Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.60
May 29, 2021
…aisle (VNA) tasks. BALYO claimed that its geo guidance navigation system, which includes point-level detector (PLd) safety sensors, enables robots to locate their positions and navigate autonomously inside buildings without needing additional infrastructure. Partnership to open opportunities Warehouses and distribution centers worldwide are increasingly turning to robots to improve efficiency and competitiveness, said Kӧrber and BALYO. The companies said they plan to collaborate to integrate BALYO's technologies and overcome challenges associated with full pallets, bulk movements, and heavy goods. This will result in “flexibility, agility, and scalability—smoothly increasing throughput and productivity with company growth,” they said. In addition, Kӧrber's integration…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.58
December 28, 2021
…robots, which use QR codes on the floor for navigation, can be deployed within one month with no altering of the interior structure of a warehouse, it said. Customers that prefer smaller picking units than an entire rack or pallet when automating their warehouses have adopted the system because of its ease of deployment and flexibility, said HAI Robotics. The company said it has been running more than 300 projects globally in segments including e-commerce, third-party logistics (3PL), apparel, electronics, energy, manufacturing, and medicine. To provide localized service overseas, HAI Robotics has partnered with dozens of global logistics and supply…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.58
August 10, 2023
…display images of goods to be picked, calculate optimal navigation routes, and reduce required training time. LocusONE, a data science-driven platform for enterprise-wide AMR deployments, provides value by transforming complex information into actionable insights, said Locus. The automated system is GAMP 5 (Good Automated Manufacturing Practice)-validated and is certified for medical and pharmaceutical distribution. DHL said it “further cements DHL’s position as the market leader in life sciences and healthcare supply chains in Australia.” Cardinal Health, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical products, uses DHL for supply chain and logistics for its customers in Australia. “We’re glad to see…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.58
March 21, 2022
…expert staff and equipment including robotic total stations, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), and state-of-the-art software. Adams Surveying also provides realty scanning using drone technology. Microdrones helps verify pre-development In the first episode of the series, Josh Adams, a surveyor in training (SIT) and small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) pilot for Adams Surveying, explained how the company uses drones for site verification. “We’re using the drone to verify the roads, pads, and lots,” he said. “We can check the elevations to see how the contractors did versus the engineering plans, to verify that everything was built the way they wanted…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.58
March 21, 2023
…proximity field and to avoid collisions with obstacles during navigation Stereo Disparity for taking stereo input images and generating a disparity map of the input image for robot navigation Get started with the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit NVIDIA said developers can start prototyping their next-generation robotics and AI applications by preordering the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit and installing the latest NVIDIA JetPack. The full lineup of the NVIDIA Jetson Orin family of production modules is available now, including the Jetson AGX Orin Series, the Jetson Orin NX Series, and the Jetson Orin Nano Series. The Jetson…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.56
October 25, 2019
…tracking, allowing users to use eyesight itself as for navigation and selection (like a mouse or a pointer) to activate context-sensitive menus and commands. Replica equipment adds realism The Greenlight Insights paper also states, “enabling close interaction and naturalistic control via hand tracking is an important milestone for any AR system. These developments show the importance of bringing content into arms reach and point to the need to develop an optical interface that can effectively engage our visual system to give accurate depth cues.” In conversation with Greenlight Insights Analyst Ben Delaney, Joel Breton, President of Sixense Studios, Sixense, observed,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.56
October 05, 2021
…technology. This ensures 360-degree vision for precise and safe navigation and operations, claimed MiR. The MiR1350 is designed to comply with the industry’s latest safety standards, including ISO 3691-4 and ANSI/RIA R15.08-1-2020. Along with the MiR600 is the market’s first Ingress Protection52-rated AMR. The robot's components are protected against dust and water drops, ensuring an high performance level and reliable function at the end of production lines and in warehouses, said MiR. Partnership opens up AMRs for new applications CSi palletising, which successfully demonstrated its Taros offering built on the MIR1350 at Fachpack 2021 in Germany last week, has various…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.55
August 11, 2021
…company claimed that its robots include the most advanced navigation system in the industry and can adjust to their environments and reroute in real time. Vecna's proprietary Pivotal orchestration engine integrates with existing warehouse management systems for a coordinated approach that maximizes throughput, operational efficiency, and human-robot collaboration. Pivotal can simplify warehouse management by analyzing an organization’s operations in real time and adjusting processes accordingly, ensuring the right resource is in the right place at the right time, Vecna said. The company also provides round-the-clock, U.S.-based live support and proactive monitoring for 99%+ uptime. Partners to facilitate pallet handling Alta…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.55
September 17, 2024
…ROVR is powered by Brain Corp’s BrainOS Clean Suite navigation software. The companies recently signed an exclusive technology agreement for floorcare machines. Source: Tennant Company Andrey Martsenyuk, Brain Corp director of software engineering, said the company learned over time the nuances and intricacies of retail supply chain management, working with customers to find opportunities where robots can integrate into operations. “We learned of this problem from multiple retailers that we already had our cleaning robots at,” Martsenyuk said. “From a product and engineering perspective, it's really nice not to have to both come up with a solution and also come…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.54
June 20, 2021
…underlying hardware, with Pepper Premium+Nav also allowing for autonomous navigation, while Pepper Premium serves stationary applications. In the education and research market, RobotLAB offers Pepper and NAO with a curriculum to help students learn how to code and program the robots. Pepper Premium can be programmed using Python, C++, or a drag-and-drop interface, Choregraphe, while Pepper Premium+Nav can be programmed using Android Studio and Java. The Robot Control system is also available to customize programmability and cloud control as needed. Both versions can be managed by RobotLAB's cloud based, AI-powered Robot Control system. Robot Control allows customers to choose the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.54
February 21, 2023
…said Andrews. 'Mobile' becomes the operative word Enhancements to navigation and control now enable autonomous mobile robots to provide intelligent mobility to a range of industrial applications. “Collaborative robotic solutions are bridging the labor shortage gap by shortening warehouse coverage areas,” said Samay Kohli, co-founder and CEO of GreyOrange. “Some of these solutions include goods-to-person picking, zone transport and sortation, vertical height utilization, person-to-goods co-working bots, heavy payload transport, and robotic picking arms.” “Combined with multiagent orchestration platforms, collaborative robots are creating a balanced working environment, where workload and task needs are dynamically assigned to human operators and robots to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.53
March 30, 2022
…all driverless forklifts, not just those driven by BlueBotics navigation technology). However, that’s just 0.3% of the one million forklifts and lift trucks of all types which were deployed in that year. But that number is predicted to grow dramatically. The predicted growth of automated forklift systems Automated forklift system sales are predicted to grow by as much as 64.5% every year until 2028, according to market research firm Interact Analysis. This is a massive increase on the previous predicted growth rate of 20-25%. In fact, as soon as 2023, as much as 5% of the entire United States’ forklift…
