Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.22
August 29, 2021
…first grocer in the world to use artificial intelligence-powered inventory management technology at scale. “We are facing a ‘new normal’ in the grocery industry, and Tally has been instrumental to ensuring we continue to provide an exceptional store experience while rising to meet new operational challenges,” stated Dave Steck, vice president of IT infrastructure and application development at Schnuck Markets. “By deploying Tally to all stores, we are fully operationalizing these insights into our supply chain and expanding our ability to leverage real-time data to make revenue impacting decisions,” he said. “Tally has become an integral component of our stores,…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 11.04
August 27, 2021
Simbe Robotics said it is the global leader in automation systems that give retailers unprecedented visibility and insight into the state of their store environments, while improving inventory and operational challenges. Simbe is a privately held, venture-backed company, and it works with major worldwide retailers and brands across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.29
August 27, 2021
…system's own function as well as the status of inventory and pizzas in preparation. “We track more than 30 things, including freezer and oven temperature,” explained Kenealy. “Every motor emits a certain pitch when operating at the correct level. We want to be up and running all the time.” Basil Street past pilot phase Basil Street recently completed a pilot program of its APKs in California, Texas, North Carolina, and Nevada., and it plans to deploy 50 units this fall and expand to 100 APKs by year's end. The company is looking at locations such as airports, college and university…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.19
August 24, 2021
…warehouses and e-commerce fulfillment centers. Key challenges include high-SKU inventories, complex packaging, and fragile items requiring delicate handling. OSARO added that its systems can enable logistics operators to automate and scale order fulfillment, inventory induction and extraction, sortation, and singulation. The company said its automation can be integrated with automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), conveyor systems, and other materials handling equipment. In addition, OSARO claimed that its technology has been validated by the world’s top retailers, systems integrators, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs). OSARO to scale up Octave Ventures led OSARO's Series C round, which…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.05
August 23, 2021
…performance metrics such as shorter dock-to-stock cycles and improved inventory accuracy, said ABI. This is thanks to successful deployment of various automation and vision-based systems in their day-to-day operations, it found. Combining systems for results “In addition to robots, warehouse operators should be seeking to combine the value of multiple solutions across the fulfillment workflow to achieve desired results,” explained Luitel. “There is also a need for operators to look beyond productivity and assess how technologies affect worker satisfaction and safety, worker comfort, energy consumption, distance traveled, and error rates.” For example, “pick-by-vision” solutions from augmented reality (AR) vendors such…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.58
August 19, 2021
…expansive reach within North America and its sizeable equipment inventory,” said Scott Hopper, executive vice president of corporate and business development at Sarcos Robotics. “We are very excited to start this partnership, through which we hope to increase the productivity of a wide variety of customers requiring remote inspection and surveillance capabilities, while simultaneously removing workers from potentially hazardous situations.” Sarcos Corp. said it has developed industrial robots that augment human performance by combining human intelligence and judgment with the strength and endurance of machines to enhance employee safety and productivity. Its products include exoskeletons and mobile robots. The Salt…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.35
August 19, 2021
…danger height.” “These functions protect your people, other trucks, inventory and other equipment like racking” Hess added. “They can help improve safety, and also productivity, because it gives the operators a high degree of confidence.” Another advancement, Hess pointed out, is Yale’s “Operator Sensing System” on the floor of some of its newer models, which uses lasers to detect the presence of the operator. These optical sensors do away with the traditional “dead-man” pedals on the floor, allowing the operator freedom of movement. Automation helps DCs face order deluge The cumulative effect of such features is that operators are fresher,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.26
August 04, 2021
…their customers. This includes quickly adding new locations, optimizing inventory routing, and adding new shipping carriers. For us to be able to do this, we need to partner with providers that can operate with a similar level of agility. Locus was a perfect fit due to their ability to move quickly and scale up as needed, whether that be adding new bots to existing facilities or deploying bots to new facilities, often in just weeks. In addition, Locus’ performance dashboards and reporting capabilities allow us to monitor productivity and manage workflows in real time, right in the warehouse. Are you…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.37
August 01, 2021
…managing the production line. Data is being aggregated for inventory tracking, real-time production, predictive analytics, in-line quality testing, real-time adaptation to shifting customer demands, and more. We’re now able to provide significant business intelligence to customers by first synthesizing all this data and helping customers to visualize and understand their own data streams. Labor shortage remains the primary driver for adoption of automation It’s not because of any specific use case or task that companies are embracing automation. It’s not because of emerging technologies. It’s primarily because of labor shortage — human capital is scarce in developed nations to fill…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.00
July 26, 2021
…store, but also replenishing the MFCs with its own inventory.” “We're building a very large, fully robotized replenishment system for a U.S. grocer right now that goes live in August,” said KNAPP in the study. “That system is being deployed to not only replenish stores, but also the e-grocery network too. They realized that there are supply chain challenges, and you're not necessarily only adding new customers with e-grocery, but you’re also adding supply chain complexity. So grocers also need to find upstream productivity gains to offset the costs of e-grocery.” “We see the U.S. changing much faster than other…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.53
July 23, 2021
From materials handling to inventory and floor cleaning, autonomous mobile robots are finding more uses beyond factories and warehouses. Brain Corp. has developed the BrainOS software-as-a-service offering to provide autonomy and reporting features to more than 16,000 robots and logged over 4.9 million hours of operation. The San Diego, Calif.-based company was founded in 2009, and its customers include Walmart, Kroger, and the Mall of America. Denver Public Schools, one of the largest school districts in the U.S., plans to use Tennant Co. floor scrubbers with BrainOS, starting with 14 buildings. Brain recently hired Jon Thomason as its new chief…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.81
July 20, 2021
…complex environments. Geek+ added that its AMRs can organize inventory based on real-time demand and move shelves and pallets of ordered goods to picking stations, where employees will finalize the process guided by a user-friendly interface. In comparison with warehouses reliant on manual operations, the systems can improve picking accuracy and efficiency by 300%, claimed the company. In addition, Geek+ said it has developed systems for industries including e-commerce, apparel, retail, logistics, third-party logistics (3PL), pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. It added that it has 300 global customers and has deployed more than 10,000 robots worldwide. R&D at HKSTP Geek+ said its…
