Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.98
April 26, 2017
…said. “This isn’t going to be easy.” Related: Is Amazon Creating Self-Driving Cars for Delivery? Related White Papers The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be According to predictions made a few decades ago, current travel should involve self-driving automobiles, jetpacks and flying cars, with space transport a common occurrence. Download Now! Parcel Delivery: The Future of Last Mile Currently subject to significant disruption, last-mile delivery, especially of parcels, is getting a great deal of attention in the media and from investors, and rightfully so. Download Now! Drone Technology: Clarity from Above According PwC's study on the commercial applications of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.96
March 10, 2017
…swarm the U.S., regulators need convincing before they give Amazon, Google, and others permission for expanded use. Bloomberg Technology has a fascinating article titled “Crashing Drones Into Test Dummies for Safety” which clearly identifies how the small- and medium-sized drones flooding the U.S. market can seriously injure or even kill someone. Researchers at Virginia Tech - home to both a Federal Aviation Administration-designated test site for unmanned aircraft systems and a world-renowned injury biomechanics group - are developing methods to evaluate the risk posed by small unmanned aircraft to anyone on the ground. This research is key to enabling flights…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.93
February 06, 2022
…to keep up with expectations and competitors such as Amazon. Mobile robots are revolutionizing manufacturing and logistics, enabling faster order fulfillment, increasing efficiency, and lowering labor costs. AMRs use sensors and cameras to build digital maps of their environments and include safety mechanisms to move around warehouses guidance-free. (This is different from the previous generation of automated guided vehicles, or AGVs, which required more infrastructure.) Let’s take a look at some use cases for deploying AMRs in the warehouse, along with the benefits that automation can bring to your supply chain. AMRs can increase pick rates, decrease labor costs Evo,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.93
October 04, 2021
…(e.g., Nvidia GPUs, Omniverse, etc.), data, cloud-computing platforms (e.g., Amazon AWS), new hardware and advanced engineering. Many robotics startup companies are capitalizing on this “super evolution” of technology to build more intelligent and more capable machines. In parallel, there’s another phenomenon happening in the world: a “convergence of technologies.” It means that engineers are coming up with different silver bullets — engineering different algorithms, different hardware architectures, different methods, etc. — to solve the same fundamental problems. The Perl programming language motto, “there’s more than one way to do it,” perfectly captures what is happening in the robotics space. In…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.92
June 24, 2021
…joined with leading robot manufacturers; end users such as Amazon, Ford, GM, Honda, P&G, Nissan; and other government and non-government organizations such as the National Institute of Standads and Technology (NIST), UL, TUV, and academia to develop ANSI RIA 15.08-1. “As the AMR market has grown, so too has the need for accompanying safety standards in the U.S. and abroad,” said Jeff Burnstein, president of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). “OTTO Motors’ participation on our standards committee and leadership on this issue has helped to raise the bar for worker safety.” OTTO claimed that its fleet meets or exceeds…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.91
April 07, 2023
…that, despite the doldrums in commercial real estate and Amazon taking a pause from building out its network, the market for warehouse, distribution, and manufacturing space remains strong. All those buildings are going to need lift trucks, racking, conveyors, sortation systems, and robots. ProMat 2023 reports record growth That brings us to ProMat 2023. Like last year’s MODEX in Atlanta and lift truck sales, this year’s show set records for attendance, exhibitors and exhibition space. MHI reported an overall registration count of 50,924 attendees from 178 countries – a 12% increase over ProMat 2019. It also said it had 1,051…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.91
June 19, 2023
…million from Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd. and partnered with Amazon Web Services to improve data security and reliability, has its U.S. offices in Irvine, Calif. Robotics 24/7 spoke with Sangeet Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Addverb, about the collaboration with Purdue and his vision for the future of manufacturing. How did this partnership come about? Sangeet Kumar, CEO, Addverb Technologies Kumar: Purdue University was looking for some flexible solutions as it was setting up a smart lab for undergraduate students. It had also collaborated with Microsoft and other companies. The university wanted to teach students about smart manufacturing through practical…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.90
November 25, 2021
…100% repeat customers.” “With logistics and fulfillment experience at Amazon, iHerb and other retail companies, I've worked with a lot of technology teams, and the Nimble team is the most impressive robotics team I've ever worked with,” said Jonathan Styles, director of continuous improvement-lean at iHerb. “They are bringing to market bleeding-edge technology and solving extremely hard problems in a market that is struggling to find labor. We have over 20 Nimble robots today and plan to add more as we grow our fulfillment capabilities.” “There are a dozen or so robotics companies that claim to have a robotic picking…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.89
November 20, 2023
…focusing on the creation of virtual assistants, exemplified by Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, and Google's Assistant. Through the utilization of machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) for comprehending and responding to user inquiries, these virtual assistants progressed to become more sophisticated and self-reliant. These advanced technologies offer unprecedented prospects for automation, enhanced decision-making, and elevated customer service. Within the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector, autonomous AI systems leverage machine learning algorithms to analyze extensive quantities of financial data, identify patterns, and autonomously make decisions regarding fraud detection, risk assessment, and investment tactics. As AI technologies continue…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.86
June 17, 2021
…Yanovsky, CRO & EVP, Caja Robotics “Then there's the 'Amazon effect,' as the industry pioneer acquired Kiva Systems in 2012 and helped create a category and expectations,” she told Robotics 24/7. “People now expect same-day delivery, and micro-fulfillment centers can help operators maximize real estate.” “The third trend is a shortage of labor, especially in the U.S., Israel, Europe, and Australia,” Yanovsky said. “Warehouse workers walk 10 miles per day and lift heavy boxes. Those [tasks] are better for robots to do, and we want to put people in other tasks.” “All of these trends brought customers to understand that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.86
October 23, 2019
…load of TVs. Another person told me that, recently, Amazon (of all companies) lost the mattress he ordered. The support agent admitted to it: “We're sorry but, unfortunately, we lost your mattress in our warehouse.” They wound up sending him a different one. Who knows what happened to the first one. Admittedly, it took more than just a few conversations to fully wrap my head around the problem - to understand how much money and resources modern warehouses spend trying to answer the same seemingly simple question every day: where is my stuff? Here are just a few of the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.83
May 18, 2022
…than any other player in the market outside of Amazon,” he said. “This growth financing enables us to rapidly deliver our premium solution to meet the expansion demand from existing customers, rapidly onboard our high volume of new customers, reach new partners, and accelerate our unique product roadmap with an expanded suite of software solutions and predictive analytics.” GreyOrange addresses 3PL labor woes As labor shortages, volatile lead times, global supply chain problems, and rising costs affect retailers, they are rapidly implementing automation, said GreyOrange. Seventy-three percent of third-party logistics providers (3PLs) reported finding, training and retaining qualified labor as…
