Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.82
March 06, 2024
…presenters included integrators and end users such as Brightpick, InOrbit, the Mayo Clinic, Netrush, RightHand Robotics, Staples, SVT Robotics, and Vanderlande. Representatives from leading global companies attended, including Amazon, DHL Supply Chain, FedEx, General Electric, GXO Logistics, Moderna, Siemens, Target, Toyota, and UPS. In addition, the 2023 keynote session focused on how clothing provider Ariat International reimagined its operations by automating its warehouses. Matthew S. Hardenberg, vice president of distribution for Ariat International, was joined by John Santagate, vice president of robotics for Körber Supply Chain Software, and Randy Randolph, vice president of channels & partnerships at Geekplus America. This…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.35
April 27, 2021
…how modern robots can help reduce carbon footprints for environmental sustainability. Companies such as Meili Robotics, Freedom Robotics, and inOrbit are working to tackle the interoperability challenge, as are organizations such as the Robot Operations Group and working groups at the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, and MassRobotics. Meili Robots said it is developing the next generation of mobile robot fleet management, called Meili FMS. It is capable of handling different kinds of AMRs and AGVs, claimed the Copenhagen-based company. The product can help control traffic, empower interoperability, and facilitate allocation of automated…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.99
August 21, 2021
…third-party system from vendors such as Meili Robots, Formant, InOrbit, or Rocos—not to mention some AMR vendors themselves—robotics users could deploy them within hours or days. 2. Implementation costs Along with implementation speed comes the cost difference between buying and building an FMS. These costs very much depend on your unique requirements and available resources. Take, for example, the size of your mobile robot fleet or whether or not you have in-house experts. Considering that you need at least six developers to build and maintain an FMS, the average costs of buying an existing system will account for no more…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.85
June 11, 2023
…includes a number of robotics and software vendors, including InOrbit, Vecna Robotics, and Locus Robotics. Their stated intent is to enable any company to deploy robots and other equipment that can work together in the same warehouse or factory space. Initially, the working group decided to keep the protocol simple so all companies could easily adopt it. As such, it focused on sharing basic robot-to-robot information rather than task management. “Another piece of software, such as a fleet management system, can understand what robots are doing, and every vendor has one,” Ryden said. “This is not a task management type…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.90
October 20, 2022
…recently announced VDA5050 Connector developed by OTTO Motors and InOrbit. Mission Client, which is compatible with ROS 2 Humble, is available as a package in Isaac ROS GitHub and pre-integrated with the Nav2 navigation stack to assign and track navigation and other tasks on the robot. “As mobile robot deployment in the real world accelerates, interoperability is becoming increasingly critical,” said Ryan Gariepy, CTO at OTTO Motors. “Bridging VDA5050 with ROS2 as an open-source community will promote innovation in fleet management solutions while allowing robot makers to focus on differentiation.” NVIDIA Isaac ROS Performance Isaac ROS continues to deliver hardware…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.21
December 10, 2021
…robots from multiple vendors. Locus, Waypoint, 6 River Systems, InOrbit, Mobile Industrial Robots, Vecna Robotics, and FedEx participated in MassRobotics' AMR Interoperability Working Group, said Saad. At the AMR and Logistics Conference held by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) in Memphis in October, the working group conducted the first demonstration of a standard for communications among mobile robots. The group plans to address batteries and power management next, Saad noted. He added that MassRobotics will address climate change and robotics in the coming year. “We have a lot of smart people and technologies, and we have a responsibility to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.96
July 23, 2021
…who you ask, you'll get different answers. Formant and InOrbit will say there should be a centralized company or software. We're big enough to do this sort of thing and manage our own fleet. The data really belongs to the customer. We don't share their data with anybody else. Brain is super-strict about the idea of sharing data to manage fleets. It's not good to farm data and is a tough sales proposition. We tailor the solution to what works best with their stores—how user experience, training, and intervention are different online versus with a laptop. We're making it part…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.72
December 22, 2021
…organizations like MassRobotics or startups like Open Robotics and InOrbit. Glynn: Absolutely. The increased focus on omnichannel fulfillment accelerated by the pandemic is not going away. On top of that, consumers now expect delivery quicker than ever before. These external pressures are going to require companies to adapt or fall behind and this will lead to more money pouring into companies developing the solutions that operators are seeking. Elazary: I do expect we'll see more funding and more consolidation in this space. Brands and 3PLs [third-party logistics providers] have had to face a perfect storm since the pandemic—fulfill a lot…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.60
May 16, 2023
…where each has a different function, such as CoEvolution, InOrbit, GreyOrange, Locus Robotics, and SVT Robotics. With a well-implemented multi-fleet orchestration system, one can gather a wealth of data, leading to predictive insights about work completion, tracking, analysis, and data visualization. This data serves as an excellent source of business intelligence, providing customers with valuable insights and better decision-making tools. Capital constraints should lead to discipline What do you think the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the decline in venture capital (VC) funding for early-stage high-tech companies mean for robotics? Casse: The decline in VC funding for early-stage high-tech…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.35
November 14, 2021
…Mobile Industrial Robots AutoGuide Mobile Robots Third Wave Automation InOrbit Open Robotics A key focus of this standards effort is to allow AMRs of different types to share status information or “rules of the road.” For example, the standard addresses data points such as common reference location, current location, a robot’s state (active versus idle), and future destination. The standard also enables the creation of operational dashboards so managers can gain insights into fleet productivity and utilization. However, it is not meant as an orchestration platform or some type of overarching fleet controller, explained Walker, who is on the standards…
