Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.90
February 23, 2022
…the needs of warehouse operators worldwide.” Harvard Biorobotics Lab, Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT researchers Tenzer, Leif Jentoft, and Lael Odhner founded RightHand Robotics in 2015 after winning a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) manipulation challenge. They focused on solving the “holy grail” of warehouse automation—piece picking for supply chain and e-commerce fulfillment, said the Somerville, Mass.-based company. RightPick deals with complex picking RightHand Robotics launched its autonomous piece-picking product in 2017. The modular, data-driven RightPick platform uses artificial intelligence, edge computing, machine vision, grippers, and collaborative robot arms. Its workflows can quickly adapt to new SKUs for streamlined…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.87
December 19, 2019
…This opportunity is leading vehicle manufacturers such as Toyota, Yale & Hyster, and Raymond to partner with robotics companies to offer automation to manufacturers. Given the global shipments for forklifts is close to 1 million, half of all shipments could be automated by 2030. Another significant sector for mobile automation will be maintenance and cleaning. There are already over 5,000 autonomous floor scrubbers in U.S. retail stores and commercial buildings. With Softbank’s deployment of mobile cleaners for offices being rolled out in Asia and the United States, cleaning robots will become a common sight within the service economy. Even more…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.86
July 18, 2023
…distributors,” noted Mark Koffarnus, director of major accounts at Yale Lift Truck Technologies. To combat these strains on operations and profits, the industry is turning to technology. Advances in industrial automation, automated forklifts, and robotics that once seemed out of reach for small to midsized enterprises (SMEs) are quickly becoming an everyday reality. Solutions that were reserved for the industry’s biggest players are now being implemented in warehouses across the country as companies struggle to attract the skilled labor needed to efficiently run their operations. “Demand is not down,” Koffarnus said. “The [COVID-19] pandemic, if anything, increased demand to a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.61
December 19, 2018
…DARPA challenge-winning team from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT, intent on bringing grasping intelligence powered by computer vision and applied machine learning to bear on real-world problems. Related: Honeywell and Fetch Robotics Deliver Autonomous Mobile Robots to DCs Related White Papers Material Handling Industry Makes the Digital Transformation The material handling industry is in the middle of a historic digital transformation from manual to automated processes in a distribution center (DC) and fulfillment operations. Download Now! Understanding the 3Rs, Range, Rate, and Reliability, of Robotic Piece-Picking This paper describes how to put robotic piece-picking to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.51
April 12, 2021
…DARPA challenge-winning team from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT with the intention of applying computer vision and machine learning to real-world grasping problems. “We relaunched our site in January,” noted Vince Martinelli, head of product and marketing at RightHand Robotics. “It now has a stronger product focus to serve our customers. We're also partnering with companies such as SVT Robotics on software.” “The pandemic accelerated the shift from the older model of shoppers picking items to remote fulfillment centers and has put pressure on retail productivity,” he told Robotics 24/7. “Everyone is adapting and reacting.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.14
August 19, 2021
…said Jim Hess, director of warehouse business development at Yale. Operators can then more confidently focus on value-added tasks, since the machines will automatically adjust to minimize risks. Newer-generation trucks with object detection can also sense when other smart equipment is nearby, or the presence of people wearing proximity badges. Such technology can make an operator’s job easier, safer, and more productive, said Hess. “We can set speed limits for these trucks in front of break rooms, or the door to the office area, so trucks are automatically slowed down,” he said. “Or, if there is an obstruction in the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.72
May 14, 2021
…operations, said Kevin Paramore, emerging technology commercialization manager at Yale Materials Handling Corp. The labor situation is different now, but due to social distancing measures and health and safety policies requiring workers who are feeling ill to stay home, distribution centers may still have difficulty maintaining their workforce. The end effect is that more operations will see automation as part of the answer to labor shortages. “When you consider all the factors like the high turnover rate in warehouses, and rising labor rates as part of what some call the 'Amazon effect,' that makes the return on investment timeframe shorter…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.18
March 02, 2020
…North Haven facility probably stocks a good selection of Yale-related merchandise since the university is just down the road; for a facility in California – not so much. Sortable items that are small enough to be handled on a conveyor and sortation system go to facilities like North Haven, while non-sortables go to facilities designed to handle larger items. At the North Haven facility, newly received merchandise is decanted into totes, including products that can be shipped in its transport packaging. Those totes are then routed to one of four pick module levels. On each level, robots and storage cubes…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.77
February 05, 2019
…dim storage aisles and dark trailers; they also raise visibility and minimize costs due to product and equipment damage. Yale Materials Handling Corp. Booth: S3603
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.48
March 20, 2022
…(AFLs) from JBT, and electronic pallet trucks (EPTs) from Hyster-Yale. The company also used voice- and light-directed picking, which was later augmented by vision-directed picking technology from Ox Technology. An automation road map CJ Logistics expected AMRs to reduce the amount of walking required of associates in case picking. They could remain in a zone while the robots traveled from pick location to pick location. Kevin Coleman, co-CEO of CJ Logistics America, and Laura Adams, VP of TES at CJ Logistics. AFLs would pick up pallets in receiving and then automatically put them away in storage locations. The automated lift…
