Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.69
April 24, 2019
…easier for workers from automotive lines to direct store delivery. Automation is the story across the board. There is clearly an imperative to make operations less people dependent. There are also strong needs to improve consistency and reduce costs within the four walls. Automation technology is becoming more affordable, and has a much broader impact than it did before. ProMat just made all of this abundantly clear to everyone. Q: What are the three key market trends from your perspective? Bob Petersen: The first is automation at all levels of the supply chain, as I just said. The second is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.67
March 24, 2021
…the last mile FedEx is still testing the Roxo delivery robot, but outdoor operations are “hard to crack,” said Prather. “It's closer to an autonomous vehicle problem than an AMR problem because of all the weird stuff that happens in the real world. Even in our chaotic sort facilities, we can control how people interact with AMRs.” “Roxo is currently doing test runs with our FedEx Office team, and we're looking for partners like Lowe's, Home Depot, or Pizza Hut as potential users of the robot,” he said. “So if we're not using the robot at a particular time, maybe…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.67
August 24, 2018
…for the fuel tank domes by 87%, and cut delivery time from two years to three months. Using traditional manufacturing methods, the process was much slower and 80% of the titanium used in the domes was wasted. The EBAM system has a gross deposition rate from 7 to 25 lbs. of metal per hour, and also uses the company’s Interlayer Real-Time Imaging and Sensing System (IRISS) for adaptive control. The solution can sense and digitally self adjust metal deposition during the print. The LM 2100 (an update of the A2100) is Lockheed’s largest satellite bus, and is used for high-powered…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.66
July 12, 2022
…improves its decision making in real time to make deliveries faster and more accurate,” said Keith Fisher, president of Honeywell Intelligrated. “With rising service-level agreements dictating order-fulfillment process improvements, automation can help bring stability [and] predictability and potentially unlock greater efficiency to their operations.” Any day can be a holiday, finds Futurum Futurum Research's analysts developed the report after speaking with a group of industry leaders with global experience in warehouse operations, automation technologies, and systems implementation to learn their thoughts on the future of warehouse automation. The report said that once-predictable consumer demand cycles centered around holidays and “peak…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.65
February 08, 2021
…to grow, including demand for personalized features/terms, lightning fast deliveries and flexibility to make no cost shipping and order/return changes. That puts multi-point pressure on warehouse operations stretching them in a lot of different directions to drive the expected perfect order and customer satisfaction targets. The underlying conflicts from the proliferation of personalized products, the growth of each picking and next hour deliveries are creating hard-to-optimize warehouse equations. The uncertainty and disruptions of the pandemic drove customer behaviors such as the stockpiling of critical products to hedge the choppy upstream demand or canceling/cutting non-critical items to conserve cash. Customers look…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.62
May 23, 2019
…automation options that include job management and queuing, material delivery, and centralized post-processing, manufacturers can reduce demand on manufacturing resources and lower total cost of operation, according to the company. Additionally, it is 3D Connect-capable, allowing remote services via 3D Connect Service that automatically notifies 3D Systems’ service team when an alert condition occurs. Figure 4 Modular is planned for general availability in June 2019. Figure 4 Production is a customizable and automated tool-less manufacturing solution that packages the design flexibility of additive manufacturing in configurable, in-line production modules. Automated material delivery and integrated post-processing are intended to reduce labor…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.62
February 03, 2017
…optimized production to meet changing market demands and expedite delivery. The new robot was first used on an assembly line for manufacturing single-phase energy meters. They are now used at multiple workstations including loading electric meter boxes, PCBA loading and assembling, power testing and code scanning, and carrier loading and assembly. The robot features compliant motion control, which allows it to feel its way into precise and fragile fixtures, even if a part position changes. “We see smart manufacturing as a significant driver of our company’s growth,” says Liao Qianzhong, general manager of production center at Wasion Group Limited. “We…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.60
June 07, 2023
…this team, it was presenting something related but different—middle-mile deliveries between stores and from warehouse to warehouse, as supply chain networks get denser. The third piece—we had struggled with the idea of general autonomy and weren't sure of the timeline. Gatik said, “We’re going to the middle mile with only constrained routes.” That narrowed the problem rather than “boiling the ocean,” giving them a shot at succeeding. Innovation Endeavors led Gatick's seed round and its Series A, which was in 2020, when the market wasn't very favorable to autonomous vehicle startups. There was already fatigue among investors. Is there anything…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.60
November 10, 2017
…in which drones reshape our cities – through remote delivery of goods, airborne surveillance, or as yet unforeseen applications. Yet one possibility has captured our collective imagination more than any other: the idea that drones will soon be moving people over cities en masse. Might flying taxis one day pluck us from our front gardens and delicately plop us down outside the cinema or our favorite restaurant? Before we mentally hail the next air cab, let’s consider what it would actually mean if the skies were filled with swarms of miniature helicopters ferrying people to their next destination. Though drones…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.59
April 16, 2023
…of new solutions. “Logistics costs, the cost of timely deliveries to customers, are a significant item on our income statement. Any possibility of automation is crucial to the profitability of our factory,” - noted Michal Odyniec, director of the wiper systems production plant at Valeo in Skawina. “Robotization of intralogistics at the Wiper Plant in Skawina has significantly improved the efficiency of our processes. We estimate that the payback time on the investment is about 12 months,” – added Wąsiel. Valeo's installation was supported by ASTOR in Cracow, MiR's distributor in Poland. ASTOR developed the project conceptually and ensured the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.58
June 11, 2021
…with low-speed vehicles (LSVs) and large shuttles, cargo and delivery vehicles integrated with Perrone Robotics, the company continues to prove that reliable AV [autonomous vehicle] technology can help provide innovative mobility and access options for transit and transportation solutions providers,” said the company. “We have been operating in a driverless fashion with our autonomy since 2005, including the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge,” stated Paul Perrone, founder and CEO of Perrone Robotics. “It's great to see our pioneering research take hold as a reliable commercial solution that's deployable now.” Perrone Autonomy scales across vehicles, applications Perrone Robotics said its Autonomy system…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.57
September 04, 2019
…Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin its on-demand, unmanned food delivery via commercial drones for local residents in Holly Springs, N.C. “Given the expediency of drones for food delivery, Flytrex requires no additional technology to preserve perishable cargo,” says Yariv Bash, CEO and co-founder of Flytrex. “Once up and running, flight time from pick up to drop off is within a few minutes, and faster than any alternative.” Pending the approved proposal, Flytrex drones will operate along one predetermined delivery route, connecting a distribution center at Holly Springs Towne Center, a shopping destination owned and operated by Kite Realty Group, with…
