Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.13
April 21, 2023
…because it is highly flexible and suitable to be deployed in existing sites,” Skinner added. Earlie this year at ProMat, Hai Robotics received an Innovation Award for its product lineup. The Fremont, Calif.-based company said the award is a testament to its dedication to excellence and its ability to deliver intelligent automation solutions that help businesses increase efficiency, reduce costs, reduce storage footprint, and improve overall productivity.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.51
April 12, 2023
…developers for whom TI processors are their first choice.” ProMat in March “demonstrated the significant interest in robotic and autonomous solutions in supply chain and manufacturing logistics,” said SLAMcore. The visual simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) company raised Series A funding in May 2022, and it rebranded itself last month. TDA4VM gives mobile robots real-time perception The TDA4VM uses an integrated system-on-chip (SoC) architecture to enable real-time perception, control, and safety capabilities in automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), claimed Slamcore. The processor can reduce design complexity and cost, helping to accelerate development, it said. Slamcore said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.45
April 10, 2023
…in recent Gartner Inc. research. In a session at ProMat 2023, GreyOrange strove to “demystify” automation for fulfillment. In addition, the company is among those working with third-party logistics provider (3PL) Wagner Logistics on rethinking warehouse robotics. Samay Kohli, co-founder and past CEO of GreyOrange, spoke with Robotics 24/7 about micro-fulfillment centers, multi-tenant spaces, and robotics. Fulfillment evolves into new spaces What do you think about the prospect of multi-use retail stores that include fulfillment space? Kohli: It's a relatively new concept, and not many of our customers have gone to it yet. But since we're omnichannel and muti-brand, we're…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.08
April 07, 2023
At ProMat 2023, I had a fascinating conversation with Brett Wood, the president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling North America. He noted that if you based your view of the economy on television news, you’d think we’re in the doldrums. Now, the long-predicted recession may be coming – we’ve never had this many consecutive years of growth without a downturn in the past – but the numbers that relate to industry are pretty darn good. In Toyota Material Handling's corner of the industry, these are the best of times. Wood said the materials handling industry sold a combined total…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.49
April 04, 2023
CHICAGO – ProMat 2023 was a big hit, according to MHI, which organized the biennial event. With 1,054 exhibitors, about 300 of which were robotics suppliers, even Robotics 24/7 was hard-pressed to see it all. Companies at booths and in sessions reported strong attendance, especially on Tuesday and Wednesday of the four-day event. MHI tallied a total of about 50,000 visitors to McCormick Place. There may have been fewer ground-breaking innovations at this year’s ProMat, and the mood was subdued in comparison to MODEX 2022, the first big trade show after the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was likely…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.06
April 03, 2023
Last month at ProMat 2023 in Chicago, Big Joe Forklifts, in partnership with Thoro.ai, unveiled its first autonomous offering: The Big Joe Pallet Mover. The Saint Carson, Calif.-based company said the new robot was designed to be set up and in use in less than an hour. The pallet mover can transports payloads up to 4,400 lb. (1,995 kg) and has a maximum speed of about 2.8 mph. It can operate continuously for 10 hours on a charge, according to a press release announcing the robot. Customers will see ROI quickly, says Big Joe In an interview with Robotics 24/7,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.06
March 31, 2023
CHICAGO—At ProMat 2023 last week, Unbox Robotics Pvt. Ltd. said it plans to expand from India's intralogistics market and offer its automated fulfillment technology to the U.S. market. The Pune, India-based company cited successful deployments of its sortation systems and mobile robots at e-commerce provider Flipkart. “We are excited to present our revolutionary parcel-sorting and order-consolidation robotics tech—UnboxSort—at ProMat 2023 and demonstrate its benefits for companies of all sizes seeking automation,” stated Pramod Ghadge, co-founder and CEO of Unbox Robotics. “We started with the problem of high-speed retrieval and parcel sorting at Flipkart in 2019,” he told Robotics 24/7. “We…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.07
March 31, 2023
…distribution operations. The Greene, N.Y.-based company provides electric forklift trucks that it said can increase productivty and efficiency. At ProMat 2023, Raymond showed its portfolio of integrated technologies.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.02
March 29, 2023
Among the trends around ProMat 2023 was an increasing amount of strategic partnerships and consolidation among robotics providers. Berkshire Grey Inc. last week announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with SoftBank Group Corp. and its affiliate. SoftBank has been an investor in Berkshire Grey since 2019. “After a thoughtful review of value-creation opportunities available to Berkshire Grey, we are pleased to have reached this agreement with SoftBank, which we believe offers significant value to our stockholders,” said Tom Wagner, CEO of Berkshire Grey. “SoftBank is a great partner, and this merger will strengthen our ability to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.30
March 28, 2023
CHICAGO—Last week’s ProMat was a welcome return to the excitement of the last live edition of the event, back in 2019. In 2021, MHI ran the virtual ProMat DX. First off, this year's materials handling trade show was packed and informative. Registration set a record with 50,924 industry professionals across more than 1,000 exhibitor booths in two large halls. Things were hopping, even more so than at last year’s successful MODEX, also put on by MHI. [Editor's note: Peerless Media, the parent organization of Robotics 24/7 and Modern Materials Handling, is a partner of MHI.] Looking back on the industry…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.33
March 28, 2023
CHICAGO—At ProMat 2023 here last week, Plus One Robotics Inc. demonstrated its parcel-handling robots for warehouses, as well as an opportunity for attendees to “race the robot” in a pick-and-place process in virtual reality. The materials handling conference came after an eventful time for technology startups like Plus One, with layoffs and the failure of Silicon Valley Bank. Robotics 24/7 sat down with Erik Nieves, the founder and CEO of Plus One Robotics, to discuss his observations about ProMat and how the San Antonio, Texas-based company has weathered recent economic challenges. Plus One Robotics at ProMat How have ProMat attendees…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.75
March 27, 2023
At ProMat in Chicago last week, numerous companies touted their technologies as solutions to supply chain problems. Less visible than robots but no less important were the integrators and consultancies that help deploy and manage robots in warehouses and other facilities. Among those Robotics 24/7 spoke with was enVista LLC, which offers to help leading brands with robotics integration. “The show has gone well for us,” said Mike Kasperski, senior vice president and automation group leader at enVista. “Our sessions were full, and we've had a lot of leads.” enVista, which has offices in Carmel, Ind., and Chicago, has been…
