Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.70
May 17, 2022
…Respondents to the survey said they're expected to maintain inventory accuracy and visibilty while also delivering orders faster than ever. They said their shipping volumes have increased more than 20% over the past two years, and rising transportation costs have affected 40% of warehouse operators. Between now and 2025, over 80% of operators expect to increase the number of stock-keeping units (SKUs) they carry and the volume of shipped items. This will lead to expanded returns, value-added services, and physical footprints, said Zebra. While 61% of warehouse operators also want to increase headcount within the next year, recruitment and retention…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.69
March 30, 2021
…retrieved, the robots work in a goods-to-person framework, moving inventory into position to fuel order fulfillment and other logistics processes. By using the HAIPICK system, customers can realize warehouse automation transformation in a week, increase storage density by 80% to 130%, and improve operational efficiency by three to four times, claimed HAI Robotics. HAI Robotics added that it is continuing to conduct research and development to perfect its products and expand its customer portfolio. Last year, it launched the world’s first double-deep ACR, carton-picking ACR, telescopic lift ACR, and laser simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) ACR. The company also said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.69
September 18, 2024
…automated warehouse. They increase efficiency by picking and placing inventory for a wide range of items, reducing labor needs for repetitive tasks while improving performance and decreasing errors. “We appreciate the commitment from our investors, customers and partners, and we are seeing significant market demand for Pickobot,” said Kfir Nissim, co-founder and CEO of Pickommerce. “We are pushing the boundaries of the industry by offering unmatched flexibility with the PickoBot's diverse gripping abilities. This is achieved through the seamless integration of advanced computer vision, a highly optimized packing algorithm, and AI-powered decision-making.” The Pickobot piece-picking robot from Pickommerce was recently…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.69
September 01, 2022
…ago. How much do MHS's sortation systems communicate with inventory or packaging software? Georgiev: Our robot singulation system communicates with only the sorter in the facility. The singulator inducts each package. If we take it out from the express courier where the robots are and apply to the DNF [software package manager], then there's a need for integration with inventory software. Currently, we're only building for the reservation of certain cells on the sorter. Beyond that, what happens to a package is beyond our control. We do keep stats on package dimensions for QA [quality assurance]. What are some things…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.67
July 13, 2020
…various offerings and services, including: DHL’s proprietary warehousing and inventory management system, automated storage and retrieval systems and augmented reality-assisted picking, to maximize efficiency and productivity, digital technologies, like DHL’s MySupplyChain application and GPS tracking for final mile delivery, will provide engineers with additional transparency, visibility and control over their orders and returns. The 260,000 square-foot Memphis WDC is expected to open in October, with DHL owning the entire 422,000 square-foot facility, which DHL said was the first speculative distribution facility built in Memphis going back to 2007. Siemens Healthineers President and Head of the Americas David Pacitti said in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.66
November 14, 2021
…parsing incoming orders to determine which system has needed inventory, whether the system is available, and how busy that system is. Using these small apps, the platform can coordinate systems, said Schultz. “There is integration, and there is orchestration, but what our customers ultimately want is the orchestration,” he said. “They want multiple different systems to be able to work together in concert, to create a new outcome that one system can’t really achieve on its own. But in order to do that, the first step is integration.” SVT Robotics’ integration platform separates data interface details from the information flows…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.66
November 14, 2016
…challenges facing end users are age-old, including space utilization, inventory management and order fulfillment. But, between shuttles, putwalls, pocket sorters, robotics and software, we’re seeing new and ingenious uses of equipment and technology to solve those problems. What does it look like at KION and Dematic? To find out, I had a chance to talk to Riske and John Baysore, who is now Dematic’s president and CEO, right before PackExpo. Here’s what they had to say. Dematic and KION part of growing industry Why Dematic? Lift trucks are obviously a major component of our industry. In fact, to some degree…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.65
October 24, 2023
…It added that its customers can dispense drinks, manage inventory, and buy ingredients through its hardware, software, and marketplace ecosystem. Sidework ecosystem serves up custom drinks Sidework said its product ecosystem simultaneously answers questions such as “What’s the easiest way to make an iced cold brew with light almond milk, two pumps of salted caramel syrup, and one pump of sugar free vanilla?” and “Why can’t I get a simple flavored sparkling water or health-conscious soda options from my favorite restaurant?” The company asserted that its systems can dispense fresh ingredients; highly viscous ingredients; ingredients with particulates; and pulp, dairy,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.64
October 29, 2022
…new SKU integration, with no training required. When an inventory bin is presented to the machine vision system, a photo is taken to map out the objects’ orientations. Within a split second, AI vision identifies the “most pickable” object and releases the robot to pick it. Robotic controls manipulate the arm and EOAT inside the tote. The robot suction or a gripper to pick the targeted object without encroaching on other objects or the tote walls. The robot then retracts the object from the bin and places it in a secondary shipping carton. It is ready for another pick-and-place sequence.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.64
February 22, 2022
…AMRs is already under way without disrupting Unilumin’s operations, said Geek+. Once fully implemented, the technology will improve Unilumin's inventory accuracy rate, greatly reduce labor requirements in production-line material handling, and provide a boost to picking efficiency, it said.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.64
October 16, 2022
…response to supply chain issues with China and localizing inventories with new “grey-collar” jobs managing robots. I think Erik Nieves, CEO of Plus One Robotics, said it best at the summit: “Well, it was clear that there was not going to be enough labor to manage all of the deliveries and the packaging as we continue to move our commerce online.” “But COVID acted as an accelerant to all of that, because right when we had the most need for the parcels and orders to flow is when we had the least reliable labor to do it,” he added. “And…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.63
September 29, 2023
…advantage of robotics? “One customer had $16.8 million in inventory in a queue for a quality-control check,” he said. “They handed it to us and said, ‘Do you have a way to get through this?’ We had to do a kaizen sort to reevaluate the whole process, but we ended up eliminating 95% of QC sort, freeing up 75,000 sq. ft. and reducing overhead so they could deploy employees elsewhere.” Wagner’s Oliaro cited an example of improving inventory accuracy with drones from partner Gather AI. “It would normally take a person in a reach truck or a scissor lift a…
