Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.94
March 14, 2023
Warehouse professionals are under pressure—with more products, faster delivery times, and less staff, supply chains must operate more efficiently than ever before. They must be flexible and scalable but also cost-efficient. Körber Supply Chain offers a suite to help businesses respond to today’s demands, optimizing floor operations, transportation, processing, fulfillment, and staff safety. Making robotics a reality: Körber’s 3-step AMR rollout Fixed warehouse infrastructure has been a staple of the logistics sector for more than a decade now. However, despite the benefits of streamlining key logistics processes through fixed automation hardware, the flaws lie in its inflexibility and costly implementation.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.94
February 01, 2018
…and increase service levels to support same-day and next-day delivery,” says Benavides. “As significant, automation can increase storage density and reduce labor overheads, giving companies more strategic freedom in their network footprint decisions.” On-demand delivery Ride-hailing services have disrupted transportation industries in many cities around the world. The same concept—using smart software to match supply and demand in real time—is now being applied in logistics. Companies can use online auction systems to buy and sell space on trucks, pushing utilization up and costs down. Uber launched a trucking-industry version of its service in early 2017. As well as matching loads…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.92
April 06, 2017
…tractor-trailer truck drivers who focus on long-haul journeys to delivery truck drivers who carry lighter loads and navigate local streets. Read APICS Blog: Truck Drivers (Still) Wanted Not surprisingly, many of these drivers are not simply sitting behind the wheel all day on auto drive. They also inspect their freight loads, fix equipment, make deliveries, and perform other non-routinized tasks. Standardized data verify this non-routinized conception of truck-driving. The Department of Labor’s O*NET database shows how truck drivers have a lower “degree of automation” compared to most occupations nationally. On a scale of 0 (not at all automated) to 100…
Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 5.88
June 22, 2021
…functionality can be proven in a demonstration. Deployment & Delivery: Provides you with the information to ensure that the vendor(s) you are working are equipped to deliver the solution you require and provide the requisite level of professional services and integration to deliver for any future growth potential. Support: Post implementation support is critical to maintain operational continuity. This section covers the level and capability of the vendor relative to its support policies. Safety and Compliance: AMR technologies operate on the floor of the warehouse—in concert with humans and other pieces of equipment. Therefore, safety and adherence to geography-specific certifications/standards…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.87
August 30, 2021
…one.” Nuro has developed electric autonomous vehicles (AVs) to delivery items from produce to prescriptions to customers' homes. The company has provided its delivery services to communities in Texas, Arizona, and California. Nuro, BYD to scale up production Nuro said its new factory is “the industry’s first end-of-line manufacturing facility in America with the capacity to manufacture tens of thousands of delivery vehicles.” It will have 125,000 sq. ft. of space and over 80 acres of property development. The company said it is partnering with BYD North America, one of the largest OEM networks of electric vehicles in the world.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.87
September 27, 2017
…companies are also facing increasing pressures on cost and delivery times from rapidly changing consumer demands. For employees, these changes demand increased productivity rates and hours. Additionally, many in the warehouse workforce still spend most of their time walking from one item to the next. The result is unhappy employees with turnover rates harmful to businesses. According to the company. robotics in the warehouse and distribution center is at a tipping point. Its products address these concerns by letting robots do both the walking and picking, freeing workers to focus on more value-added activities. In the warehouse automation market, current…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.86
September 26, 2023
…to automation, increase efficiency, and control costs with cleaning, delivery, and customer-service robots throughout the Charlotte area. Franchisees to provide local service RobotLAB’s newest partners first learned about the company’s franchise opportunity during a trade show in Charlotte. They said they recognized the program's innovation, organized support structure, and exclusive territories. The cousins have nearly two decades of retail and hospitality experience, which they said qualifies them to educate interested business owners on the operational and financial benefits of robot integration. The agreement will allow the Patels to deliver RobotLAB services including sales, tailored programming, onsite integration, and repairs. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.86
May 28, 2023
…6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. while still promising next-day deliveries. NEXT uses robots for picking, sorting Enderby, England-based NEXT claimed that it is the largest clothing retailer by sales in the U.K. The company has around 700 stores, of which about 500 are in the U.K., and 200 are across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In 45,000 sq. m (484,375.9 sq. ft.) of warehouse space, 250 Geek+ autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) handle both goods-to-person picking and order-sorting processes for NEXT's e-commerce operations.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.80
August 23, 2022
…logistics and in 2021 launched a fully driverless commercial delivery service with Walmat. It has raised $121.6 million since its founding in 2017, according to Crunchbase. Cummins software to be used on Gatik’s Isuzu FTR fleet The plan is that the integration will increase the reliability and functionality of the trucks' autonomous system while at the same improving fuel efficiency. The trucks will be used to carry out orders in Gatik's short-haul, B2B delivery routes. “Cummins is excited to integrate its power train solution with Gatik’s automated driving system,” said Michael Taylor, general manager global power train integration, Cummins. “Cummins…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.80
September 12, 2023
…fulfill orders of single-picked items for same-day or next-day delivery. This design makes the technology suitable for distributed warehouse networks in urban areas, asserted Fabric. By putting goods closer to population centers, retailers can cut shipping costs and expedite delivery times, it noted. Final preparations are under way, and Maersk said it expects the site to be fully operational this fall in support of an online B2C retailer. Fabric relies on experience with retailers “With our proven track record of operating our state-of-the-art facilities for the past five years, we have honed our capabilities to make each piece of the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.79
April 11, 2023
…the Type-X Robotic Combat Vehicle and the MIFIK autonomy kit. It said it eight NATO members have already taken deliveries of THeMIS, including Estonia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the U.K, and the U.S. Milrem is also the leader of the integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System (iMUGS) consortium in charge of developing a European standardized UGV funded by the European Commission’s European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP).
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.78
October 26, 2021
…retailers. This trend will only continue, as the same-day delivery market in the U.S. is poised to grow by $9.82 billion over the next four years, predicted Research and Markets. Despite this surge in consumer demand, fulfillment capacity has struggled to keep up, and finding and retaining labor remains a costly bottleneck. “At the center of this perfect storm of e-commerce is Fabric and our ability to enable on-demand retail at profitable unit economics,” said Elram Goren, co-founder and CEO of Fabric. “While we use the term ‘robocorn’ a bit tongue in cheek, we see this milestone as a real…
