Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.15
March 20, 2022
…leading technologies across the industry, including automatic guided vehicles [AGVs], AMRs, conveyors, sorters, WMS and e-commerce shipping platforms, to name a few,” said T.J. Fanning, vice president of growth at SVT Robotics. “By prebuilding the connectors, we can integrate multiple robotic and automation systems, build solution sets, validate them, and then have them in CJ Logistics’ toolbox so they can be redeployed to other customers.” Softbot handles orchestration SVT's platform also handles orchestration decisions so that, for instance, a task for pallet movement on the dock can be assigned to an EPT rather than an AFL if it just involves…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.15
May 14, 2021
…vehicles, the analyst firm looked at automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) technology and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Through 2028, Interact Analysis predicts a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 64.5% for robotic lift trucks, up from a rate in the 20% to 25% range the past couple of years, according to Sharma. The relentless pressure to find further costs efficiencies, as well as a higher level of safety for automated lift trucks, are key drivers, he said. “Like other automation areas, one of the key drivers is cost savings,” said Sharma. “A company will invest in automated trucks that do cost…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.15
December 02, 2019
…long time, automated guide carts and vehicles (AGC and AGV) have been in use. They are infrastructure dependent, meaning that they follow a fixed infrastructure, such as conductive wire or magnetic tape, in going from A to B. They are reliable and trusted to handle all manner of payloads. Their installation is however time-consuming, and their workflow is difficult to adapt. Consequently, as a technology, they are on shaky ground, unless they adapt. This is because the technology is evolving towards more autonomous and infrastructure-independent navigation. We forecast that they will tend towards obsolescence and increasingly become confined to ever…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.15
February 08, 2021
…for many organizations, and include AR, IOT/Sensors, robotics, blockchain, AGVs, drones, AI/ML and voice recognition. The first step to creating the warehouse of the future is to answer the million-dollar question: What do your customers value most when they engage with your business to meet their needs? The answer to that question can tilt the customer to you compared to your competition, and build a long-term loyal, mutually beneficial relationship. The cost of the product and shipment are the basic sources of customer value. Beyond that, typical sources of customer value delivered by a warehouse stem from transaction-linked capabilities that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.14
December 28, 2020
…as inclusive of vehicles based on automatic guided vehicle (AGV) technology or those that use autonomous navigation. Through 2028, Interact Analysis predicts a compound annual growth rate of 64.5% for robotic lift trucks, up from a rate in the 20% to 25% range the last couple of years, according to Sharma. The relentless pressure to find further costs efficiencies, as well as a higher level of safety for automated lift trucks, are key drivers. “Like other automation areas, one of the key drivers is cost savings,” says Sharma. “A company will invest in automated trucks that do cost more upfront,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.13
July 22, 2020
…and retrieval systems (AS/RS), mini-load systems, automatic guided vehicles (AGVs), lots of conveyor and sortation, and other tools. It looked great in the PowerPoint, but it didn’t make financial sense. It also wasn’t flexible. The lesson? “The warehouse of the future has to be more modular, scalable, and economical, especially for a multi-client facility,” Clements says. That takeaway has been reinforced by trends in the SMB e-commerce market and the environment created by the pandemic. “We have to be able to react quickly to shifts in demand,” he says. “That alone is driving how we think about warehouse design and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.12
May 15, 2022
…introduced mobile robots to the industry. They were to AGVs [automated guided vehicles] what go-karts are to Formula 1 race cars: small vehicles designed to move small loads. But what really distinguished them is that they had unique guidance systems that didn’t require fixed paths, such as magnetic tape on the floor or reflectors and lasers, to find their way around the facility. Instead, they could learn to find their way to almost any spot in a facility. Like ATLs (autonomous truck-loading vehicles), they were the buzz of the show, even if no one quite knew what to do with…
