Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.10
June 21, 2017
…showroom and training facility will include an array of KNAPP’s latest developments in vision technologies, robotics, virtual reality, driverless shuttles and software. “KNAPP is a market leader in delivering automated warehousing and distribution solutions for supply chains in retail, healthcare, grocery and manufacturing,” said KNAPP CEO Josef Mentzer. “This increase in demand is directly fueling our growth and the need to expand operations – particularly in the areas of system design, engineering and software.” Major KNAPP customers include companies such as McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, Avon, Hermes, United Healthcare/Optum, Walgreen/Boots and Walmart.
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 6.37
April 25, 2017
…This white paper, the second installment in a series of 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. Using LMS to Address Omnichannel Challenges The key roles labor management software play in omnichannel order fulfillment: meeting rising customer service expectations, driving labor savings and ensuring process rigor. Download Now!
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.05
April 13, 2017
…companies like Kardex Remstar and Cimcorp; and at how shuttles and AutoStore came seemingly out of nowhere to take over a market that was once dominated by horizontal carousels and mini-load systems. Similarly, the cool factor at this year’s event was the adaption of augmented and virtual reality technologies to everything from lift truck operator training at Raymond to piece picking at Bastian. They still have a bit of a science project/pilot feel about them, but watching the demonstrations, you can’t help but feel that someone is going to figure out a way to increase productivity with these new technologies…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.91
December 29, 2016
…resupply the mothership with more inventory and fuel, and shuttle workers to the flying factory. Amazon's patent filing for an airborne fulfillment center utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles for item delivery Due to the aerial deployment, drones would be able to have a much wider delivery range while consuming less power as they descend to deliver packages. “I just unearthed the Death Star of ecommerce via @cbinsights”Zoe Leavitt, analyst for CB Insights And the mobile nature of the warehouses would allow Amazon greater flexibility in managing inventory in the face of changing demand. For example, the patent offers a hypothetical case…
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 7.50
November 14, 2016
…space utilization, inventory management and order fulfillment. But, between shuttles, putwalls, pocket sorters, robotics and software, we’re seeing new and ingenious uses of equipment and technology to solve those problems. What does it look like at KION and Dematic? To find out, I had a chance to talk to Riske and John Baysore, who is now Dematic’s president and CEO, right before PackExpo. Here’s what they had to say. Dematic and KION part of growing industry Why Dematic? Lift trucks are obviously a major component of our industry. In fact, to some degree the industry dwarfs the rest of the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.17
May 01, 2016
…in Devens, Mass. There, some 200 orange Kiva robots shuttle 5,000 shelving units from a storage area to picking stations where order selectors fill orders. As one of the early adopters of mobile robotics for e-commerce fulfillment, Quiet has been using Kiva since 2009. And while the leading edge is called the bleeding edge for a reason, Bruce Welty, Quiet’s co-founder and CEO, says that getting out front with robots was a conscious decision he made with his partner Mike Johnson, Quiet’s president. “No one had really used mobile robotics like this before,” says Welty. “Mike and I felt that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.11
April 18, 2016
…That said, I’m reminded that I saw the first shuttle at a show some five to seven years ago. While shuttles are becoming more common, I still see more piece-picking mezzanines and put walls than shuttles. Two quotes about robotics from experienced materials handling pros stuck with me after the show. One old hand said, “No one wants to be first,” when I asked what did he see as the biggest impediment to the adoption of the robotic piece picking solution his company was demonstrating. Another recalled the frenzy over RFID and offered this piece of advice: “The biggest mistake…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.99
April 03, 2016
…picking robot at Intelligrated’s booth – working with a shuttle – I noticed the AutoStore has a large presence at the show and, maybe it’s my imagination, but there seemed to be more AGVs and mobile robots than ever. Shuttles galore: With the explosion of piece picking, it’s no surprise that shuttles to enable goods-to-person piece picking were on prominent display. I noted shuttles at the booths for Dematic, Intelligrated, viastore, Schaefer, OPEX and Knapp to name a few. At the same time, based on the number of pick-and-put-to-light displays I saw, picking mezzanines and putwalls appear to be alive…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.11
March 21, 2016
…Servus Intralogistics to distribute and integrate the company’s robotic shuttle system in North America. “The Servus technology offers our customers a flexible and affordable solution for goods-to-person order fulfillment,” stated Aaron Jones, president of Bastian Solutions. “Whether in a distribution or manufacturing environment, Servus’ unique design can not only handle storage of products but also provide a complete solution for transporting product throughout a facility, something no other shuttle system is currently offering.” Servus offers a material handling solution in which all processes run seamlessly from incoming goods to small parts storage, picking, production, assembly, office and eventually to the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.29
October 12, 2015
With all the trade media coverage of goods-to-person, shuttle-based case handling systems in e-commerce and parcel shipping order fulfillment applications recently, you might think that automated pallet storage with a unit load automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) is no longer a popular solution. That’s not the case with viastore’s customers, however. Multiple companies, including Americold, the leading global third-party logistics (3PL) provider of temperature-controlled warehousing, and Ukrainian food processing company Myronivsky Hliboproduct have implemented automated pallet storage as a means to handle slow- to medium-moving products. These crane-based systems are ideal for reserve storage of items destined to replenish…
