Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.85
May 04, 2023
Ocado Group PLC today announced that it has agreed to acquire mobile robot provider 6 River Systems LLC from Shopify Inc. The companies did not disclose the financial terms. “We are delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Ocado family,” said James Matthews, CEO of Ocado Technology, in a brief press release. “6 River Systems brings exciting new IP and possibilities to the wider Ocado technology estate, as well as valuable commercial and R&D expertise in non-grocery retail segments.” Hatfield, U.K.-based Ocado Group provides e-commerce order-fulfilment systems to large grocery retailers worldwide. For the past two decades, the company said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.00
May 01, 2023
ABB Robotics said it has enhanced its automation portfolio with the launch of the Robotic Item Picker – a new artficial intelligence and vision-based system that can accurately detect and pick items in unstructured environments in warehouses and fulfillment centers. Using machine vision and artificial intelligence, the Item Picker determines the optimal grasp points for each item before the suction gripper picks up and places the item into designated bins, the Zurich, Switzerland-based company said. ABB Robotics displayed the Item Picker at LogiMAT 2023 at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre last week. “The explosion of e-commerce, changing consumer demands and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.44
April 30, 2023
In today's fast-paced market, businesses want to improve their warehouse operations to meet customer demands and remain competitive. A warehouse management system, or WMS, is just one of a number of ways to take on automation and optimization. The exponential advancement in robotics has revolutionized the way we store and transport goods, transforming the sprawling warehouses of today into hubs of high-tech innovation. In 2021, Amazon had around 350,000 automated mobile drive units in its warehouses. Over the coming years, most warehouses will have high levels of automation. It is already a significant market, representing over $10 billion in annual…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.43
April 29, 2023
…automation is acute in both large scale warehouses and micro-fulfillment centers. A new revolution in automation technology has arrived: the rapid adoption of 3-dimensional automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) machines. Every revolution requires attentive preparation with a competitive and survival mindset for those that want to win in the new environment. Despite torrid 3D ASRS adoption, many operators have not prepared for several looming down-the-road risks that might cause significant re-engineering, if not the failure of needed efficiency gains. Without careful preparation, operators will find it nearly impossible to manage unpredictable scale and throughput, achieve critical energy management for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.38
April 18, 2023
Recording: May 3, 2023 at 2:00 EST
Logistics and manufacturing warehouses are undergoing an industry-wide technology upgrade. Consumer demand for faster fulfillment, customized products, and home delivery has forced businesses to reshape both product-assembly and order-fulfillment processes. That has set many warehouses on an automation journey. Introducing automation into logistics and assembly workflows can deliver dramatic improvements in productivity, and it has wide-reaching effects on people, processes, and culture. It’s the type of change that is best managed strategically. Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT In this free webcast, Randy Ross, director of supply chain at SICK, and Lior Elazary, co-founder and CEO of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 41.52
April 17, 2023
…retrieval system, or ASRS, designed for e-commerce fulfillment and micro-fulfillment customers. Budapest, Hungary-based Advanced Robotics plans to install three Perfect Pick aisles at one of its client's facilities in Hungary. Perfect Pick features intelligent, wireless iBOT vehicles that access inventory in a single aisle, traveling around the storage rack at rates of up to 1,000 dual-cycles per hour, according to OPEX. Advanced Robotics said it focuses on intelligent logistics solutions that are unique to the Hungarian and CEE regional markets, using robotics as well as artificial intelligence technologies to solve warehouse and factory logistics operations, saving time, energy, and cost.…
Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 12.47
April 14, 2023
Under pressure to get as many shipments out the door as quickly and safely as possible, today's warehouses and distribution centers (DCs) need all the productivity and throughput that they can get. Short on labor, space, and other resources, these facilities are infusing more automation into their operations in order to do more with less. To maximize their investments in automated equipment, companies also need mezzanines and industrial work platforms that help preserve ground-level areas for time-sensitive activities. Available in both single- and multi-tiered variations, mezzanines and industrial work platforms add a second or third level to an existing facility.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.98
April 14, 2023
OPLOG, an Istanbul, Turkey-based fulfillment company, announced yesterday that it has opened a new warehouse in Leighton Buzzard, England that has been decked out with robots. Founded in 2013, OPLOG said it enables e-commerce brands to operate in various markets without physical boundaries through its international fulfilment network. To date, the company has raised €11m ($12 million USD) in funding and employs over 350 staff including 100 engineers and developers. “Bringing OPLOG to the UK marks a major step in our company's journey, so I am extremely excited to launch our fulfilment centre in the UK, and I am super…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.60
April 12, 2023
National Robotics Week is intended to inspire students to prepare for careeers in robotics and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM. One initiative is Amazon.com Inc.'s Mechatronics and Robotics Apprenticeship program, which offers paid training to prepare its employees for electromechanical technician roles. Despite fears that robots and artificial intelligence will eliminate jobs, U.S. unemployment has remained low over the past several years as automation has increased, and researchers have found that it could increase employment opportunities. While 85 million jobs could be replaced, new technologies could create 97 million jobs, according to The World Economic Forum. But first,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.29
April 12, 2023
GreyOrange Inc. today announced co-founder Akash Gupta as its new chief executive officer. Fellow co-founder and former CEO Samay Kohli will continue to serve the Roswell, Ga.-based company as a member of its board of directors. “From launching our first robotics hardware in 2012 to becoming a global leader in software, robotics, and omnichannel retail management, I could not be prouder of our team’s decade of pioneering accomplishments,” stated Gupta. “Our expanding portfolio of AI-driven solutions enables our customers to solve their most critical challenges across their entire fulfillment network, from warehouses to retail stores and e-commerce.” GreyOrange said that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 33.11
April 10, 2023
…past CEO of GreyOrange, spoke with Robotics 24/7 about micro-fulfillment centers, multi-tenant spaces, and robotics. Fulfillment evolves into new spaces What do you think about the prospect of multi-use retail stores that include fulfillment space? Kohli: It's a relatively new concept, and not many of our customers have gone to it yet. But since we're omnichannel and muti-brand, we're ready for it. For instance, H&M uses us for six different brands within the same building for existing inventory. Before GreyOrange, the brands coexisted, but their online and retail sides were handled separately. Now, it's all in the same mix of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.14
April 07, 2023
“By 2026, over 50% of companies deploying intralogistics robots in the warehouse will have a multiagent orchestration platform,” predicted a recent Gartner Inc. report. Such intelligent middleware can integrate and orchestrate work among business applications, fleets of robots, and other automated agents like doors or elevators within a warehouse or distribution center, added GreyOrange. Founded in 2012, GreyOrange said its GreyMatter hardware-agnostic orchestration platform responds to customer orders in real time, as well as proprietary and certified third-party software. The Roswell, Ga.-based company said it employees more than 800 people and has offices and partners across the Americas, Europe, and…
