Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.89
January 25, 2019
…help human workers in a variety of industries: Manufacturing: Boeing and Ford Motor Company both have been pursuing robotic exoskeletons to help reduce risks to workers (Hitch 2018). For even more human-robot collaboration, Volkswagen is teaming up with Dresden, Germany-based startup Wandelbots to more efficiently train industrial robots using an innovative jacket fitted with sensors and actuators. The sensors on the jacket detect human movements in real time, and the actuators provide haptic feedback. In this way, a robot can watch a human complete a task and then absorb the movement data to imitate the actions (MM&D Online Staff 2018).…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.84
April 09, 2018
…vice president of production management and a veteran of Boeing, NASA and Apple. “It sorts batches into individual orders and does so at speeds that are faster than human operators.” Why a putwall? Williams says that putwalls are areas that are very manual and labor intensive, and, that the Kindred solution is flexible and scalable. “It’s very easy to remove an existing putwall and drop in one of our cells. You can pilot it quickly to prove the solution and determine if there is an ROI.” Williams says that Kindred uses advanced artificial intelligence to teach the robot how to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.71
March 14, 2019
…Amazon Fulfillment. Amazon’s current transportation fleet consists of: 40 Boeing 767 aircraft (with ten more coming in 2019 and 2020) Over 5,300 ocean freight containers moved in 2018 More than 20,000 Mercedes-Benz sprinter vans (leased over time) 141,000,000 square feet of supply chain facilities 10,000 branded trailers 120 U.S. fulfillment centers 52 Prime Now hubs With this massive distribution network growth, Amazon went from handling none of it’s shipping in 2013 to handle 26% of it. In that same time, UPS’s share of Amazon’s shipping decreased by almost half (49% to 22%), and FedEx went from 9% to just 3%…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.59
February 08, 2021
…entire global population—a freight volume that would require 8,000 Boeing 747s. Qualified refrigerated facilities across a global network of locations where the vaccines will be stored are also now an absolute necessity. The vaccines must be handled and transported at controlled temperatures and protected from tampering and theft. Now that the first vaccines have been authorized and the first countries have started their vaccinations, the air cargo industry and their network partners have proved that they are well prepared for what has been called the biggest mission in industry has ever seen. Global air cargo collaboration To cope with this…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.52
December 02, 2019
…Parcelcopter, a Microdrones md4-1000 UAV to deliver a package. Boeing has come up with unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing cargo air vehicle (CAV) that could deliver up to 227 kg of cargo within a fifteen- to thirty-kilometer radius. In June 2019, Amazon has unveiled the latest version of its Prime Air delivery drone to deliver packages up to five pounds in 30 minutes. Drones are expected to have a major impact on supply chain not just for deliveries but warehouses too. In future drones could be the best way to track inventory anonymously and can even be used to move items quickly.…
