Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.44
May 17, 2021
…a “drone-in-a-box” turnkey data solution service under a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) business model. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in January approved Scout as the first system for automated beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations with no humans on-site. The company said this approval gives it an exclusive first-mover advantage to unlock the commercial drone market by overcoming the need for costly visual observers to be on the ground during every drone flight. With humans removed from the field and data processing achieved at the edge, users can reduce data-acquisition costs by more than tenfold, said AR. American Robotics said Scout System…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.15
May 14, 2021
…has looked at how robotics as a service or RaaS might work for paying for robotic lift trucks. However, the model can get complicated and isn’t really needed given the attractive equipment leasing rates that exist and relatively short payback timeframes for AMRs, said Sullivan. AutoGuide says its “mobile ASRS” approach uses mobile robots and autonomous forklifts to be competitive with ASRS. Source: AutoGuide Robotics steppingstone Perry Ardito, general manager of the Warehouse & Automation Products Group at Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas, also expects strong growth for automated lift trucks. He agreed that many customers will phase them in by using…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.18
May 14, 2021
…robots working together.” “Logistics companies just happen to use robots. This new wave of organizations—we're enablers,” said Inggs. “Robotics-as-a-service [RaaS] providers are trying to get as much off the shelf as they can and assemble the smartest bits from the smartest providers.” The days of unified, easy-to-use tools for managing semi-autonomous drones, AMRs, remote-controlled trucks—and people—in a warehouse may not be here just yet, but they're coming soon.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.54
May 07, 2021
…managers need multiple services. ViaBot claimed that its robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) modular approach to addressing multiple needs in facilities maintenance and management is the first of its kind. “We're excited to announce our public launch to scale our robots-as-a-service for property management,” stated Ratanaphanyarat, co-founder and CEO of ViaBot. “We founded ViaBot with a mission to address the dirty, dull and dangerous jobs of outdoor work, and we're thrilled that our multifunctional robots are offering better solutions to the challenges facing property managers today.” RUNO is designed to clean and automatically dump its debris as well as autonomously “hot swap” batteries,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.53
May 04, 2021
…technology that were previously needed.” Source: JASCI SaaS and RaaS JASCI claimed that it is an innovation leader in warehouse management software as a service (SaaS). It said its SaaS platform is powered by SmartTask, a patented technology that makes it easier to adapt changes, optimize, and implement workflows. The company said its multi-tenant, multi-location and multi-lingual SaaS platform is available in 80 languages for deployments worldwide. JASCI added that its cloud-native architecture uses Oracle’s autonomous cloud to help businesses grow and scale. “Robotics as a service [RaaS] is on our radar, as it can provide attractive ROIs [returns on…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.39
April 28, 2021
…of that.” While BotX is available through a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) rental model, Cobot Welder will be available for direct purchase starting in the U.S. and Canada, said Goldiez. “We have transparent pricing: An integrated package is $72,000 delivered, with a $70,000 option if the customer already has a table,” he said. “There's a $3,600-per-year software subscription that unlocks the ability to teach and edit welds.” What sorts of companies will use Cobot Welder? “We've heard from the market that a lot of folks want this,” Goldiez replied. “The size of customers runs the gamut. We build for the needs of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.23
April 23, 2021
…for everybody from software, electrical, and mechanical engineers to supply chain people and IT systems to support our robotics-as-a-service [RaaS] offerings.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.13
April 20, 2021
…quick to deploy and can be acquired through robotics-as-a-service (RaaS), with very limited setup costs. “Just get started, and don’t be fearful of disruption,” said Faulk. Locus Robotics’ collaborative multi-robot picking system uses existing storage and shelf infrastructure, he added. The Locus bots can reduce worker travel and increase the picking productivity by a factor of two or more, Faulk claimed. Thus, picking requires little or no change to storage, though it does typically call for some consideration of the impact of greater productivity on downstream processes, such as pack-out stations, he said. Such assessments can be done without getting…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.33
April 16, 2021
…Robotics' partnership with GreyOrange. We've also covered inVia's Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) offerings, Vecna Robotics' Pivotal orchestration software, and Caja Robotics' work with Advanced Handling Systems. Companies supplying robots for supply chain and automation raised more than $1.7 billion last quarter. Why all the interest around AMRs? Thanks to technical advances, they can improve safety, productivity, and serve in different functions, explained Mike Harper, vice president of sales and marketing at Chelmsford, Mass.-based AutoGuide. “With our MAX-N AMRs, not only can facility operators feel confident the robots they’re deploying can work safely around their employees, but they can also know that these…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.29
April 14, 2021
…system (WES) software, hardware, and services through a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) model. inVia Logic incorporates the PickMate software, human pickers, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and the remote operations center (ROC), said Elazary. “We can see a plan in five different dimensions —in both space and time—and know when someone has paused. It can route robots around, reducing bottlenecks for orders and items,” he said. “This solves the 'job shop' problem from computer science: How can you reorganize jobs to minimize Idle time? You can make a plan, but then it changes. inVia's systems can adapt to the current situation and understand…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.70
April 12, 2021
…like our new counterbalanced truck.” Pandemic causes shift to RaaS “Early in 2020, everyone hit the 'pause button' for a couple of months, and we re-evaluated our business model,” Huerta told Robotics 24/7. “We were strongly in the capex [capital expenditures] model, but during periods of uncertainty, people hold onto capital.” “We're one of the first in the market offering robotics as a service, or RaaS, for big robots,” he added. “This allows us to unlock opex, or operational expenses, and it allowed us to build out our fleet for applications into 2021. We didn't have to change much—we already…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.13
April 09, 2021
…SoftBank Robotics. It has offered them through a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model. In addition, the company makes networking equipment, cloud-based vending machines, smart joint actuators, and temperature measurement systems that can be mounted on stationary or mobile devices to detect symptoms of illness. CloudMinds said it has served more than 80 hospitals and clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although many industry analysts acknolwedge that humanoid robots with general artificial intelligence are a ways off, the ability to connect to the cloud is widely viewed as a way to add capabilities to devices with limited on-board computing capacity. CloudMinds caught in U.S.-China…
