Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.67
January 10, 2023
Radial Inc. has installed 12 Covariant Robotic Putwalls at its fulfillment center in Louisville, Ky. to sort health and beauty items. Each of the twelve robotic u-shaped putwalls average about one hundred thousand picks per month with a throughput of 425 pieces per hour (PPH) – a performance higher than their manual alternative, Covariant claimed. While working side-by-side with Radial’s staff, the autonomous robots can successfully pick 100% of the stock-keeping units (SKUs) at the Louisville fulfillment center, according to the Berkeley, Calif.-based company. The robots run on the company’s universal AI platform Covariant Brain, which has been pre-trained on…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.67
January 05, 2023
…existing experience in e-commerce, grocery, food and beverage, and micro fulfillment, combined with the partnership with Velociti Alliance, will amply cover the entire gamut of industries,” he added. “Our unified solutions offer immediate benefits to our clients while paving the way for continued innovation.” “Velociti Alliance is excited to be moving ahead with Addverb to design integrated solutions for next-generation performance,” said David S. Driskill, CEO of Velociti Alliance North America Inc. “Our partnership combines world-class software and hardware into a unified solution, which will drive more profit to our clients' bottom line,” he noted. “Since both organizations have C-store…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.58
December 23, 2022
Earlier this month, research firm Interact Analysis released a new report outlining mobile robot sales for 2021. The firm found that global sales of mobile robots jumped more than 70% in 2021, topping 100,000 units for the year. The report focused on “material handling applications in manufacturing and logistics environments,” it said. “Despite the market for mobile robot technology being well established, it is not yet close to reaching saturation, with new applications and opportunities continuing to emerge,” said Interact Analysis. “The manufacturing industry is expected to continue to drive growth, as the market rebounds from the effects of Covid…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.17
December 23, 2022
Every year, we’ve heard industry observers say, “This is the year for robotics, AI, and autonomous vehicles.” But in 2022, manufacturers found new tools for productivity and supply chains sought ways to be more resilient. Enabling technologies such as 3D printing and simulation moved from prototyping to production, and mobile robot fleets went from pilots to large-scale deployments. According to organizations such as the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) and the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), robot adoption continued to grow and set new records worldwide. “Despite increased adoption, we’re still in the early innings,” Jeff Burnstein, president of A3,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.83
December 22, 2022
…height and 100 lb. in payload capacity. “Attabotics’ scalable micro-fulfillment system condenses traditional warehouse aisles into a single, vertical storage structure,” the company said in a recent release announcing the newest version of its Attabot. “Inside the structure, robotic shuttles move in three-dimensional space to store and deliver goods to workers on the perimeter that pick, pack, and ship modern commerce orders.” Murphy said Attabotics' system also addresses labor challenges and increases efficiency using software and data. The company has partnered with AltaML and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute to better take advantage of AI and machine learning. Using these…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.03
December 21, 2022
WINIT is a Shanghai-based, cross-border warehouse operator. It has deployed about 100 robots in one of its facilities in Birmingham, U.K. The logistics robots move around the 30,000-sq.-ft. warehouse without any confusion, helping workers pick and sort goods. The HAIPICK A42 systems from HAI Robotics helped improve the efficiency with which goods are handled by nearly fourfold compared with manual work. The robots handle nearly 50,000 pieces daily, said the company. Such gains are becoming more common as more warehouses and logistics settings adopt automation. Along with e-commerce fulfillment centers and huge distribution centers, warehouses are busier than ever since…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.74
December 20, 2022
Exotec SAS this month announced that it has produced its 4,000th robot. The milestone came just six months after the Croix, France-based company manufactured its 3,000th Skypod robot. “We’re extremely proud to have completed production of our 4,000th robot, with many more to come in the near future,” stated Romain Moulin, co-founder and CEO of Exotec. “Reaching this point so soon after our 3,000th robot milestone is a highlight of our manufacturing capabilities and a testament to the growing demand for our products globally.” Founded in 2015, Exotec said it combines hardware and software to drive operational efficiency, add resilience,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.94
December 13, 2022
Picking, consolidating, and packing e-commerce orders have traditionally required workers and dedicated material handling at each step. RENATUS ROBOTICS Inc. yesterday launched an autonomous warehouse system that enables a single worker to perform those fulfillment operations in one stop. “This system revolutionizes inventory management and order fulfillment in all segments of logistics including e-commerce,” said the company. RENATUS ROBOTICS, which has offices in Lewes, Del., and Tokyo, said its system includes 3D storage racks, RENATUS SHUTTLE robots, and internal high-speed lifts. The proprietary RENATUS CORTEX software and algorithm package manages and controls the system. One-Stop Pick & Pack system offers…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.96
December 12, 2022
The Hawesko Group claimed that it is Germany's largest trading house for high-quality wines and champagnes. It needed to respond to significant e-commerce growth and customer expectations for a seamless digital and physical shopping experience. The company and its Internationale Wein-Logistik GmbH, or IWL, logistics subsidiary are investing in the optimization of their intralogistics processes. In the next eight months, Körber plans to implement a scalable system including autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that is fully harmonized with IWL's warehouse management system (WMS). The goal is to improve the agility and flexibility of processes at IWL's center in Tornesch, Germany. “The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.47
December 09, 2022
…a tight time frame means more storage capacity. The micro-fulfillment trend is putting capacity closer to population centers and having a fast way of processing orders to consumers. The shift from brick and mortar has changed dramatically since COVID. I recently bought a couch, and I went to a store to see and feel it. I went to get rung up, and the associate mentioned a configuration tool on the store's website. I got on my phone and reconfigured the couch. The site told me to get some parts in store and others shipped. I got them bundled, which took…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.33
December 07, 2022
Tecsys Inc. yesterday said that it has partnered with SVT Robotics Inc. to develop and launch an “out-of-the-box” integrated connection between its Elite supply chain software and SVT's SOFTBOT platform. The company said the integration will provide its customers faster deployment and lower complexity without the need for lengthy custom code development often involved in multi-system automation and robotics deployments. “A company's automation strategy and equipment should be tailored to their specific use case, never throttled by the software, and that is exactly what this SVT partnership makes possible through rapid integration,” stated Peter Brereton, president and CEO of Tecsys.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.70
December 03, 2022
Back in 2013, Medline Industries LP worked with Swisslog to become the first company in the U.S. to implement a robotic goods-to-person system from AutoStore. The original site was a 600,000-square-foot distribution center north of Chicago in Libertyville, Ill. That first deployment, featured in the June 2015 issue of Modern Materials Handling (a sibling publication to Robotics 24/7), sported 43 bots in a relatively small area plus four goods-to-person workstations. The robots managed 27,570 totes across 37,750 storage locations with throughput of up to 12,500 lines per day. It was a bold move but even then, Medline was embracing high…
