Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.23
October 19, 2021
…sales offices or production facilities in South America, Russia, Japan, and Hong Kong, to name a few. The European DC serves many of HARTING’s European customers and replenishes other warehouses. Prior to building the new facility, HARTING operated from a 30-year-old facility that was no longer able to keep pace with the company’s growth or customer requirements. “We were out of space and couldn’t get the throughput we needed,” said Meyer. “Our aging automated systems required more maintenance, and our 20-year-old warehouse management system [WMS] was no longer stable.” Just as important, the 30-year-old systems were not designed for item-handling,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.15
October 04, 2021
…learn in our headquarters school near Mount Fuji in Japan is what they also get in our training schools established in the U.S., Europe, or China.” “Robotic certificates for workers are valid around the globe and qualify for fantastic new career opportunities,” Bongart said. “This is not limited to the classic adopters of robotic and automation like the car industry but also true for small and midsized companies from a wide range of branches.” As more industries move toward automation than ever before, robotics training is also becoming part of public education in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, noted the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.53
September 27, 2021
…demand for autonomous motion planning for industrial robots in Japan. The new facility will open in the Shinagawa area of Tokyo on Oct. 1. Manufacturing, logistics, and automotive companies have been looking to accelerate their adoption of industrial robotics to enhance productivity and respond to labor shortages, said the company. Realtime Robotics said it can help them remove engineering complexity, reduce cycle time, lower expenses, and establish greater operational efficiency. “One of the key sparks for evolution in the manufacturing and logistics industries has been finding a way to accomplish more, while using less resources,” said Koji Kobayashi, vice president…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.78
September 24, 2021
…600,000-sq.-ft. SB Logistics distribution center (DC) in Ichikawa City, Japan, about 10 miles from Tokyo. Both companies are part of SoftBank Group: SB Logistics is a third-party logistics (3PL) provider for e-commerce fulfillment, and SoftBank Robotics is SoftBank Group’s robotics division. DC design had to align with greater goals When Okabe, Ito, and their team began to work on the design for picking and packing processes for the facility, key performance indicators (KPIs) and return on investment (ROI) targets were among the considerations to justify the investment in automation. So was the ability of the robots to handle packages in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.77
September 22, 2021
…management. It has also established subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, the U.S., and the Netherlands. HAIPICK offers rapid warehouse automation Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the global supply chain and warehousing logistics market was turning to automation, noted HAI Robotics. The warehouse automation market could be worth $30 billion (U.S.) by 2026, experiencing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14% since 2019, estimated LogisticsIQ. HAI Robotics said its HAIPICK robots can pick and place totes or cartons on storage shelves up to 5 to 7 m (16.4 to 22.9 ft.) high and are able to carry up to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.60
September 21, 2021
…launch Keenon's Keenbot key markets, starting with Singapore and Japan and followed by Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S. The robot is equipped with multi-point delivery modes and can deliver four dishes at one time, said the companies. “As a platform that serves the everyday needs of consumers, merchants and delivery partners, we are continually seeking new ways to enhance their overall user experience and experiment [with] innovative solutions to address real-life challenges,” said Yee Wee Tang, managing director of Grab Singapore. “We are thrilled to partner with Keenon Robotics to introduce its AI-enabled service robots to GrabKitchen at…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.70
September 21, 2021
…in a production scenario,” said Diankov. “One customer in Japan had a mixed-SKU depalletizing system. Whenever the robot couldn't pick, the company would have to send the data to the U.S. and then wait two to four days to retrain the model. It stopped production.” “With AI, you could tweak a random parameter and think a problem is fixed, but its root cause could be hidden,” he explained. “Robots should be deterministic and reliable. You take a train from Point A to Point B, and if the train breaks, you can identify the cause to fix it. We call the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.05
September 16, 2021
…which has served the order-fulfillment industry in Europe and Japan, is continuing to grow its presence in the U.S. market. Customers including Gap Inc., Ariat International, and Comoto Holdings have recently adopted the Skypod system. The company raised $90 million a year ago, and its U.S. headquarters are in Atlanta. “The hockey-stick growth of e-commerce, coupled with the growing importance of supply chain resilience, continue to be a massive tailwind for scalable robotics solutions like Exotec,” said Romain Moulin, CEO of Exotec. “We are delighted to join forces with AHS and GEODIS to better serve the rapidly evolving needs of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.99
September 13, 2021
…operates manufacturing facilities in Israel, Italy, the U.S., and Japan through TPSCo. Tower Semiconductor builds on USC research Researchers from the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, led by SungWon Chung, designed the new IC technology. Manufacture of the ICs used Tower Semiconductor’s open foundry Silicon Photonics platform. The PH18 Silicon Photonics platform offers optical components including ultra-high bandwidth modulators and photodetectors, serving demand in data center and infrastructure optical communication markets. This platform also offers high-performance elements necessary for high-precision lidar applications, such as low-loss silicon nitride waveguides capable of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.12
September 10, 2021
…even though it may not be apparent. Countries like Japan and Germany have already experienced firsthand the damaging effects of this global workforce crisis on their economies. In 2019, in the US alone, there were 7.6 million unfilled jobs — and we are not referring to high-tech jobs requiring college degrees, but rather low-skilled / unskilled jobs. Not to mention that many of these minimum-wage jobs are so strenuous that the crisis is compounded by labor turnover — we are at the limit of what humans can physically do in a day. The pandemic exposed the fragility of our labor-driven…
