Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.55
April 28, 2021
Supply chain operations have been using robots to meet shifting demand, and the addition of artificial intelligence could help them even more. Attabotics today announced a partnership with AltaML Inc. and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute to add AI and machine learning to its supply chain infrastructure. The three organizations said they will work on projects combining AI with the Internet of Things to make operations more efficient, improve human-machine interactions, and enhance Attabotics' data management capabilities. Calgary, Alberta-based Attabotics said it provides “the world’s first 3D robotics supply chain system for modern commerce.” Inspired by ant colonies, the company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.54
October 04, 2022
Part of the challenge of scaling automation to multiple logistics facilities is making sure that software, robots, and people work together smoothly. inVia Robotics today announced that ShipHero has chosen its warehouse execution system and mobile robots for fulfillment centers in Allentown, Pa., and Las Vegas. The companies had already automated picking and replenishment in ShipHero's location in Jacksonville, Fla. “Partnering with inVia Robotics in our Jacksonville facility has given us a competitive advantage that benefits our clients,” stated Aaron Rubin, founder and CEO of ShipHero. “It also allows us to adjust and enhance our warehouse team's ability to work…
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May 29, 2024
S&S Activewear (S&S), a wholesale apparel company, announced the expansion of its partnership with Körber Business Area Supply Chain and deployment of Geekplus robotics offerings at three warehouse sites across the Americas. The collaboration enables S&S to optimize on-site staff, order quality and delivery efficiencies to meet the surging demands of a rapidly evolving market, according to the companies. Integration has improved S&S performance “Innovation is a core tenet of S&S’s decades-long history in the wholesale apparel industry,” said Brian Beale, CTO for S&S. “Advancing our warehouse operations with Körber and Geekplus’s robotics and automation expertise has been a natural…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.53
October 10, 2017
John Santagate Manufacturing Insights Title: Research director for service robotics Location: Framingham, Mass. Experience: More than a decade of experience, including advising leading manufacturing organizations on designing and implementing transformational supply chain innovation. Duties: The Global Supply Chain Execution and Fulfillment practice provides analysis and advisory services around supply chain technology, business process and cutting edge innovation. Modern: If any of our readers attended ProMat last April, they would have seen more robotic materials handling solutions than ever. What does the market look like? Santagate: There are three elements driving market adoption: collaboration, mobility and dexterity. If we’re talking about…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.53
March 03, 2020
ABB, a world-leading supplier of industrial robots, and Silicon Valley AI start-up, Covariant, today announced a partnership to bring AI-enabled robotics solutions to market, starting with a fully autonomous warehouse order fulfillment solution. The partnership brings together the two companies with a shared vision for robotics enabled by AI, where intelligent robots work alongside humans in dynamic environments, collectively learning and improving with every task completed. Given the accelerated global growth experienced in the e-commerce sector, ABB identified a significant opportunity for AI-enabled robotics solutions across a broad range of applications including logistics, warehousing, and parcels and mail sorting. Global…
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March 16, 2020
DHL Supply Chain, a contract logistics services provider and subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL Group, recently announced it has expanded its partnership with Locus Robotics, a provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses. The key component of this expanded partnership, according to DHL, is ten new, nationwide deployments of the Locus AMR solution, through and Expanded Multi-Site Services Agreement. Today, DHL Supply Chain has roughly 100 bots deployed in two locations, according to Jim Gehr, President, Retail, at DHL Supply Chain North America. Gehr added that with this announcement, DHL is targeting that number to be roughly 1,000…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.50
June 05, 2023
Hy-Tek Intralogistics last week said it has partnered with Hai Robotics to combine Hy-Tek's IntraOne enterprise logistics platform with Hai Robotics' automated storage and retrieval systems, or ASRS. The companies said their joint offering will help reduce customers' storage footprints, increase workflow efficiency, maximize picking efficiency, and improve daily order-fulfillment rates. “We are excited to start our partnership with Hai, an up-and-coming innovator for the G2P [goods-to-person] space,” said Zac Boehm, vice president of robotic solutions at Hy-Tek Intralogistics, in a release. “By formalizing our partnership, it allows Hy-Tek to add to its existing solutions with a technology that allows…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.49
April 10, 2018
Honeywell Intelligrated announces the launch of TechSight, a real-time augmented reality solution designed to reduce repair time and minimize operational disruption in the event of an unplanned outage. The solution leverages smart glasses and a video conferencing platform to instantly connect on-site technicians with remote Honeywell Intelligrated technical support experts, enabling live service instruction via two-way audio and visual communication. Available to Honeywell Intelligrated Lifecycle Support Services customers, TechSight allows on-site technicians to share their vision, gestures, and voice in real time. Connected, smart glasses enable technicians to receive visual aids like schematics and marked-up images to supplement verbal input,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.48
February 23, 2024
Piece-picking robot provider OSARO announced it will showcase its recently-debuted Robotic Depalletization System at MODEX 2024. The trade show will be held March 11-14 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. OSARO said its newest system is now available to deploy for mixed-case depalletization applications at third-party logistics (3PL) operations, distribution centers, and e-commerce fulfillment warehouses. Machine vision enables mixed-case depalletization OSARO produces machine-learning-enabled robots and automation systems for e-commerce warehouse and fulfillment applications, including piece-picking robots for depalletization, induction, kitting and bagging, according to its website. The company said its latest robot arm is designed specifically for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.48
April 25, 2022
Ryder System Inc., a supply chain company dedicated to transportation and fleet management solutions, today announced the opening of a third multiclient omnichannel distribution center in Columbus, Ohio, a key region for e-commerce fulfillment. At nearly 440,000 square feet, the facility is the largest Ryder e-commerce distribution center in the Columbus area, and it is the first to open under the company’s new supply chain offering: Ryder E-Commerce by Whiplash. “The technical integration was seamless and straightforward, and the onboarding process was very professional,” said the company. “We saw how much of management’s attention went into it.” Ryder said Ohio…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.45
November 25, 2021
Nimble Robotics Inc. this week said that its robots have picked and packed hundreds of thousands of customer orders on a daily basis. The San Francisco-based startup claimed that its robots use artificial intelligence to “pick, pack, and fulfill online orders to enable the fastest, most affordable, and most sustainable on-demand e-commerce fulfillment.” “E-commerce continues to grow rapidly, but the available warehouse labor force is actually declining,” said Simon Kalouche, founder and CEO of Nimble Robotics. “These opposing trends are creating historic labor shortages and a growing labor supply void. Our robots are being used to augment the human workforce…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.43
July 18, 2022
Last week, HAI Robotics announced that systems integrator popcapacity will be adding its automated systems to its portfolio of products. Georgia-based popcapacity has been around since 2020. The company said it provides “frictionless 3PL warehousing and fulfillment capacity by leveraging marketplace style technology and AI.” It said its platform was designed to give suppliers and shippers a streamlined platform. “Our platform was not designed to replace people, but rather to save them time and money with AI-driven efficiencies,” popcacacity said on its website. “We are focused on identifying the best partners based on specific criteria while leveraging the relationship and…
