Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.82
September 08, 2017
…misplaced packages, stolen merchandise, and returned goods. In 2013, Walmart lost up to $3B due to discrepancies between inventory records and actual stock, according to Forbes. Now drone-based package-tracking tech could finally help solve this problem. Read: Walmart Testing Warehouse Drones to Catalog and Manage Inventory New research from MIT proposes lightweight drones that can help track and manage inventory in large-scale environments by allowing passive, long-range radio frequency identification (RFID) scanning. RFID tags have long provided a potential solution to the problem of effective package tracking through digital cataloging. Think of it as a much more sophisticated version of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.81
February 13, 2022
…other retailers and logistics providers. Other retailers, such as Walmart, Best Buy, and Shopify, have gained greater flexibility and visibility into their logistics operations with advanced software and mobile robots. Walmart uses AMRs for floor cleaning and taking inventory. The company also uses warehouse automation and is working on autonomous vehicles and drone deliveries. In 2019, Shopify acquired AMR provider 6 River Systems, but unlike Amazon and Kiva, 6 River Systems continues to sell robots to other customers. Another example is inVia Robotics, which has developed an array of AMRs that can conduct various warehouse tasks, including cycle counting, inventory…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.71
September 25, 2020
…investors (the company received $3.5 million in seed funding this past May) as well as industry executives including former Walmart Inc. executive Cameron Geiger, a global leader in sourcing, supply chain and IT, who is serving as Company Advisor. Startup News is published on Fridays, along with SCMR.com’s Supply Chain Startup Blog. Send your startup news to Bob Trebilcock, editorial director, Supply Chain Management Review.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.71
October 02, 2020
…into creators' response to the COVID-19 pandemic, presented by Walmart; the event will feature an interview of manufacturers involved in the nation's COVID-19 response by legendary broadcaster Elvis Duran. MFG Day is being supported by the private and public sectors. The governors of Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, New Mexico, Ohio and West Virginia have all issued proclamations celebrating the day and marking October as a time to celebrate the importance of manufacturing and its contributions to our local and national communities. The platform of MFG Day for manufacturers to educate and inspire new talent is made possible by the support of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.09
March 17, 2023
…over 100 customers, including JD.com, DHL, IKEA, TCL, and Walmart, according to its website. It secured its first U.S. contract in August. Hirocloud, which is based in Edison, New Jersey, is using 600 FowardX AMRs as its 50,000 sq ft. facility, according to the news site Industry Today. Founded in 2016, ForwardX has four AMR product lines, including its Flex Series, Max Series, Apex Series, and Conveyor Series. To date, it has raised $109 million, according to Crunchbase. ForwardX Robotics sees the popular trade show as a great space to connect with customers across the logistics supply chain in North…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.99
July 16, 2024
…way to capture all this commercial growth.” Fox Robotics started selling its ATLs commercially in 2019 to customers including Walmart. Recently, Fox Robotics announced that its installed base of FoxBot ATLs has processed nearly 3 million pallet pulls, up from 2.5 million pallet pulls at the end of January. “The logistics space is the single biggest market for automation for the next ten years,” said Till Reuter, Fox Robotics board director and former CEO of Kuka Robotics. “Converting the shipping and receiving dock, the gateway to the warehouse, from a manual operation to an automated one will drive the greatest…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.99
January 25, 2023
…the same rate, but they haven't gone down. The Walmarts of the world don't have problems with capital, but smaller players haven't traditionally used automation. Berkshire Grey offers robotics as a service [RaaS], which takes the capital burden off of companies and makes it easier for some operators to adopt robots. While e-commerce continued to grow in the second half of 2022, isn't there also a shift toward omnichannel? Geyer: Most of the focus has been on e-commerce because most of the growth in demand has been in that channel. Compared with retail applications, where the cost of handling a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.87
January 31, 2023
…and logistics trade show this week, including representatives from Walmart, Amazon, IKEA, and Target. Some 250 industry experts will also share their insights during panel discussions and talks. Tomorrow at 10:20 a.m. PT, Addverb Americas CEO Mark Messina will speak as part of “The Automated Micro Fulfillment & Autonomous Routing” panel. Other experts on the panel will include executives from Davinci Micro, Koch Disruptive Technologies, and Wise Systems. The session will “discuss trends in autonomous micro-fulfillment and autonomous routing,” Addverb said. Addverb invests in U.S. market Addverb has spent the past year expanding its presence in the U.S. after Reliance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.77
August 31, 2021
…2020, the company has launched new electric trucks with Walmart and partnered with Isuzu to implement OEM-grade redundancies for medium-duty trucks critical for fully autonomous operations. Gatik expands operations Gatik noted that its expansion to Texas is the fourth market in which it has deployed its fleet for retail customers, following the success of its operations with Walmart in Arkansas and Louisiana and with Loblaw Cos. in Ontario, Canada. The company has opened a new facility in Fort Worth that will serve as a hub for its operations in Texas. Gatik said it will enable new and existing customers to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.77
February 04, 2020
Target is strong. Kohl’s is weak. Meanwhile, Walmart is building a new retail empire. However, “We could go away at any minute,” said Walmart CEO Doug McMillon in mid-November. And then he added at that CNBC event: “I didn’t understand how much of a digital transformation was needed (when I first started). That is still underway.” McMillon became CEO in 2014. The carnage in brick-and-mortar retail is staggering. Roughly 20,000 stores have closed in 36 months. And according to UBS, another 75,000 will close by the end of 2026. Nothing but doom and gloom for retail? Hardly. The National Retail…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.72
July 26, 2022
…the first Blendid by Jamba smoothie kiosk at a Walmart in Dixon, Calif. The company said the kiosk uses robotics, patented machine vision technology, and artificial intelligence to make healthy smoothies. The kiosk at UCLA will be open 24 hours a day at the campus, the companies said. Prior to teaming up with Jamba to launch Blendid by Jamba robotic kiosks, Blendid had a presence on two college campuses - University of San Francisco and Sonoma State University. The company was founded in 2015 and has raised more than $20 million from a mix of venture and crowdfunding investors. It…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.65
October 20, 2022
Sam's Club, a division of Walmart Inc., today announced the completion of a national, chain-wide roll out of 'Inventory Scan' towers that have been added to their existing fleet of robotic scrubbers. Sam’s Club partnered with San Diego, Calif-based Brain Corp for the rollout. The new scanning accessory has been fitted to the almost 600 autonomous floor scrubbers already deployed within Sam's Clubs nationwide. The towers are powered by Brain Corp's AI operating system, BrainOS. Rollout started at the beginning of 2022 The chain-wide rollout of almost 600 Inventory Scan towers was initiated in late January 2022. “The speed and…
