Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.51
March 12, 2020
…Softeon’s chief marketing officer. Softeon demonstrated its capabilities at ProMat last April and Vargo’s WES manages execution of robotic putwalls in several retail e-commerce facilities. “The goal is to integrate AMRs and robotic putwalls into the workflow because they’re performing with people,” notes Art Eldred, a client executive with Vargo Solutions. That tug of war may be won by the emergence of edge technology, where analysis and decision-making takes place on the floor where work is being executed. This is also referred to as edge computing. Here’s a look at how the software systems controlling robotics in the warehouse and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.48
July 24, 2023
…Co. and Yale Lift Truck Technologies. Yale said at ProMat 2023 that it expects autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to be as much as 50% of its business in the next few years. To get to that point, Hyster and Yale are explaining how AMRs and semi-autonomous lift trucks can provide real returns on investment (ROI). Robotics 24/7 asked the companies about their perspectives, and Kyle Smart, sales manager for robotics at Yale Lift Truck Technologies, and Steven LaFevers, vice president of emerging technology at Hyster, gave the replies below: Push and pull from the market Have Yale's existing customers demanded…
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 2.30
July 12, 2019
…Stock, due diligence, partner selection and contracting began at ProMat in April 2017 and was completed by July. Prep work for the changeover began in August. “There was some minimal infrastructure needed in the DC to integrate an electric run for robot charging stations and some drops for robot induction areas,” says Stock. “Otherwise the physical setup of our operation didn’t change.” The teams had to determine the format and number of plastic totes each robot would carry. IT work focused on integrating GEODIS’s WMS with the robot management system and creating a digital warehouse map that the robots would…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.29
May 20, 2019
…capabilities. Read: Supply Chain Robotics Leaders Join Forces at ProMat WMS Integration is Key to Success from Technology Innovation Use of technology and automation solutions requires time to test, pilot and roll out and does not solve near term cost challenges. Most wireless devices and solutions rely on cloud-based platforms and an IoT (Internet of Things) sensor network for WMS integration. Technology is not just relevant to automation technologies but also to the implementation of new warehouse concepts such as on-demand warehousing. It requires the ability to quickly connect a forward deployed location as another zone in the WMS and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.25
November 23, 2020
…those problems. In this instance, a team went to ProMat, where they met with AMR solution providers, including 6 River Systems. The list was shortly narrowed to one. As Shafer notes, “we had a good engagement with 6 River and went to see sites where they were live. We wanted to interact and work with their AMRs at another site so we could experience how the interface works. Once we did that, we realized there was a fit.” The next step was to generate a business case, and then validate it on site with a pilot using one AMR. Shafer…
