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…picked, packed, and shipped in time to meet customer delivery expectations,” said Cody Upp, vice president at Numina Group. “The launch of Pakt is based on over 30 years of Numina Group’s warehouse automation expertise in supplying systems that enable businesses to lower labor costs and increase order throughput,” he added. Numina Group described itself as an independent systems integrator that has designed and implemented hundreds of automation projects in diverse warehouses across North America. The company said it works with clients to identify process improvements and the right mix of materials handling technologies to deliver a rapid return on…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.98
Flying cars may not yet be commonplace, but delivery drones are on their way. LCI last week said it has signed an agreement with Elroy Air to acquire up to 40 of the company's Chaparral vertical takeoff and landing, or VTOL, aircraft. “This commitment for the pioneering Chaparral system will enable us to efficiently support mission-critical, remote logistical work and socially responsible humanitarian efforts around the world,” said Jaspal Jandu, CEO of LCI. “It will do so in complement with the wide-ranging capabilities of our existing aviation fleet.” LCI said it is “uniquely positioned across the commercial fixed-wing, helicopter, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.58
…Vicor Corp. on a modular approach to building power delivery networks (PDNs) for robots, according to Andra Keay, founder and managing director of Silicon Valley Robotics. In addition, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm has worked with companies such as Dusty Robotics, which has developed mobile robots to accurately transfer building plans to floor markings on construction sites. Dusty Robotics raised $45 million in Series B funding in May 2022. Vicor provides power density “We started out six or seven years ago,” said Ted Larson, CEO of OLogic. “We were working on the Knightscope security robot when Bob Conn [senior engineer]…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.64
…with established logistics facilities. It said this enables next-day delivery of orders placed before midnight to anywhere in the U.S. The company said it has handled building material samples for more than 100,000 participating designers and 450 manufacturers. DesignFuture Japan is the Japanese arm of Material Bank, which claims to be “the world's largest marketplace for aggregating and sending out material samples.” Founded in 2021, DesignFuture Japan said it has been determining how to best connect local building materials manufacturers with architects and interior design professionals. “The reason Material Bank in the United States has grown into a service used…
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…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,…
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…reverse logistics, according to the company. The iBOT robotic delivery vehicles are designed to process up to 2,400 items each hour with as few as three operators. The iBOTS are able to recharge as they travel through the Sure Sort system. OPEX said it has added the option of RFID scanning capabilities to meet growing demand from clients, especially apparel manufacturers and retailers. Bar codes sometimes get hidden in garments and require additional operator handling, which slows operations, it noted. Because RFID employs radio waves, scanning does not require a visual connection. In addition to the apparel industry, RFID scanning…
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…challenge of e-commerce logistics continues to be the cost-effective delivery of a great customer experience. Radial turned to Covariant to deliver an AI Robotic automation strategy that improves quality and throughput while reducing unpredictability,” said Ted Stinson, chief operating officer at Covariant. “In six months, together we have realized the successful automation of day-to-day sortation at a major facility - and we're just getting started.” With a more automated order sortation system, Radial can reduce worker strain and fill gaps in its workforce, while improving overall facility output and delivery times, specifically around high-demand periods, Covariant said. Founded in 2017,…
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…sortation for other product lines, ultimately speeding up the delivery to the customer. AutoStore robots will handle vinyl records Warwick Goldby, senior vice president of operations at Alliance Entertainment, claimed that his company is first to use AutoStore robots to handle vinyl records. However, the robots can be configured to handle any of the products in the warehouse, he noted. “With our incredible growth in vinyl shipments at our Kentucky warehouse from 8.1 million units in 2019 to 16.3 million in 2021, we needed a system that could reduce the distance walked to pick product, to store in a more…
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…of its technologies this week at CES 2023, from delivery robots to AI-powered aquariums. The Taiwanese institute was founded in 1973 and focuses on applied research centered on industrial development. ITRI’s booth is located at booth 9855, North Hall, LVCC. It also has a virtual even site that can be accessed at https://event.itri.org/CES2023/IndexN?Language=en-US. 5G, AIOT, and V2X help power ITRI’s delivery robot The research institute claims its robot, the Cubot ONE, is the first “to combine 5G, AIoT (artificial intelligence of things) and V2X (vehicle-to-everything) to provide door-to-door delivery services.” The robot features lidar sensors and software that allows it…
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…which it claimed is “the first fully autonomous unattended delivery robot on the market.” Thanks to technological advances, Research and Markets predicted that the global market for autonomous last-mile deliveries could expand from $14.13 billion in 2021 to $47.69 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.8%. Forbes cited such deliveries as a transportation trend for 2023. Ottonomy said it developed Ottobot to work both indoors and outdoors and to help retailers and restaurants with staffing shortages. The new robot is designed for curbside, first-mile, and last-mile contactless deliveries. It includes locker integration and can help…
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…(3.6 kg). The robot can perform tasks such as delivery or disinfection with one arm, while the other arm is free for mobility tasks such as operating elevators and opening doors. “The beauty of aeo is that it can use the arms for different tasks depending on the use case, or [it] can do both at the same time,” said Huang. “We have customers that use aeo for disinfecting elevators—aeo uses one arm to push the elevator button and the other arm for disinfecting.” “aeo’s base is powered by two independent drive wheels combined with advanced human-aware navigation algorithms,” he…
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…tractor, Skydio for its Scout drone, Neubility for its delivery robot, and Seoul Robotics for its self-driving car “control tower.” These companies have also received recognition with CES 2023 Innovation Awards, Talla said. NVIDIA makes more simulation tools available Also at CES, NVIDIA also announced a major update for Omniverse Enterprise to improve performance, improve RTX ray and path tracing, and streamline workflows. It has opened Omniverse portals with more Blender AI add-ons, Ada Lovelace support, and thousands of free 3D USD assets for GeForce RTX users. The company also announced the NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine, or ACE, as…