Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.80
March 05, 2023
…to restore buyer confidence after the first disillusionment. Source: Gain & Co 4. Seller-centric solution proposals The automation market is for the most part dominated by seller-centric solution proposals, that mostly specify what the automation solution is and not what it does for the customer. With the absence of clear goals and targets from the customer, the conversation with suppliers often becomes centered around the technical specifications of the solution in the language of the seller. This shifts the burden of proving the value of each solution away from the seller and onto the customer instead. Many businesses, especially those…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.47
March 01, 2023
…software suite allows customers to better supervise operations and gain deeper analytical insights. Moschella said the company has begun testing with a few third-party logistics customers (3PLs) alpha versions of the software that allow for greater collaboration between human agents and robots. He noted that the first application Vecna is exploring with the new version is case picking, which he said is “probably the highest-labor touch point in a distribution center.” Ideally, these new features should help reduce worker travel within a facility and better optimize a worker’s time, noted Moschella. At ProMat this month, Vecna plans to reveal which…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.53
February 28, 2023
…Robotics (also known as Holland Robotics) and independent advisor Gain & Co. The company reported that the number of robotics suppliers in the Netherlands “has grown significantly.” For each of the past 12 years, an average of 11 new companies was established in the Netherlands—a 57% increase from the number of businesses formed in the prior period. The study attributed this growth to factors including the country’s highly skilled workforce, a strong focus on innovation, and an increasing demand for automation from businesses experiencing labor shortages and competitive pressure. “There are a lot of up-and-coming robot and automation companies in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.26
December 30, 2022
…in our development pathway,” said Adam Sachs, CEO and co-founder of Vicarious Surgical. “I’d like to thank our employees, as well as our hospital system and surgeon partners for their contributions to this achievement. We look forward to further evolving the Beta 2 platform into our initial product offering.” As part of the Beta 2 Demonstration Day event, Dr. Belyansky reviewed intra-operative video of his recent cadaveric ventral hernia repair procedures in which he uses the Vicarious Surgical Beta 2 system. Belyansky, MD, chief of general surgery at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, has particular research interest in quality…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.71
December 29, 2022
…thousands of people in the U.S.,” said Yariv Bash, co-founder and CEO of Flytrex. “From delivering vital medication to remote locations, to dropping off chicken wings in suburban backyards, drone delivery companies progressed and expanded their operations, demonstrating to the public the immense potential for faster, more economical, and more sustainable rapid delivery,” he told Robotics 24/7. Flytrex this year partnered with Causey Aviation Unmanned, The Ice Cream Shop, Jersey Mike's, and Charley's Philly Steaks for services in North Carolina and Texas. In addition, Dronedek this week said it is piloting autonomous deliveries of blood samples between a hospital to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.71
December 21, 2022
…handle nearly 50,000 pieces daily, said the company. Such gains are becoming more common as more warehouses and logistics settings adopt automation. Along with e-commerce fulfillment centers and huge distribution centers, warehouses are busier than ever since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the tempo of e-commerce increases, so has demand for supply chain efficiency and resilience. This is driving the development of smarter and capable robots to move goods. Logistics robot ecosystem builds While some warehouses have automated, plenty still have not, according to research conducted by M14 Intelligence on the future of robotics in the warehouse. “More…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.30
December 14, 2022
…of Spain,” said Søren Peters, CEO of HowToRobot.com and Gain & Co. “It is definitely a market worth watching.” HowToRobot and Gain & Co. collaborated with AER Automation, the Spanish association for robotics and automation, on the study. Spain ranks 19th in the world in terms of robot density, with 167 robots per 10,000 human workers, said the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). Robotics suppliers can be found across Spain. Source: HowToRobot Spain is home to many integrators The report identified a total of 384 robotics and automation suppliers in Spain. The vast majority of them—65%—were integrators, with 11 %…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.99
November 20, 2022
…the AMRs,” said Mike Larson, chief operating officer and co-owner of Waytek. “They are able to multi-task while saving us floor space.” Waytek’s AMR fleet was fully installed and operational in three days. It consists of three Fetch CartConnect100 AMRs. The robots can position themselves under rolling mobile carts with shelves called FetchCarts to transport totes or materials. The system currently includes 32 carts. Waytek uses a handful of them to automate the transport of dunnage and recycling, though most are used to transport order totes to the put wall or to automatically move goods from receiving to drop off…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.36
November 14, 2022
…organizations integrate mobile robot fleets with additional systems to gain efficiencies. Most assistive-pick robots need to communicate with a WMS to obtain order data. Meanwhile other sites implement AMRs with automated conveyors, pack-out lines, or voice systems, especially for picking cases to larger AMRs. According to Fitzgerald, 6 River Systems’ partner program supports integration with systems such as automatic box builders, autobaggers, and vertical lift modules. In some cases, AMR solutions might integrate with a manufacturing execution system (MES) or enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. The need to simplify integration of multiple robots with WMSes has given rise to new…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.48
November 03, 2022
…help give girls in high school the opportunity to gain hands-on technical skills and learn about the robotics industry. This is the third time MassRobotics is putting on the program. Jumpstart focuses on many technical areas, from programming to design and simulation, to hands-on building, prototyping and testing, according to MassRobotics. A key part of the Jumpstart program is making sure these young women feel confident and empowered to enter the STEM field, it said. MassRobotics partners and other MA robotics companies will take part in program The curriculum includes participation from MassRobotics' partners and other companies in the Massachusetts…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.42
October 28, 2022
…runs the lab at Johns Hopkins,” said Dave Saunders, co-founder and chief technology officer of Galen Robotics. “Doctors asked for robots for complex, soft-tissue procedures, which gave rise to a Ph.D. project and our first prototype in 2016.” “When you look at the history of surgical robots, there are two veins of early research into stable navigation,” Saunders told Robotics 24/7. “The first is a very stable platform, where the features of the body are static for the length of the procedure, such as Lasik eye surgery,” he explained. “They could also see large bones or mount tacking devices on…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.03
October 26, 2022
…conducted by the Robotics Society in Finland, independent advisors Gain & Co., and online marketplace HowToRobot.com. “The integrators in Finland are automating things that no one else is willing to do,” Latokartano said. “They are crazy enough to do it – and succeed.” Robots laser-clean fighter jets Examples of the niche applications that robotic companies in Finland are taking on include laser cleaning of body parts for the F-35 combat aircraft, arc welding of cruise ships, and robotic waste sorting using machine learning (see below). Automating such complicated tasks requires special knowledge to be a profitable investment, according to Søren…
