Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.30
August 23, 2022
…shipments. Smart: Everyone saw a pause in 2020, when COVID-19 took the world by surprise, but we've experienced growth in 2021 and 2022. We're really focused on scaling the organization. It centers around self-reliance. The robotics and automation industry is made up of folks who have mastered a core technology that can be offered from a product standpoint, and then it's OEMs and partnerships. For us, being self-reliant means building out our sales and business development organization to support all of our accounts across North America. This includes project management and aftermarket parts. We have teams under each of these…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.29
September 30, 2021
…Texas with almost 70 patients and all the necessary COVID-19 precautions.” Activ Surgical said it completed the world's first autonomous robotic surgery of soft tissue in 2018. The privately held company's patented ActivEdge software is designed to use computer vision, robots, and artificial intelligence to aggregate surgical data from around the world. The goal is to enhance interoperative decision making and reduce preventable errors. Activ Surgical moves to commercialization “The funding is helping Activ Surgical transition from an R&D to a commercial organization, with a product launch in the first quarter of next year,” Kim told Robotics 24/7. “We're helping…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.29
November 04, 2022
…How has the growth of omnichannel retail since the COVID-19 pandemic affected demand for Avidbots' robots? Molina: There has been growth in demand for our products. People saw robots being able to help in difficult times, and trust in robotics has improved. CEOs from large incumbent cleaning companies expect 20% to 30% of sales in cleaning equipment to be fully autonomous by 2025. We're executing in engineering and sales. With labor shortages and capital concerns, how do you address industry needs? Molina: For all automation, including cleaning robots, we shouldn't forget there's an ROI [return on investment] play. The other…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.29
March 18, 2022
…has in strengthening the workforce in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the so-called Great Resignation. Designing robots with human workers in mind At MIT, Shah is an artificial intelligence researcher and is head of the Interactive Robotics Group. She said the vision behind her lab “is being intentional about developing computing and robotics that enhance rather than replace human capability.” Julie Shah, head of MIT"s Interactive Robotics Group As part of her job, Shah and her team have visited manufacturing plants across Europe and the U.S. to see how they are using robots. When speaking with people running the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.29
December 28, 2020
…take off, right now might be it. With the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating e-commerce for many types of goods, fulfillment centers and manufacturing plants need to move a high volume of pallets to keep stores stocked up and e-commerce order picking systems or manual pick locations topped off with goods. And while unemployment has risen since last year, it remains challenging to secure enough workers—including skilled lift truck operators—to keep goods flowing to consumers. Sales of driverless robotic trucks stand to benefit under these conditions. Vendors say that return on investment (ROI) in two years or less is possible for automated…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.29
February 14, 2023
…and mobile robots to automated storage and software. With post-COVID-19 e-commerce shifts, ongoing labor shortages, and recessionary fears as a given, most of the speakers, exhibitors, and attendees at this year's Manifest were still bullish on automation. They acknowledged the challenges of identifying the best robots for a particular job, as well as the growing needs for interoperability and easy ways to collect, analyze, and present data. Manifest attendance doubles in second year More than 3,000 people attended Manifest at Caesar's Forum—at least double the 1,500 attendees at last year's inaugural event, according to event organizers. Conference sessions began on…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.28
September 11, 2020
…of the product. That’s become more important during the Covid-19 pandemic, given the intimate nature of the products handled. “We wanted to be leading edge, not bleeding edge,” Greenberg says of the decision to implement the robots. “We don’t want to be the first use case for a technology, but we do very well with companies that have a leading technology looking for another site to Beta test and further validate their technologies.” The pick module features floor-level pallet flow rack for fast-moving products. A better product Incontinence afflicts millions of adults and children. If that wasn’t the case, grocery…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.28
November 16, 2020
…of the product. That’s become more important during the Covid-19 pandemic, given the intimate nature of the products handled. “We wanted to be leading edge, not bleeding edge,” Greenberg says of the decision to implement the robots. “We don’t want to be the first use case for a technology, but we do very well with companies that have a leading technology looking for another site to Beta test and further validate their technologies.” The pick module features floor-level pallet flow rack for fast-moving products. A better product Incontinence afflicts millions of adults and children. If that wasn’t the case, grocery…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.28
September 14, 2022
…with human labor. Robots for sanitation and cleaning The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the need for increased sanitation, not only in medical settings but in other public settings such as schools and airports. To keep up with newer, stricter sanitation standards, as a result, deploying mobile robots is a cost-effective and sustainable solution. Robots such as the Avalon Steritech Whiz autonomously move about spaces to eliminate <99% of microbial burdens and are widely adopted in healthcare, office, and other commercial settings. Mobile robots such as the Whiz increase personal safety for humans by limiting contact with infected surfaces, they also work…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.28
June 13, 2022
…robot also includes a new subsystem for utensils. “The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered the way that we eat,” said Justin Rooney, a mechanical engineer on the Dexai team. “Hands-free orders reduce human proximity and contact with Alfred, thus reducing the chance of transferring pathogens. This feature should reduce the spread of infectious disease and keep food fresh for longer.” Superwurm uses multiple robots for worm farming. Source: igus Another unusual application involves worm farming. Superwurm, a German company, uses several igus components, including robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs), to breed worms that are used for fishing. The system…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.28
August 31, 2022
…because consumers couldn't go out like normal [during the COVID-19 pandemic], said Finazzo. “We're seeing new customer activity at record highs.” “In addition, collaborative robots subsidize labor rather than replace it,” he said. “You can take one skilled person, add three robots, and still come out ahead. When cobots came out, there were a lot of false starts around safety, which depends on the end-of-arm [tooling and payloads]. But their ease of programming has been tremendous for processes like welding and assembly, where that skill set doesn't exist anymore.” “We're also seeing people designing for cobots and new tasks, such…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.28
April 26, 2021
…if their opinion had changed since the pandemic. When COVID-19 hit Virginia in March, the number of people signing up for Wing's service and ordering drone deliveries spiked. Wing partnered with additional local businesses and worked with a school librarian to deliver books. The survey results suggested that these contributions had helped. The pandemic popped up frequently in the open-ended question about positive aspects of the technology. Fifty-eight percent of Christiansburg survey respondents said that their opinion of drone delivery had improved—a much bigger boost than was measured in a 2020 survey from the Consumer Technology Association that polled a…
