Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.20
February 22, 2017
…the same time.” With ORION, UPS’s On-Road Integrated Optimization Navigation routing software, a reduction of just one mile per driver per day over one year can save UPS up to $50 million. UPS has about 66,000 delivery drivers on the road each day. Rural delivery routes are the most expensive to serve due to the time and vehicle expenses required to complete each delivery. In this test, the drone made one delivery while the driver continued down the road to make another. This is a possible role UPS envisions for drones in the future. “Drivers are the face of our…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.64
February 16, 2017
…planning, and passive suspension. The OTTO solution offers infrastructure-free navigation to enable flexible automation, hassle-free implementation, and scalability. About OTTO Motors OTTO Motors, a division of Clearpath, provides self-driving vehicles designed exclusively for indoor material transport. The vehicles operate with infrastructure-free navigation, offering intelligent, safe, efficient, and reliable transportation for industrial centers. Proprietary hardware, software, and services are delivered to provide customer excellence. About Clearpath Robotics Clearpath provides industry-leading self-driving vehicle technology and services to over 500 of the world’s most innovative brands. Proprietary hardware, software, and services are delivered through the company’s research and industrial divisions: Clearpath Robotics and…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 24.20
February 16, 2017
OTTO Motors, a division of Clearpath, provides self-driving vehicles designed exclusively for indoor material transport. The vehicles operate with infrastructure-free navigation, offering intelligent, safe, efficient, and reliable transportation for industrial centers. Proprietary hardware, software, and services are delivered to provide customer excellence.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.92
January 17, 2017
…the new destination can be added to the robot’s navigation plans with the click of a button. With a view into traffic at each station, the robot can choose the best option for each delivery. Software and hard changes Providing an operational view to each AGV is where increasingly intelligent software comes into play. When integrated with the enterprise resource planning system, the warehouse management system (WMS) or execution software, the AGV becomes the physical extension of the ambitions of the WMS, according to Bill Torrens, sales director for OTTO Motors. However, the “brains” inside each self-driving vehicle interpret real-time…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.59
November 18, 2016
…transport robot does not need floor-mounted induction loops for navigation, but moves freely through the logistics hall, powered sustainably by pre-used batteries from the BMW i3 and is able to transport containers weighing up to 500 kilograms. “Logistics is the heart of the BMW production system - and the use of innovative and digital technologies will become a key factor in our complex logistics processes”Jürgen Maidl, head of Logistics, BMW Group production network The STR measures the distance to wireless transmitters to calculate its exact position and route. Using sensors to identify and react to critical situations, it is able…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 33.03
September 07, 2016
Founded in 2001, BlueBotics provides the ANT autonomous navigation technology for automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and automated forklifts. Customers have used the company's natural feature navigation in systems for warehousing, manufacturing, and disinfection. Server software and application programming interfaces from BlueBotics enable autonomous systems to interact with other machinery and warehouse and enterprise software. The company said its core values are communication, innovation, and simplicity.
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 22.64
August 25, 2016
nuTonomy is the leading developer of state-of-the-art software for self-driving vehicles founded by two world-renowned experts in robotics and intelligent vehicle technology, Drs. Karl Iagnemma and Emilio Frazzoli of MIT. nuTonomy is developing the first-of-its-kind complete solution for providing point-to-point mobility via large fleets of autonomous vehicles; this includes software for autonomous vehicle navigation in urban environments, smartphone-based ride hailing, fleet routing and management, and controlling a vehicle remotely through teleoperation. The company’s software has been tested in the U.S., Singapore, and Europe.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.93
June 07, 2016
…they are more efficient and responsive. Look at the navigation function on a smart phone. It can you show where traffic is backed up 100 miles ahead and allow you to plan a detour. It’s tapping the GPS of all those other drivers to see which ones are slow. We’re doing the same thing for material flow. For complex systems handling thousands of orders per hour, predicting and preventing bottlenecks adds a lot of value. Modern: What is the importance of software in today’s distribution center and factory? And what kinds of data are customers asking for that they didn’t…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.87
April 28, 2016
…for machine tending.” The solution will provide natural feature navigation, so there is no need to add fiducials or reflectors to the operating environment. The system is reconfigurable to accommodate changing operational preferences and/or changing facility infrastructure. It is also easily redeployable between various processes due to increase or decrease in production volume. This solution will be introduced at AUTOMATICA 2016 (Messe München | Munich, Germany | June 21-24, 2016). For more information, please visit Yaskawa’s booth (Hall B6 | booth 502). Additionally, the solution will be introduced in the United States at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (McCormick Place…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.48
January 14, 2016
…facility to build a map. Once the map is created, each self-guided truck compares, in real time, what its navigation module sees against the stored map, allowing the truck to self-locate, and move along its intended path.
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 18.70
December 07, 2015
…N10 mobile robot platform features LiDAR for natural features navigation. Configurations are available now for tugger, conveyor deck, and pallet stacker applications. Each configuration is also available with a dual mode manual driver platform for ultimate operational flexibility. In the tugger configuration, these robust vehicles can transport loads up to 10,000 pounds at speeds up to 4 mph with no changes to existing infrastructure, which makes them perfect for dynamic environments. The low profile Mylo series is engineered to tunnel under load handling frames, and hitches automatically with a programmable pin assembly. These compact mobile robots use magnetic tape guidance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.45
September 01, 2015
…up with all the tipping points. Grippers, vision systems, navigation solutions and software are combining to make once fantastical robotic applications all but inevitable. But, even as they offer solutions to age-old challenges, concepts like robotic piece picking are also bound to present sizable tests. When it comes to piece picking, humans have the advantage of highly dexterous manipulation, versatile product identification and intuitive decision-making. Robots offer consistency and predictability, but they will need greater speed and flexibility to keep up with the inconsistent and unpredictable world of e-commerce fulfillment. Researchers, solution providers and end-users are still in the very…
