Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.08
January 28, 2022
…and fast supply chain. Decathlon has also worked with Exotec on picking and PAL Robotics on inventory. E-commerce expectations heightened worldwide New customer expectations for e-commerce – higher volumes of orders and returns, same- and next-day delivery, and near-perfect accuracy – have brought new challenges for retailers and a need to address logistics bottlenecks, noted Geek+. Beijing-based Geek+ said it has already provided its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and artificial intelligence to help Decathlon deliver logistics services in Asia. Founded in 2015, the company said it has more than 300 customers and has sold more than 20,000 robots worldwide. It…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.76
July 28, 2022
…This year's robotics and cobot winners included the following: Exotec SAS makes the Skypod scalable storage system and the Skypicker robot arm for retail order fulfillment. The company, which recently moved to Wasquehal, France, near Lille, recently announced its 3,000th robot and has raised about $447 million to date. LINKWIZ Inc. said its L-Robot software enables robots to automatically correct their own movement in manufacturing environments. The Hamamatsu, Japan-based business has raised $17 million and also makes the L-Qualify 3D robotic inspection system. Locus Robotics Inc. provides autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to improve piece-handling productivity. The Wilmington, Mass.-based company, which…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.90
March 15, 2023
…from multiple vendors such as Vecna Robotics, Locus Robotics, Exotec, KNAPP, Bastian Solutions, Fetch, Robopac, Grenzebach, and Tennant. They are spread across many different campuses and buildings for a wide variety of clients. Do you envision conducting both distribution and fulfillment in the same facilities? How could robots help both functions? McDonald: We currently do both distribution and fulfillment—for example, sending product to other DCs and fulfilling store orders—out of many of our facilities and expect to continue to do so with this type of robotic technology. Robots can help with both functions through a number of ways. For example,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.49
April 07, 2023
…piece-picking space, which has been slow to get traction. Exotec appeared to be moving ahead with deals with companies like Gap Inc. We’re also beginning to see robots targeting tasks beyond robot-to-goods picking, such as trailer unloading and parcel induction. Those are great. But there are also signs that 2023 may be the long-awaited shakeout in the robotics industry, like the long-awaited recession in the economy. The most visible and public example is SoftBank’s announcement that it will take Berkshire Grey private, paying $1.40 a share for the shares it does not already own. Remember that BG went public at…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.17
June 26, 2023
…from Boston Dynamics, and a storage and retrieval system Exotec dedicated to returns. The key to innovation success is identifying quickly whether a technology can be integrated into the flow, said Kuntz. At this point, a warehouse execution system from Vargo makes that possible in Gallatin. Or as Swisslog's Beringer pointed out, the challenge is to integrate each robot successfully so it performs well not only on its own, but as an integrated member of an automated handling system that fills orders accurately and on time. Physical and digital connections Fortunately, a range of suppliers is in hot pursuit of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.51
February 14, 2023
…and Stanislas Normand, managing director for North America at Exotec. Credit: Eugene Demaitre RaaS helps manage risk, ROI The robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model can also help businesses adopt or scale robotic fleets, but they need to understand the difference between pay-per-pick, leasing, and other financing arrangements, said multiple Manifest speakers. “RaaS is a great option for customers to manage risk,” said Patrick Kelleher, global chief development officer at DHL Supply Chain. RaaS and AMRs can deliver immediate value, observed Ryder's Allen. “We've got 15,000 drivers and have evaluated 250 technologies,” he said. “It's about lines or shifts per day,” Allen added.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.45
May 26, 2023
…reaching high storage, such as from Hai Robotics and Exotec, were also in evidence. “So much education still has to happen,” said Jennifer Samples, vice president at AMR provider ForwardX Robotics. “We have three levels of clients: people who know they need automation but don't know where to begin, others who have some automation, and those who are the most sophisticated and want the latest and greatest. All three can be in the same company.” “We learn the [customer's] entire process upfront,” added Chris Harbert, sales director at ForwardX. “The robot hardware and software have to help business transformation and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.86
May 03, 2022
…announced that it was planning to implement AMRs from Exotec to handle returns in some of its facilities. “There’s no question that this facility will determine our network of the future,” said Kuntz. CJ Logistics meets the integration challenge Integration among multiple robots, existing equipment and processes, and enterprise software might seem like an obvious need, but it's still a chore, noted Fortna's McKeel. Getting them to play nice with one another can be a major challenge, and too often, distribution center operators deal with islands of automation. The result is suboptimal operations. Third-party logistics provider (3PL) CJ Logistics set…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.15
June 02, 2023
…who offer robotics used for fulfillment processes include AutoStore, Exotec, ForwardX Robotics, Plus One Robotics, and Raymond Corp. Short-term obstacles haven't derailed the industrial robot market My overall take on the industry is that it’s in a good place. Although the latest data on sales of industrial robots released shortly before the show by A3, and during the show in preliminary 2022 data from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) indicates there is some cooling of the industrial robotics market after record growth in 2022, the long-term outlook for robotics uptake remains bullish. It’s worth noting that A3’s data is…
