Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.58
February 05, 2019
…Combining robotic vision, artificial intelligence and gripping with automated storage and retrieval system shuttle technology, vertical lifts and conveyor, the order picking process can be completely automated. The fully integrated system is ideal for e-commerce fulfillment operations in a challenging labor market and handling high volumes of smaller-size orders. It uses unique gripping technology to pick individual items of a range of sizes, shapes, fragility and weights. When paired with AI, the gripper enables the automation of highly unstructured tasks found in e-commerce distribution. Little to no human intervention is required for the system to provide consistent accuracy and high…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.53
August 12, 2021
…us, it's taking products from loading docks to long-term storage or the production line or, flipping things around, taking finished products from the line to fork trucks, which take them from there and load them on trucks,” Charles said. MiR's new robots can handle pallets in loading docks alongside lift trucks. Source: Mobile Industrial Robots Demand for scalability and adaptability Where is demand for higher-capacity AMRs coming from? “Certainly, automotive manufacturing is driving a lot of it, with deliveries to the production line and taking products from the line,” Charles replied. “The biggest one we're seeing is FMCG—fast-moving consumer goods,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.99
February 06, 2022
…retaining employees long before the pandemic, particularly in the cold storage industry. In other areas of the world – namely the Asia-Pacific region – an adequate pool of workers exists, but labor costs are exorbitantly high, and so is real estate. In fact, Körber Supply Chain has a client in the Philippines, BigBlue Logistics Corp., which uses 250 goods-to-person and sortation AMRs in its three-level mezzanine warehouse to help offset high labor costs and fulfill orders quickly. How to redeploy your workforce and improve throughput Interestingly, most companies investing in mobile robots don’t necessarily use them to cut labor. AMRs…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.14
July 26, 2021
…infrastructure Most of the grocers that have adopted automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) are more established or worked with experienced systems integrators, the study said. “Takeoff Technologies' first MFC [micro-fulfillment center] went live in 2018/2019 and fueled an intense, yet-to-be-resolved, debate of where to fulfil e-grocery orders centrally or locally,” noted Thomas Andersson, principal analyst and co-founder of Styleintelligence. However, companies should understand that micro-fulfillment centers can require process changes. “MFC is more or less an additional store,” said Knapp in the study. “When we build an MFC, we give it a store identifier, and we replenish not only…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.91
February 08, 2021
…chain, the Changi air cargo hub offers an unbroken cold chain necessary for the effective handling of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments. The taskforce has been set up to prepare the air cargo community to meet the logistical demands of vaccine distribution. This includes assessing and ramping the hub’s ability to handle different types of COVID-19 vaccines, all within stringent temperature-controlled environments, as well as to manage an expected surge in the volume of vaccines to be air transported to the region. In December, Singapore Airlines (SIA) delivered the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to CAG on board one of its Boeing…
