Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.36
Honeywell Intelligrated & The Apparel Logistics Group Honeywell Intelligrated has partnered with The Apparel Logistics Group – a leading provider of third-party logistics (3PL) and order fulfillment services for apparel, footwear, and accessories – to more than triple its daily e-commerce order output by installing new automated material handling solutions. Honeywell’s technology and support services will help to: Increase productivity at the company’s shipping dock, maximizing uptime Expand e-commerce parcel shipping capabilities, which currently afford retailers one-day turnaround Ensure accuracy while expanding value-added service capacity, including returns management and order customization The Signed Honeywell Intelligrated & The Apparel Logistics Group…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.35
Picking robot maker RightHand Robotics this week announced that online pharmacy Apotea is now using its RightPick 3 Item-Handling System at its facility in Morgongåva, Sweden. Apotea ships more than 1 million parcels per month on average. During the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for order fulfillment skyrocketed. To keep up with order volume, Apotea invested in RightHand Robotics’ RightPick 3 platform to accelerate its e-commerce business and provide Swedish consumers quicker access to medication and other non-prescription products. Sommerville, Mass.-based RightHand Robotics said it will support Apotea’s increasing demand from customers who shop online and need reliable, direct, and convenient delivery…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.35
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and MassRobotics today announced the AMD Robotics Innovation Challenge winners. The challenge aimed to explore the benefits and advantages of AMD Kria System on Modules, or SOMs, in integrating adaptive computing into robotics projects. Participants submitted how they would work with the AMD Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit, and the winners will use it to produce innovations, said the partners. “We’d like to extend hearty congratulations to the winners of the inaugural AMD Robotics Innovation Challenge,” said Chetan Khona, senior director of industrial, vision, healthcare, and sciences markets at AMD, in a press release. “Working together…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.32
With all the trade media coverage of goods-to-person, shuttle-based case handling systems in e-commerce and parcel shipping order fulfillment applications recently, you might think that automated pallet storage with a unit load automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) is no longer a popular solution. That’s not the case with viastore’s customers, however. Multiple companies, including Americold, the leading global third-party logistics (3PL) provider of temperature-controlled warehousing, and Ukrainian food processing company Myronivsky Hliboproduct have implemented automated pallet storage as a means to handle slow- to medium-moving products. These crane-based systems are ideal for reserve storage of items destined to replenish…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.30
Berkshire Grey Inc. today announced the general availability of its Robotic Shuttle Product Sortation, or RSPS, system for order fulfillment. The Bedford, Mass.-based company said RSPS supports the filling of e-commerce orders through stores and in-person shopping by automating store replenishment, allocation order processing, split-case cross docking, sortation, and packing. E-commerce sales are increasingly being fulfilled by brick-and-mortar stores, noted Berkshire Grey. In 2021, more than 80% of all retail sales, including e-commerce, will come from brick-and-mortar stores, according to Insider Intelligence eMarketer. Retailers are driving growth by aligning online and in-store customer experiences, improving selections, and adding deals to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.26
Vargo, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, is announcing the opening of a sixth office, this time in Mason, Ohio, and changes to the company’s leadership team. The growing company has also recently hired 11 new associates. Vargo has promoted Bart Cera, who joined the company in 2006, to president. Cera will retain the title of chief operating officer, as well. Since he joined the company, Cera has provided strategic financial and operational direction for Vargo’s business goals and has been responsible for developing corporate strategies and…
Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 8.24
Even as retailers and supply chains grapple with labor shortages for the seasonal bursts, help is on the way in the form of more automation. The e-commerce boom of the past few years demonstrated the need for flexibility, workforce augmentation, and speed, regardless of the season. This free download examines how automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and autonomous lift trucks are racing to meet these demands. New designs include heavier capacity, greater reach, and hybrid driving features. In addition, fleet management software is also evolving to manage more than just one type of system at a time.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.20
MonarchFx, a Tompkins International company, has partnered with leading supply chain solutions provider NFI to select the first Rapid Deployment MonarchFx Center (RDMC), located in Chino, Calif. The RDMC is embedded within the NFI distribution center campus, having the capacity to provide 19 million consumers with same-day delivery, 22 million with one-day delivery, and 51 million with two-day delivery. Executives from MonarchFx and NFI came together recently to sign the agreement to begin implementation of the RDMC. The Chino location is the first of five locations around the United States, slated to open within the next six months. The Chino…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.20
Geekplus Technology Co. this week announced its mobile robots have been successfully deployed at a 13,500 sq. ft. fulfillment center in Croydon, U.K., owned by British online retailer RangePlus Ltd. The Beijing-based company said RangePlus now has the firepower to compete with larger actors in the growing e-commerce sector. The Geek+ goods-to-person solution is running 24/7 in RangePlus's fulfillment center with 243,000 SKUs and handles over 250,000 orders per year. Established in 2014, RangePlus stocks a diverse range of around 4,000 SKUs across toiletries, cosmetics, confectionary, and grocery products. ‘System is paying for itself,’ says RangePlus The new automated storage…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.15
…at SoftBank Robotics, where he focused on technologies for micro-fulfillment centers in the 7,500 to 10,000 square foot range. Pallets of plants are moved by conveyor into the main grow area. Source: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images for Peerless Media. Optimizing automation According to Frankert, who joined the organization two years ago, Bowery Farming realized from the outset that software, technology, and automation Once plants are ready, they are harvested (top), and sorted and conveyed to packing (middle and bottom). Source: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images for Peerless Media. would be key to its success. If you look up photos of vertical farming, most…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.10
Mujin will showcase its unique robotic offerings for streamlining case flows for warehouses at MODEX 2024. The live demonstrations at the Mujin booth will include its truck/container unloader TruckBot, which will feed into two robotic palletizing cells that sort and palletize the inbound freight. Mujin will demonstrate its mixed-case depalletizing offering for any warehouse receiving mixed pallets. The company will also unveil a new order fulfillment product, Robotic Case Picking, that marks a leap forward in logistics efficiency for forward fulfillment. Advances in outbound logistics automation, order fulfillment “We’re here to show the big impact the latest innovations in robotics…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.10
Vecna Robotics, a leader in next-generation mobile robotics, and RightHand Robotics, a leader in robotic picking systems, have announced a collaboration to improve the performance of e-commerce order fulfillment. According to a release, the partnership will offer best-in-class solutions to simplify intralogistics and material handling challenges. “We’re excited to have this robust and cost-effective solution become available to all Vecna Robotics and RightHand Robotics customers through this collaboration,” said John Hayes, vice president of sales and marketing at Vecna Robotics. “RightHand has best-in-class piece-picking technology, while Vecna Robotics has best-in-class autonomous mobility,” he added. “Both companies have a shared vision…