Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.28
August 30, 2021
Online retailers, grocery chains, and manufacturers are looking to get the most productivity out of limited or expensive real estate. A number of automation providers have emerged to serve this need, but one challenge is distinguising their unique value proposition. Attabotics last week filed a claim in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts against Urbx Logistics alleging that it violated its patents. “Attabotics has a robust and growing portfolio of cutting-edge intellectual property, including patented technology for its unique robotics storage, retrieval, and delivery systems, and [it] is dedicated to ensuring it protects its intellectual property diligently and to the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.84
December 23, 2021
…with Meituan, Alibaba DAMO Academy, and Dmall, the on-demand grocery delivery unit of supermarket chain Wumart. Such logistics vehicles are now delivering groceries to residents for Dmall in the district of Shunyi, Beijing and transporting e-commerce parcels at universities for Alibaba in cities such as Wuhan, in Hubei province, and Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Haomo claimed that its 5,000-sq.-m (53,819.5-sq.-ft.) plant in Baoding, Hebei province, is the biggest of its kind worldwide in terms of production capacity. Great Wall Motor is using Haomo's autonomy technology in vehicles ranging from SUVs to commercial trucks. Source: GWM Meituan, Qualcomm help create new unicorn…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.50
August 18, 2023
Shoppers can expect to see more robots in grocery stores soon. Simbe Robotics Inc. yesterday announced that Wakefern Food Corp. will expand its deployment of Simbe's Tally inventory system to additional ShopRite stores after a successful pilot. “Tally has proven to be the ideal shelf-intelligence solution for our members, as it’s been able to roll right into our technology ecosystem, sending real-time shelf condition data directly to retail associates’ handheld devices,” said Charles J. McWeeney, vice president of technology, innovation, and strategy at Wakefern. “With timely, consistent, and accurate product data from Tally, our in-store mobile application presents a prioritized…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.40
January 03, 2022
…deliver items ranging from convenience goods, e-commerce packages, and groceries to auto parts, electronics, and medical supplies for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) applications. Reservations and pilots as Transporter rolls out Udelv said it already has more than 1,000 reservations, including from U.S.-based Donlen and Europe-based Planzer and Ziegler Group. The U.S. Air Force also awarded the company a contract for a pilot program at Edwards Air Force Base in California. “The Transporters will dramatically improve the efficiency and safety of last- and middle-mile delivery services and make deliveries affordable for everyone and everything from electronics and auto parts to…
Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 14.05
September 12, 2023
…Conversely, Person-to-Goods AMRs support associates as they travel through the aisles, picking needed items like a shopper in the grocery store. This whitepaper compares the two styles to help operations determine which type works best in their application. Which Type Works Best for Your Warehouse Application?
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.94
September 14, 2023
…“Ground deliveries may be the way to go for groceries, but if you just need diapers, sunblock, or a few tomatoes for dinner, we provide the unit economics of an e-bike versus that of driving a truck,” he asserted. “We're in talks with retailers [for situations such as] if a customer needs to return a T-shirt.” Flytrex can deliver groceries and other goods directly to customers' yards. Source: Flytrex Flytrex continues collaborations, policy work Since launching what it said was “the world’s first autonomous drone delivery system” in 2017 in Reykjavik, Iceland, Flytrex has worked closely with regulators. The company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.66
January 31, 2023
…to provide cold-chain fulfillment systems that serve the retail grocery industry in North America and Europe. The companies said they will combine stow Robotics' automation expertise with Phononic's solid-state active cooling technology to design, develop, and scale systems, particularly for grocery automated fulfillment centers. “stow Robotics is thrilled to work with Phononic and welcome their cooling technology and design solutions into our scalable automation work with key customers in North America and Europe,” stated Brian Keiger, director of business development and marketing at stow Robotics. “We have a unique technology that fits nicely in the gap between other automation solutions…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.54
October 14, 2021
The average consumer spends about 60 hours grocery shopping per year. Hours spent in an environment that raises alarms for both germaphobes and public health experts. UVD Robots yesterday said it has partnered with OCC Commercial Consulting to offer hospital-grade disinfection systems for supermarkets, providing a safe shopping experience for employees and customers. “We look forward to partnering with OCC to help the retail sector quickly address COVID-19 contamination concerns while supporting long-term strategies for more effective infection prevention,” stated Per Juul Nielsen, CEO of UVD Robots. It is the company's first deal in the food and beverage market. UVD…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.49
March 15, 2024
…One’s new depalletization feature can address customer needs in grocery fulfillment, including the demand for increased SKU entitlement for shrink-wrapped cartons and trays. The new capabilities help overcome a longstanding technical challenge faced when automating the depalletization process: accurately distinguishing between groups of densely packed, shrink-wrapped food and beverage items. To tackle this issue, Plus One Robotics has developed new vision capabilities and AI to accurately identify different product configurations, streamlining the depalletization process and optimizing picking accuracy. This feature is robot-agnostic and designed to work with any of Plus One’s system integrator partners’ depalletization systems, offering an immediate solution…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.16
April 04, 2017
…“piece-picking.” With RightPick, businesses can reduce the cost and improve the reliability of e-commerce order fulfillment for pharmaceuticals, electronics, grocery, apparel and countless other industries. As e-commerce continues to grow, the trend is away from bulk or pallet-load handling toward single SKUs and piecemeal items. Unlike traditional factory robots, RightPick handles thousands of different items using a machine learning backend coupled with a sensorized robot hand that works in concert with all industry-leading robotic arms. “The supply chain of the future is more about pieces than pallets,” said Leif Jentoft, co-founder. “RightHand can help material handling, 3PLs and e-commerce warehouses…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.95
November 28, 2022
…and shoppers to entertain consumers while they shop for groceries.” The company said it has over 50 other business partners in Europe and has worked with oil refining conglomerate Shell to deploy robots at automated service stations in Poland. PUDU's robots are also used in the stores of electronics retailer Media Markt in Poland, McDonald's in Slovenia, Pizza Hut, and KFC in Poland. “The popularity of BellaBot means that customers welcome innovation, and we are ramping up our effort to bring our smart delivery bots to more consumers in Europe,” said Pudu Robotics founder and CEO Felix Zhang. Earlier this…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.59
February 22, 2023
…time,” said Hjalmar Van Raemdonck, head of digital system solutions at ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions division. 'More parcels or groceries will be delivered on time with less vehicles to ensure efficient delivery operations and the best customer experience,” he added. “Our collaboration with Clevon brings a unique combination of next-generation mobility technologies to the market of last-mile delivery.” The integration of ZF SCALAR will allow Clevon to focus on its core competence and the development of autonomous driving functionality and, at the same time, build courier fleets to test its technology and scale its worldwide operations.
