Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.63
May 05, 2022
…seeing inside these operations? Hedges: I see speed of order-to-delivery as the key challenge now. This is causing increased focus on technologies to help increase order processing. This is everything from basic process improvement studies, applying robotic picking, using AMRs to reduce walking to automated ASRS buffer systems to deliver product directly to the picker. I’m am also seeing more movement in applying automation to pack out and palletizing operations. LM: What role are you seeing robotics playing as operations work to respond to today’s pressures? Hedges: Customers are looking for automation to provide faster and more accurate order sortation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.53
May 05, 2022
…(buy online, pick up in store) product selection Facilitating delivery-route alignment for quick commerce and home delivery Maximizing transport utilization in delivery networks Reducing reshelving and maximizing inventory pick station utilization for e-commerce Automatically integrating resale-ready returned goods with existing inventory Storing and consolidating partial orders together with filled orders for just-in-time transport loading Storing, picking, and sorting, with industry-leading goods conveyability Integrating with Berkshire Grey’s family of AI-enabled robotic picking systems “More so than other warehouse robotics vendors, Berkshire Grey addresses the intense challenges thrust upon warehouses struggling with essential consumer product deliveries,” said Sankara Narayanan, a senior industry…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.02
May 03, 2022
…inVia Robotics. “As consumer demands for next- or same-day delivery increase and labor supplies decrease, we’re able to help 3PLs keep up and meet their SLAs [service-level agreements].” The system will include: inVia PickerWall system including a fleet of inVia Picker AMRs inVia Logic, the AI-powered warehouse execution system (WES) software inVia’s Robotics Operation Center (ROC) for 24/7 monitoring and support inVia said its Picker robots will do all of the nonstop traveling to retrieve each day’s ordered SKUs and deliver them to its dynamic put and pick wall where people pick individual items. “It also extends our operations resources,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.16
May 03, 2022
…like the exponential increase in e-commerce sales and direct-to-consumer deliveries, are permanent, and automation can play a role. Distribution centers (DCs) are handling more items than ever, while having to do it accurately and with greater speed to meet increasingly high customer expectations. Once taken for granted, the DC is now a vital component of a company’s go-to-market strategy. “The last four or five years for supply chain leaders has felt a lot like the turn of the century did for IT leaders,” said Rob McKeel, CEO of Fortna. “Before Y2k, IT was a back-room function and didn’t have a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.50
May 02, 2022
…solutions.” “We manufacture complete robot cells that have a delivery time of 14 days and can then be installed and safety approved in just 24 hours,” he added. “When customers receive a delivery from us, it arrives in a large wooden crate and is then up and running and generating value the very next day.” Lachenmeier, who is a third-generation entrepreneur, founded EasyRobotics in 2014. Kjempff joined the company in 2018 and took responsibility for ensuring that EasyRobotics was readily accessible to customers in the global manufacturing industry via a network of 120 local dealers in 36 countries. EasyRobotics builds…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.21
May 02, 2022
…its service robots have completed more than 1 million deliveries worldwide. Relay robots customizable Relay said its Rapid-Install product trains and activates a robot within hours of arrival at a location. Each customer can name it robot and create a customized “wrap” to give it a unique character and harmonize it with their brand. The company's original Relay service robot, which serves the hospitality, healthcare, and commercial real estate markets, was recently joined by Relay+. That robot is designed for more flexibile configurations. Relay+ includes a larger-capacity top bin, a four-drawer model, and independent elevator operations, said Relay. Hospitality expected…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.45
April 29, 2022
…of VisionNav. They are moving toward large-scale and standardized deliveries, he said. VisionNav said it has build an ecosystem around unmanned intralogistics, improved supply chain integration, and expanded its operational capacity to be competitive. According to Li, VisionNav's sales grew tenfold growth between 2019 and 2021. Compared with 2021, the company said it expects its sales to grow by 300% in 2022, with average order amount increasing by 350% and the amount of customer re-purchase orders tripling. With entry into new markets and large-scale deployments, VisionNav forecast that its business scale could grow fivefold this year. Funding to enable scaling…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.28
April 28, 2022
…scale their capacity while profitably and sustainably providing on-demand deliveries. Fabric expects network to cover nearly 90% of U.S. consumers The Dallas location is the latest in Fabric’s growing network of MFCs in the U.S. The company said it expects that number to double by the end of the year, covering delivery to nearly 90% of consumers across the country in two days or less. As a densely populated, fast-growing center of commerce in the U.S., Dallas was strategically chosen by Fabric based on customer needs, population evaluations, 10-year shift studies, and detailed demographic analyses. In addition, a recent Brookings…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.73
April 27, 2022
…challenges and proving economically viable use cases for robot delivery,” he added. Founded in 2019, Ottonomy.io said its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) provide deliveries for retailers and restaurants. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based company is backed by Connetic Ventures and angel investors and received the Sustainability Product of the Year Award for 2021 from the Business Intelligence Group. Ottonomy expects delivery robot demand to grow The global market for delivery robots—including food and beverage, retail, and postal— will grow from $212 million (U.S.) to $957 million by 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.1%, predicted Markets and Markets.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.76
April 22, 2022
…Robotics. “With this investment, Agility can ramp up the delivery of robots to fill roles where there’s an unmet need.” Agility Robotics said it has been developing robots that combine design, software, and hardware to be “part of a blended human-robot workforce.” Shelton and Jonathan Hurst, two robotics Ph.D.s from Carnegie Mellon University, met as graduate students and founded the company seven years ago. Agility Robotics designs Digit for flexibility Despite the conventional wisdom that many industry problems have been addressed by automation, most robotics technologies today are purpose-built for single tasks, making them inflexible, expensive, and quickly obsolete, said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.22
April 21, 2022
…customers' current operations, from distribution centers and warehouses to delivery trucks. BionicHIVE applies AI for agile automation “Warehouses are rarely static environments with the uniformity and predictability necessary for traditional solutions,” said BionicHIVE. The company added that its robotic fleet combines flexibility with safety and efficiency to solve operational challenges in warehouses. SqUID works with a facility's existing shelving, racks, and boxes, according to the company. The robot can climb shelves as well as move on the warehouse floor to deliver boxes. BionicHIVE said a key differentiator of its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) is that they can be strung together…
