Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.31
January 30, 2023
Autonomous shuttles and mobile robots can move items in a factory or distribution center, but fast and accurate picking is necessary to fulfill growing volumes of orders. RightHand Robotics Inc. has combined its RightPick 3 picking system, machine learning, and RightCare service to address that need. The New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA) this month named Somerville, Mass.-based RightHand the “Robotics Company of the Year” at its 10th annual NEVY Awards. Yaro Tenzer, co-founder and CEO of RightHand, thanked NEVCA and MassRobotics for nurturing innovative startups in the Massachusetts robotics cluster. Vince Martinelli, head of product and marketing at RightHand…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.24
December 23, 2016
…Automation Systems (PAS), the world-wide market leader in pallet shuttle AS/RS. Hyster-Yale Group and Balyo sign agreement to market lift truck robotics Balyo specializes in autonomous driving forklifts based on standard trucks that navigate without external infrastructure. Fluke announces acquisition of eMaint Enterprises Provider of electronic test tools and software acquires SaaS CMMS developer. Heico Companies acquires Ancra Systems automatic truck loading and unloading systems. Duravant acquires Arpac Engineered equipment provider expands secondary packaging equipment and integration capabilities in North America. Box On Demand partners with Sealed Air Partnership to create right-sized packages for combinations of SKUs. Research and markets…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.20
November 11, 2022
…systems range from robot arms and mobile robots to shuttle systems and automated workstations. Since starting Amazon Robotics in 2012, the company said it has deployed more than 520,000 robotic drive units and has created hundreds of robotics positions. “The design and deployment of robotics and technology across Amazon operations have created more than 700 new job categories within the company,” Amazon said. “These jobs include highly specialized engineering roles in hardware and software as well as maintenance technician, and operational positions.” The company’s 350,000-sq.-ft. Westborough facility, also known as BOS27, opened in October 2021. The teams there tackle a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.20
March 12, 2018
…new technologies, from WMS to voice recognition systems to shuttle systems. In all three examples, technologies that we take for granted today were, in reality, fairly slow to become part of what Jim Rice at MIT calls “the dominant design” - just another tool in the tool kit. I’m going to go out on a limb, but I’m now convinced that robotic materials handling is at a tipping point in materials handling, and it feels as if the adoption rate is about to take off. Over the last two years, we’ve featured a variety of robotic applications, ranging from piece…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.15
July 22, 2021
…the Goods-to-Person or G2P methodology. In this scenario, robots shuttle racks of goods to pickers who remain in stationary pick modules. This methodology significantly increases picker performance. It also maximizes the throughput of the pick operation by eliminating the walking that pickers would otherwise have to do since the work is brought to them. The same holds true relative to peak: instead of bringing in an army of temporary labor, it becomes easy and cost-effective to add a smaller number of temporary workers or simply add a shift. How can I benefit from using AMRs in the warehouse? Since they…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.10
June 01, 2022
…facility to retrieve inventory and deliver it to the packing station. In addition, inVia Pickers are mobile, unlike traditional shuttle systems, and they can be moved to work in different zones or in other locations. The company said this eliminates the need for re-engineering facilities, allowing inVia to adapt to different environments. The Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies across the globe for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. inVia said it was awarded based on its commitment to innovation, creativity, and application diversity to meet ever-evolving customer…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.10
June 08, 2017
…analysis looks at robotics broadly, including mobile robots, robotic shuttle systems, industrial robotic arms and gantry robots. Mobile robots take on sortation Mobile robotics are beginning to be applied to other tasks besides goods transport. Providers such as IAM Robotics offer mobile robots that can do piece picking, and now Tompkins International is leveraging mobile robots for sortation. Under an offering it calls Tompkins Robotics, Tompkins has partnered with a robotics company to devise a unit and parcel sortation system called t-Sort that carries out the same functions as a tilt tray sorter on a fixed track, but with no…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.01
February 18, 2022
…its Robotic Product Sortation with Identification (RPSi) and Robotic Shuttle Put Wall (RSPW) systems, both of which are specifically configured to efficiently process returns. Both systems can improve labor utilization and speed up the overall returns handling process to make returns less costly and ultimately more valuable to the sellers. By applying automation, retailers and 3PLs can change the equation for e-commerce returns and turn a negative into a positive. “A great reverse-logistics supply chain can be a valuable profit contributor to a retail company through its ability to optimize the resale of returned merchandise at full price,” said Tom…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.00
April 10, 2018
…AS/RS materials from Intelligrated, outlines how workflow adjustments and shuttle technology can increase efficiency for high-volume e-commerce fulfillment operations. Download Now! Zone Skipping Strategies to Reduce E-commerce Shipping Costs This white paper explains the zone skipping strategy and outlines the sortation technology best suited for operations, based on criteria like packaging type, footprint, labor availability and throughput requirements. Download Now! Precise Cross-Belt Sortation: Unlocking Efficient E-Commerce Distribution In the burgeoning e-commerce market, speedy delivery and diverse offerings are customer expectations, and the ability to deliver these via a seamless customer experience will increasingly separate leaders from laggards. Download Now! More…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.84
July 09, 2018
…arms in combination with goods-to-person automated systems such as shuttles, in what might be termed a “goods-to-robot” setup. Swisslog Logistics Automation offers multiple types of automation and robotics solutions, including goods-to-person automation, goods-to-person mobile robots, and robotic picking arms. “Today, goods-to-person solutions are quite mature,” says Fredrik Henriksson, senior director of e-commerce consulting for Swisslog. “That was the first step in increasing the output … now the robotic picker is the second step.” Swisslog’s parent company KUKA Robotics offers smart, collaborative picking robots with sensors that allow them to be operated safely near humans without being fenced off. These picking…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.82
March 27, 2022
…waste.” Berkshire Grey, OSARO to be at MODEX Berkshire Grey's automation portfolio includes package sortation and identification systems, robotic shuttle put walls and product sortation, and mobile robotic sortation and fulfillment. The company plans to show BG RPPi for e-commerce autobagging and other systems at Booth B4207 at MODEX 2022. OSARO will demonstrate its technology at Booth C3794 at the show from March 28 to 31 in the Georgia World Congress Center.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.75
April 14, 2023
…professionals who use the region to import goods and shuttle them throughout the country. Ohio boasts the seventh largest economy in the U.S. and a workforce of 1.2 million people. Roughly 151 million people are within a one-day drive of the region, and its Foreign Trade Zone ranked 12th of 200 such U.S. locations in 2021, moving $9.7 billion worth of goods that year. The Columbus area is home to Rickenbacker International Airport, one of the few airports in the world primarily focused on cargo. Fewer than 300,000 passengers fly out of the airport, primarily via Allegiant Air flights and…
