Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.39
February 14, 2023
…U.S., Europe, and Asia. Its customers include General Motors, Volkswagen, and KUKA. Brightpick Autopicker designed for e-commerce, grocery “Brightpick Autopickers can pick and consolidate orders faster than any other fulfillment system,” Zizka said. “They do not need to travel back and forth to pick stations, which means warehouses need fewer robots, resulting in lower cost and complexity.” “What makes Brightpick Autopicker special is not just that it is an autonomous mobile picking robot, but also that it is part of an end-to-end solution for order fulfillment,” he added. “Brightpick started as a goods-to-person system that used AMRs to take items…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.29
June 29, 2021
…of Argo AI, which is working with Ford and Volkswagen to launch autonomous ride-hailing and delivery services. The autonomous vehicle company has grown its team to more than 500 in Pittsburgh and 1,300 worldwide since it was founded in 2016. “In addition to leading talent, more and more business transactions are occurring in the region, with support from global players like J.P. Morgan and Dentons’ Global Venture Technology Group,” Reed said. “Leaders such as these have made strategic investments in Pittsburgh to help accelerate the introduction of robotic solutions in many different business markets that face unprecedented and historic labor…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.02
February 03, 2023
…than 100 customers including Bayer, Fraunhofer, Rotop, Vitesco, and Volkswagen. It has partnerships with operational technology systems integrators (OTSIs) in Europe and the U.S. Wandelbots names a U.S.-based vice president Caption Wandelbots has obtained $123 million (U.S.) from investors including Insight Partners, Microsoft, and Next47 to fund development of its product line and global expansion. Sue Nicole Susenburger will lead Wandelbots' U.S. division. She joined the company after nearly eight years at Bosch, most recently as global innovation strategy manager. “Wandelbots is driven by the mission to democratize robotics,” Susenburger said. “We're providing solutions to family-owned manufacturers that are struggling…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.24
September 05, 2021
…more scalable, and more sustainable. It said it supplies technologies for connected and autonomous systems to companies such as Volkswagen and Boeing.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.54
December 04, 2021
…by investors like Porsche SE, the parent company of Volkswagen Group and the world’s largest automotive OEM, as well as Lux Capital, among others. Aeva has relationships with industry leaders including German auto supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Japanese auto supply giant Denso, and Nikon, a global manufacturer and supplier of metrology and inspection equipment. We've started to see trials of autonomous trucks—when can retailers, consumers, and logistics providers expect fleets? Kuepper: Fleets are coming, and they’re already using Aeva’s technology. TuSimple’s Autonomous Freight Network, which is a fleet of trucks used by customers like UPS, is making regular trips between…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.18
January 25, 2019
…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). Distribution: In distribution and fulfillment centers, robots have been programmed to assist with order picking by traveling to a specific location to pick a…
