Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.87
March 23, 2023
…SKUs. The system excels at stacking mixed cases, the Netherlands-based company explained. At present, following a mixed SKU stacking pattern, the Smart Mixed Case Palletizer can pre-sort mixed batches of items, packaged in medium to large (up to 25kg) boxes, from the sorter to pallet. Based on the robot’s stacking accuracy and palletizing efficiency, small load distribution improves, the company claimed. The robot’s stacking behavior is not limited to packages that are of the same size or weight and it can predict its own stacking sequence, Smart Robotics said. It does not rely on a predetermined stacking pattern, meaning the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.65
February 28, 2023
The robotics and automation industry in the Netherlands is booming, with new systems and companies, according to a new report from HowToRobot.com. The automation marketplace analyzed suppliers and found that the Netherlands remains a hub for innovation in the industry. HowToRobot.com collaborated with the High Tech NL cluster Robotics (also known as Holland Robotics) and independent advisor Gain & Co. The company reported that the number of robotics suppliers in the Netherlands “has grown significantly.” For each of the past 12 years, an average of 11 new companies was established in the Netherlands—a 57% increase from the number of businesses…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.89
February 23, 2023
…beverage sector at a major warehouse facility in the Netherlands. “GXO’s industry-first collaboration with Lowpad on a custom-designed and engineered automated solution for our customer’s outbound process has significantly improved efficiency,” stated Luc Laurijssens, managing director for Belgium and the Netherlands at GXO. “By deploying Lowpad AMRs that are fully linked to our warehouse management and electronic data interchange systems, we’re enhancing accuracy, efficiency, and quality for our customer, while easing the strain of a tight labor market and reducing costs,” he added. “We’re looking forward to applying the success of this installation in the Netherlands to our other warehouses…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.62
February 20, 2023
…leveraging autonomous capabilities to create operating efficiencies, the Utrecht, Netherlands-based company said. Importantly, the MaxMover software platform is designed to easily integrate with new and existing facility environments, while accommodating future upgrades to enhance operating capabilities further, the company said. In addition, its high-performance battery design and quiet operating features enhance employee safety and help create healthier work surroundings. Roderick A. Larson, Oceaneering’s president and chief executive officer, stated, “We have seen tremendous interest in this product since its launch in 2022. These meaningful contract awards for our innovative MaxMover product are recognition of OMR’s best-in-class intralogistics solutions and performance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.28
February 13, 2023
…Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, attracting around 3,500 visitors. The roadshow aims always to automate directly on-site.” RBTX online marketplace: new partners are adding more and more new products to the range Since 2019, users have also had access to the igus RBTX marketplace – an online marketplace that brings users and manufacturers of low-cost robotics together. Mühlens continued: “At RBTX.com, interested parties can find compatible components from a total of 78 partners. The marketplace currently has 100 low-cost applications with parts lists and hardware and software compatibility for price transparency. As an open marketplace,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.75
January 31, 2023
…One has offices in Boulder, Colo.; Pittsburgh; and the Netherlands. Sensors, grippers, and software automate picking Plus One Robotics' platform includes its Pick One parcel-induction system and “Human-in-the-Loop” (HITL) remote supervisor software. PickOne employs 3D sensors and AI vision software with patent-pending grippers to optimize the high-volume picking and placing of mixed parcels, bags, and products. HITL allows remote staffers to supervise multiple robots from any location, guiding the robot in how to handle exceptions. The AI system learns from this intervention to further improve its capabilities if similar situations occur in the future, helping to minimize downtime and enable…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.15
January 23, 2023
…customers in places such as Austria, Poland, and the Netherlands, and is used to process new merchandise as well as returns. AutoStore system allows for more efficient tracking “The AutoStore system there allows merchandise inventory to be fully monitored and controlled, ensuring high efficiency in storage and retrieval,” the company said in a statement. “This enables customer orders to be processed and shipped with greater speed and reliability.” “The interplay of the flexible and modularly expandible robotics solution with the local employees reduces throughput times for individual customer orders, from order placement to dispatch from the warehouse, simplifies operational processes…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.02
December 08, 2022
…a resilient, cost-effective future for freight.” In the past 12 months, the company has expanded into Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Norway. It has also deployed operations for new clients including Electrolux; GE Appliances, a Haier company; and Bridgestone. In October, Einride Saga successfully completed a pilot on a U.S. public road, which Einride said made it the first company to receive approval to do so for a vehicle without a safety driver on board. In November, the company showed its latest release of Einride Stations, freight capacity as a service, and grid operations.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.13
November 15, 2022
…in India, with global offices in Australia, Singapore, the Netherlands, the U.S., Germany, and the United Arab Emirates. The company said it has more than 100 customers including Reliance, Unilever, Flipkart, Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Johnson & Johnson, and PAR Pharmaceutical. Based in Southern California, McMurray Stern is a nationwide solutions provider in warehouse automation, specializing in planning, designing, and implementing automated storage solutions. Its fully integrated design-build process ensures projects are professionally managed from concept to execution so that its customers have an improved workflow and can more efficiently manage their time, space, materials, and information. What will be offered as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.08
November 06, 2022
…Robotics, Bordeaux, France AVATRINA, Urbana, Ill. I-Botics, Twente, the Netherlands Team UNIST, Ulsan, South Korea Team Northeastern, Boston Inbiodroid, Irapuato, Mexico Team SNU, Seoul, South Korea AlterEgo, Genoa, Italy Avatar-Hubo, Las Vegas Last Mile, Osaka, Japan Dragon Tree Labs, Moscow The mobile manipulators needed to traverse space in a simulated energy plant, find a weighted canister, and successfully pick and place them. NimbRo conducted its task in about 5:50, about half the time of second-place winner, Pollen Robotics. Team Northeastern placed third with 21:09. ANA Avatar XPRIZE awarded to NimbRo Team NimbRo won the grand prize of $5 million. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.80
October 22, 2022
…to real-world deployments for e-comm pack out. For example, Netherlands-based apo.com Group, a leader in automated online pharma, uses a fleet of RightPick piece-picking robots from RightHand Robotics to automate key parts of its order fulfillment process. The robots pick goods from totes coming from a cube storage automation from AutoStore and place order items into outbound cartons. The overall solution picks, scans and places thousands of SKUs a day. Vision and AI are applied to let the robot know how to pick, but also for how to correctly place items to a destination like a shipping carton, a tote,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.28
October 19, 2022
…One has offices in Boulder, Colo.; Pittsburgh; and the Netherlands. The company's PickOne system for parcel induction and depalletization use 3D sensors and AI-powered software with optimized robot grippers to pick and place disparate parcels within sortation or distribution centers. Plus One Robotics claimed that its human-in-the-loop (HITL) approach with Yonder is unique. Remote or on-premises employees can supervise multiple robots from any location, speeding its ability to handle exceptions and facilitating machine learning that keeps downtime to a minimum. This enables 24/7 fulfillment, said the company. Robot arms catch up to mobile platforms “Robot arms are lagging behind AMRs…
