Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.61
May 21, 2023
…to show its latest Formica AMRs to automate goods delivery and increase production flexibility at Booth 2850 at Automate. The system includes an AI-powered integrated software management system called Qursor, as well as customized, next-generation AMRs. The company claimed that its logistics platform provides comprehensive automation and control of internal transportation operations in industrial plants and warehouses. Aformic said its business strategy aims to perfectly tailor the system to the individual needs of each company. Customization applies to both the software system and the mobile robots from the Formica family, as well as other devices and equipment that are part…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.60
February 18, 2022
Both self-driving cars and delivery robots must demonstrate that they are safe in dynamic environments to earn public trust. Autoliv Inc. today said that it is collaborating with Nuro Inc. to provide safety systems for Nuro's third-generation, production-grade autonomous delivery vehicles. “In the coming years, we intend to go from an industry leader to a true industry transformer, not just by leading, but also by setting the trends in our industry,” stated Mikael Bratt, president and CEO of Autoliv. “The airbag technology developed for Nuro's autonomous delivery vehicles illustrate a new generation of traffic safety, designed to protect vulnerable road…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.59
February 13, 2023
…payload, with options to support training, documentation, plus the delivery of additional UAS and payloads. Both the autonomous SkyRaider and the new sensor payloads will be designed to operate with the command-and-control user interface for the U.S. Army’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV) Stryker platform, for which Teledyne FLIR Defense is the prime systems integrator. “For many good reasons, militaries are shifting their CBRN defense strategy from manned to unmanned platforms,” said Dr. David Cullin, vice president of technology and product management at Teledyne FLIR Defense. “Employing unmanned air and ground assets to assess risks from weapons of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.59
March 03, 2020
…march of e-commerce now has Amazon advertising two-hour food deliveries in select cities. In this environment, more shippers face pressure to deliver goods at a faster pace, all while keeping costs under control. To cope, many organizations are pinning their hopes on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT). But when will these “emerging” technologies form practical applications that solve logistics pain points? To find out how these emerging technologies are evolving into logistics relevance, we talked to top consultants and analysts. We found that AI is already being applied…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.58
January 11, 2023
…potential to scale, such as agriculture, airports, energy, goods delivery, mining, and shared passenger transportation. Oxbotica innovations expand Oxbotica said it has a proven record of innovations that have advanced the commercialization of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. They include Europe’s first zero-occupancy trial on a publicly accessible road in May 2022, metaverse-based testing, and collaborations with the insurance sector. “Oxbotica was founded eight years ago on the vision of Universal Autonomy—providing safe and sustainable autonomy that is independent of workplace and vehicle type,” said Paul Newman, co-founder and chief technology officer of Oxbotica. “With the greatest engineering talent and experience,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.53
May 05, 2022
…(buy online, pick up in store) product selection Facilitating delivery-route alignment for quick commerce and home delivery Maximizing transport utilization in delivery networks Reducing reshelving and maximizing inventory pick station utilization for e-commerce Automatically integrating resale-ready returned goods with existing inventory Storing and consolidating partial orders together with filled orders for just-in-time transport loading Storing, picking, and sorting, with industry-leading goods conveyability Integrating with Berkshire Grey’s family of AI-enabled robotic picking systems “More so than other warehouse robotics vendors, Berkshire Grey addresses the intense challenges thrust upon warehouses struggling with essential consumer product deliveries,” said Sankara Narayanan, a senior industry…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.43
January 12, 2021
…of the race Something once so innovative as two-day delivery has led to next-day delivery, which is quickly becoming obsolete as consumers demand same-day delivery. This trend has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as more consumers become comfortable with online ordering of perishable items and groceries. One of the significant changes in supply chain strategies we are seeing as a result of this is the rise of fulfillment centers that bring fulfillment closer to the consumer. Fulfillment centers Typically, one of the dominant components in a company’s supply chain was the large warehouse or distribution center that acted as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.39
July 31, 2017
…mobile vehicles and carts/units; mobile picking robots; last mile delivery ground robots (droids) and drones; and autonomous trucks and light delivery vans (level 4 and level 5 automation). Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, research director at IDTechEx and the report’s author, said the figures “mask turbulent transformative change underneath; some technologies will rise and transform the fortunes of industries, fueling growth rates far outpacing recent trends, whilst others will face decay and obsolescence.” The research report includes technology roadmaps and twenty-year market forecasts, in unit numbers and revenue, for all the technologies outlined above, as well as investment and trend analysis and company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.32
July 14, 2021
…in its stores. Walmart has also invested in drone delivery, autonomous vehicles for middle-mile and last-mile deliveries, and cleaning robots. “The digital transformation happening today, alongside evolving customer habits, is reshaping the retail industry,” said Joe Metzger, executive vice president of supply chain operations at Walmart U.S. “To serve customers now, and in the future, our business must provide the right tools and training to our associates so they can deliver the items our customers want, when they want them, with unmatched convenience. We're investing in our supply chain at an unprecedented scale in order to optimize that process end…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.22
May 21, 2019
…we found by 70%-90% and also a decrease of delivery time of these applications of 70%-90%,” says Isabelle Haenen, global supply chain procurement at Heineken. “Local manufacturing helps us a lot in increasing uptime, efficiency and output. We use 3D printing to optimize the manufacturing line, create maintenance and quality control tools, and create tools for our machines which help us increase safety for our people. I think there will be even more purposes in the future.” The Sevilla brewery produces several brands of Heineken-owned beers, amounting to up to 500 million liters of beer per year. The engineers at…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.21
December 01, 2023
…heavy-duty trucks, recently held a ceremony to mark the delivery of its first batch of autonomous heavy-duty trucks to Yunyi Transport, an international express logistics company. Yunyi Transport's order for 300 heavy-duty trucks equipped with Inceptio's technology represents the latest step in the large-scale commercialization of autonomous trucks in China. The 63 trucks delivered to Yunyi Transport are “Tianlong” models co-developed by Inceptio and Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle and pre-installed with Inceptio's full-stack autonomous driving system. Trucks will be deployed across Yunyi Transport's nationwide line-haul network. During mass production, the trucks are outfitted with a hardware kit including lidar, millimeter-wave radar,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.11
September 30, 2020
…the same capacity in the marketplace for final mile deliveries. On the labor side, what we are seeing is that people are establishing peak programs much earlier than they have in years past, in terms of bringing employees on earlier and giving them incentives for being on board for a long period of time over the course of peak season. Again, we do all compete for that same labor…and we need to make them feel comfortable coming to work based on our operations, as well be in a position for them to financially benefit from coming to spend time with…
