Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.57
May 19, 2022
…Since the commercial pilot began in September 2021, Aurora’s deliveries of FedEx shipments between Dallas and Houston have been 100% on time. With each trip, the Aurora Driver is providing thousands of FedEx customers with packages that were autonomously transported. Aurora moves trailers for FedEx during various weather conditions and all hours of the day and night, optimizing fleet utilization. The company completed daily hauls during the 2021 peak holiday season, the busiest time of year for FedEx. To date, the partners have completed 60,000 miles with zero safety incidents. Aurora said its performance in this pilot “demonstrates the value…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.52
March 30, 2022
…can improve efficiency and reliability. They help fulfill same-day deliveries of billions of orders, with customers including nine of the 15 largest global food retailers, it said. As a partner for “future-proof airport solutions,” Vanderlande said its baggage-handling systems can move more than 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. These are active in more than 600 airports, including 12 of the world’s top 20. Vanderlande added that its systems sort more than 52 million parcels every day at the world’s leading parcel-handling companies. Toyota Industries Corp. acquired Vanderlande in 2017. The companies said their synergies include…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.50
April 23, 2019
…time, its ease of use and the speed of delivery.” Nenert lives in France where he has a double activity: his main occupation as a Porsche technician, specializing in diagnostics and repairs of the newest Porsche models; in his “free time” he manages his own activity, “Ben Auto Design,” which offers repair and refurbishment of vintage Porsches through design manufacturing of modernized components. Nenert's 2019 Weerg award-winning project is a component of a 1983 Porsche engine that he is restoring. “It is a very important component because it will allow you to extract more power from the engine by converting…
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 4.50
February 16, 2021
…evolve our already strong infrastructure to optimize pick-up and delivery. We’re excited to kick off this pilot with The GIANT Company and Swisslog as we continue to build out e-commerce fulfillment capabilities, which we believe will be key in supporting continued omnichannel growth.” The EFC is planned for the Philadelphia market to help meet customer demand in Center City and South Philadelphia. This location is expected to fulfill approximately 15,000 online orders per week for delivery to customers’ homes. “This pilot is an exciting milestone in The GIANT Company’s omnichannel evolution as we work to transform the online grocery experience…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.49
June 09, 2023
…Md., and was able to go from offering four-day deliveries to same-day deliveries in some cases. Mountz was quick to note, however, that the labor savings the robots provided did help those customers pay for Kiva's systems. “The customers would say, ‘I'll spend $5 million and save $2½ million a year, and in Year 3, I’m full.’ That was kind of our macro business model,” he recalled. The build Unlike today's robotics vendors, which can rely on contract manufacturers, Kiva Systems built its original hardware and software in-house, enabling more control over iterations and improvements, noted its founders. “We had…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.49
March 15, 2024
…charging stations, or third-party logistics providers. With constant energy delivery in place, CaPow said it provides the flexibility to optimize not just robots, but an entire operational area. CaPow believes charging downtime can be eliminated entirely, not just minimized CaPow said its operational model not only eliminates the need for extra robots to compensate for charging periods, but also frees up operational space previously occupied by charging stations. CaPow representatives said their system can also reduce operational weight by reducing or eliminating onboard batteries. “We are excited to showcase what we have achieved at MODEX, to enable people who have…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.48
November 05, 2022
…in large part driven by runaway growth in package delivery. According to FedEx, the U.S. domestic package delivery market is likely to hit 110 million packages per day in 2022. Pre-pandemic they did not expect to exceed 100 million daily packages until 2026. A huge amount of this growth is driven by e-commerce; data from Statista shows that U.S. e-commerce retail revenue will grow from $768 billion in 2021 to $1.3 trillion in 2025. Mobile robots are one way for logistics companies to deal with this growth challenge, especially in the face of a seemingly never-ending labor shortage. That’s because…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.46
February 08, 2018
…with space transport a common occurrence. Download Now! Parcel Delivery: The Future of Last Mile Currently subject to significant disruption, last-mile delivery, especially of parcels, is getting a great deal of attention in the media and from investors, and rightfully so. Download Now! Drone Technology: Clarity from Above According PwC's study on the commercial applications of drone technology, the emerging global market for business services using drones is valued at over $127 billion. Download Now! Fast-Forwarding to a Future of On-Demand Urban Air Transportation This white paper delves into these challenges for achieving a successful VTOL transportation market, with an…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.45
October 31, 2021
…Ouster as a preferred lidar supplier as it scales delivery of its autonomy kits to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and end customers. Ouster’s OS sensors will be integrated into a configuration of TONY. They will be used in vehicles including the Local Motors Olli shuttle, GreenPower Motor Company AV Star, low-speed electric passenger and utility vehicles, and a line of yard trucks for logistics, said the companies. “Perrone aims to deploy its kit at fleet-scale for shuttles, low-speed electric vehicles, cargo vans, and large logistics trucks for municipal, governmental, and commercial customers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia,” said Paul…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.44
June 22, 2022
…dozen types of robots, including robotic arms and grippers, delivery drones, and mobile robots, some of which were developed by its Amazon Robotics division. Through its Amazon Web Services (AWS) unit, the company also integrates robots, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things (IoT). In October 2021, Amazon Robotics announced that it was opening a new robot manufacturing facility in Westborough, Mass. Amazon said its four new systems are intended to improve ergonomics and warehouse working conditions. They have been a point of controversy and an impediment to retention and recruitment, even as labor shortages affect nearly every industry. In…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.42
February 08, 2023
…that allowed for high flexibility without requiring a significant amount of upfront engineering; lowering cost, minimizing risk and shortening delivery,” said Greg Herman, Jr Automation business development manager, in a statement. “FlexChassis was engineered from the ground up taking into consideration the needs of our medical customers while offering the flexibility our customers expect,” said Mick Trompen, JR Automation medical market chief engineer. JR Automation was founded in 1980 and has 28 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia. It was acquired by Hitachi Ltd. in 2019.
