Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.91
February 24, 2017
…presented to Gill Pratt, chief executive officer of the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), and Daniela Rus, professor of electrical engineering and computer science and director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Pratt and Rus will be honored at a special ceremony held in conjunction with the Automate 2017 Exhibition and Conference and the International Symposium on Robotics. The award is named for Joseph F. Engelberger, known throughout the world as the ”father of robotics.” Engelberger was founder and president of Unimation, Inc., the world’s first industrial robot manufacturer. The Engelberger…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.64
February 16, 2017
…provider of self-driving vehicle technology and services, will provide Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi an OTTO 1500 self-driving vehicle for ground tire delivery in the Corolla assembly plant. “Toyota has set the standard in lean manufacturing principles and we’re very proud that OTTO has been selected as a means to drive lean, flexible material transport for the Mississippi plant,” said Simon Drexler, Director of Industrial Solutions at OTTO Motors. “We expect the implementation of the initial vehicle will yield positive results with regard to overall operating costs, and lead to further opportunities within the facility.” “Toyota has set the standard in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.39
January 17, 2017
…“Everybody knows AGVs as used by the Hondas and Toyotas of the world, but few mom and pops have thought about automating materials handling outside conveyance principles. When you really start to think about how product flows—and I use the term loosely to mean both boxes dropped at the dock or garbage collected at the end of the line—you start to see the opportunities.” Mullen says prospective customers might think of collaborative mobile robots as temporary workers, as compared to the full-time employee model of a conventional AGV. “When investing in an AGV for a task with a defined start…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.13
November 14, 2016
…truck manufacturers towards the rest of the industry, including Toyota’s foray into AGVs. But for the most part, it’s been two separate worlds. That began to change a year or so ago, when KION acquired the automated guided vehicle (AGV) maker Egemin Automation and Retrotech, best known for automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS). Riske said the catalyst for those deals was the explosion of automation around the world. This includes small growing companies that might now have one distribution center (DC) with lift trucks but want to expand their operations into global markets, like distribution centers serving Madrid, Spain,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.14
August 30, 2016
…players contributing to the growth of the region are Toyota Industries Corporation (Japan), Daifuku Co., Ltd. (Japan), Murata Machinery, Ltd. (Japan), Fanuc Corporation (Japan), UniCarriers Corporation (Japan), Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (China), and Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. (China). The market for automated guided vehicles (AGV) is expected to grow at the highest CAGR between 2016 and 2022, mainly driven by the introduction of intelligent and customized AGVs, high throughput rates, optimization of logistic systems, increased reliability, and reduced operating costs. According to the report, one of the key restraining factors for the automated material handling equipment market…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 45.82
March 10, 2013
Toyota Material Handling offers a full line of material handling products and solutions proudly assembled in the United States, including forklifts, reach trucks, order pickers, pallet jacks, container handlers, automated guided vehicles, and tow tractors, along with aerial work platforms, fleet management services, and advanced automation engineering and design. Toyota’s commitment to quality, reliability and customer satisfaction, the hallmark of the Toyota Production System, extends throughout more than 230 locations across North America.
