows. At ProMat 2017, Gap Inc.’s supply chain team came across a piece-picking robot from Kindred AI, a California-based company that was initially designed to move items from one tote to another. The AI and robotics company also built SORT, a 360-degree sphere with a robotic arm and cubbies like a put wall. Following ProMat, Kindred brought a prototype to Gap Inc.’s Fresno distribution center. “We looked at it and thought, with some modifications, we could make it work as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.24
March 12, 2018
…watching the space, however, along with other technologies. They mentioned that they discovered the solution they’re working with at ProMat, and expect to be at Modex. “Going to a showcase with 850 to 900 vendors helps,” McDonald says. I’ll certainly be there, trying to figure out just what’s happening here.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.97
December 28, 2017
…strong gains in 2017 ● APICS addresses talent shortage through expanded supply chain stem program In other news ● ProMat sees 20% attendance increase; largest event in show history ● Pack Expo Las Vegas sets attendance record ● Importance of operator training focus of National Forklift Safety Day 2017 ● American Logistics Aid Network coordinates recovery from hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Jose
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.35
October 10, 2017
…edge innovation. Modern: If any of our readers attended ProMat last April, they would have seen more robotic materials handling solutions than ever. What does the market look like? Santagate: There are three elements driving market adoption: collaboration, mobility and dexterity. If we’re talking about robots in fulfillment centers, you have a couple of options. One is the facility refit that requires a redesign, like Kiva. Then you have new devices that are autonomously mobile and support the human in the process. That’s mobility and collaboration, and to that point, the shortage of labor jumps out along with what you…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.72
July 12, 2017
Among the many innovative technologies on display at ProMat this year were an assortment of robotic piece-picking solutions. Until very recently, these technologies were considered unrealistic for addressing the broad range of items handled in the average warehouse. For example, the winner of the inaugural Amazon Picking Challenge in 2015 was able to pick 10 of 12 correct items in less than 20 minutes. It would be a long time, it seemed, before such robots could compete with the dexterity and speed of even the slowest human picker. Now, many big players have unveiled robotic piece-picking technologies, often in partnership…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.65
June 20, 2017
…that will shape warehouse management, including: Virtual Reality. At ProMat 2017, we demonstrated the capability to combine SynQ’s virtualization capabilities with a VR headset to provide a detailed, 3D view of what automated materials handling systems will look like and how they will perform under specific order profiles. Augmented Reality. The above video showing how Swisslog is combining the virtualization technologies of SynQ, with the augmented reality capabilities of the Microsoft HoloLens, to improve how we deliver services. Another interesting application for augmented reality is gamification. As products like HoloLens become industrialized, workers will be able compare their performance with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.46
June 08, 2017
…Bast, using the glasses at a demo at the ProMat 2017 show. Currently, Bast adds, the glasses aren’t rugged enough for warehouse use, “but we believe that as these [AR glasses] solutions become more industrialized, and frankly, more cost effective, there may come a time when maybe there won’t be physical lights needed for applications like put walls.” Bastian is another vendor testing HoloLens for virtual PTL. Bastian’s Cameron says AR glasses could also prove valuable for helping human operators build better mixed pallets. Cameron agrees that HoloLens, while powerful in terms of the holographs it can display, isn’t yet…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.14
April 25, 2017
…is a 37% increase over 2015. With the co-located ProMat and ProFood Tech attendees taking advantage of free entry, well more than 20,000 people visited Automate. The show is North America’s premier biennial event devoted to leading-edge automation technology and business innovation. Automate featured more than 400 exhibitors displaying their latest technologies and services, including global suppliers of robotics, motion control, motors, vision systems, metrology, software and system integration services for enterprises large and small. In addition, more than 1,000 attendees participated in the 120+ Automate conference sessions, which were held in conjunction with the International Symposium on Robotics –…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.02
April 13, 2017
…face rapid, brutal extinction.“ Based on my week at Promat in Chicago, I’d argue that the clockspeed of our industry has been accelerating in an unprecedented fashion over the last three to five years. As one industry veteran put it the other day, there was a ten-year period where we more or less saw many of the same products and solutions at show after show. Achievements were often a measure of speeds and feeds – the rate at which the equipment could move materials through a DC. This Promat, I had more conversations about algorithms and software, like the one…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.93
December 23, 2016
…to coordinate recovery in Haiti and U.S. East Coast with help from supply chain organizations. MHI announces details for ProMat 2017 Keynotes on sustainability, Industry 4.0 and speaker Magic Johnson highlight upcoming ProMat Conference.
