Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.70
May 24, 2022
…will support high-volume order fulfillment for SKIMS, a retail apparel brand. “This new deployment expands Radial’s ability to strategically scale to meet the growing needs of dynamic and growing customers like SKIMS,” stated Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. “Locus' flexibility, seamless scalability, and fast ROI [return on investment] have helped Radial to consistently meet and exceed their global customers’ expectations.” Wilmington, Mass.-based Locus Robotics said its multi-bot system incorporates AMRs that collaborate with human workers improve productivity by two to three times, with less labor compared to traditional piece-handling systems. The company said its technology can help retailers, third-party…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.49
May 03, 2022
…orders will be fulfilled – consumer packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, apparel, etc.? Elazary: Fulfyld’s industries span baby products, books, CBD and supplements, clothing and apparel, health and beauty, home goods and improvement, outdoor equipment, and toys and games. They also fulfill subscription boxes within select industries. Does inVia Logic replace or supplement existing Fulfyld WES? Elazary: Fulfyld does not have an existing WES, so inVia Logic will integrate directly with their WMS and deliver immediate improvements. Logic is able to take the inventory management function of the WMS a couple of steps further. It optimizes the location of inventory specifically for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.44
April 27, 2022
…implemented in more than 500 projects around the world, including leading brands of e-commerce, third-party logistics (3PL), manufacturing, and apparel, many of which have faced strong seasonal peaks. To see HAI Robotics' ACR systems live, please visit Booth C11/D12 Hall 10— Fiera Milano. The trade show runs from May 3-6, in Milan, Italy.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.21
March 24, 2022
…bins are used, such as raw materials, small electronics, apparel, medicine, retails and 3PL industries that have large number of SKUs, the company said. Partners to showcase technology Material Handling Systems (MHS), SVT Robotics, GreyOrange, and Tompkins Robotics will also be showcasing HAI Robotics’ technologies at their booths. Days ahead of MODEX 2022, HAI ROBOTICS announced new partnerships with Tompkins Robotics and Storage Solutions. HAI ROBOTICS said the partnership allows them to expand to various new industries across North America. HAI Robotics will be located at Booth C4585. HAI continues U.S. expansion “It's a very exciting time for HAI ROBOTICS…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.55
March 16, 2022
…in industries including electronics, third-party logistics (3PL), pharmaceuticals, and apparel and sporting goods. It also claimed that it is “the world's first and largest” AutoStore partner. “We’re excited to formally become a member of the Partner Integrator program,” said Håvard Hallås, chief commercial officer at Element Logic. “We chose to partner with RightHand Robotics for its breadth of robotic picking expertise and a straightforward approach to system integration.” “With surging online commerce placing great stress on fulfillment centers, now was the time to create a one-stop solution to ease our customers’ business pain,” he added. “Our technology and AutoStore, combined…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.18
March 04, 2022
…KNAPP AG's Pick-it-Easy station for automated pocket induction of apparel. It also deployed Chuck AMRs from 6 River Systems Inc. at a multilevel distribution center in the U.K., reducing new employee training time by 80%. “We're continuing to deploy technology—especially modular technology—to handle peak,” Shelton said. “This includes goods-to-person automation, AMRs, and cobots, which work with our talent.” “One of the more exciting areas for deploying technology are pocket sorters,” Shelton added. “We can bring down the high cost of returns substantially by using vision technology and deploying machine learning so that the process of grading is increasingly thorough.” How…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.80
March 04, 2022
…products and grow the state's robotics, digital health, and apparel sectors. “I am glad that Harvard will be receiving an Innovation Institute’s Collaborative Research Matching Grant this year,” said Sumbul Siddiqui, mayor of the city of Cambridge, Mass. “The groundbreaking research done at Harvard and our other universities is what helps to give Cambridge the reputation as a hub of innovation and creativity, and I am happy to see them supported by MassTech.” In addition, the project will work with Bunker Hill Community College to help train and grow the Massachusetts workforce in these fields, said the MassTech Collaborative. Activities…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.33
February 28, 2022
…warehouse in southern China. The robotics supplier and the apparel company said it is their third collaboration to date. As an official sponsor of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games and Paralympics, Anta said it has experienced surging sales, putting warehouse logistics under mounting pressure. The company, which claimed to be one of the top three sportswear brands in the world, held its logistics partnership conference last week at its Jinjiang headquarters in China's Fujian Province. Anta named HAI Robotics “best strategic supplier” at the conference. “Anta sees HAI Robotics as an important long-term partner, as we have shared ambitions…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.53
February 23, 2022
…and scalable order fulfillment in industries such as electronics, apparel, grocery, and pharmaceuticals, said the company. The company also offers fleet management software for human supervision, reporting dashboards, and application programming interfaces (APIs). RightHand cited integration partners including Element Logic, an AutoStore partner and a leading European intralogistics company, and Okamura, which provides products and services for offices, education, commercial facilities, and distribution centers. Last year, the company opened its RightPick Center Europe in Nurenburg, Germany, and integrated its RightPick 3 system with SVT Robotics Inc.'s SOFTBOT platform. With its collaborators, RightHand serves customers such as PALTAC Corp., Japan’s largest…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.40
February 18, 2022
…driver of e-commerce growth, particularly in categories such as apparel, footwear, electronics, and luxury items. They're also considered a differentiator in the customer experience. However, the average cost of an e-commerce return, regardless of the item value, ranges from $20.75 to $45.25, when factoring in the costs of transportation, processing, and markdowns/liquidation to resell. To reduce the impact of these costs, retailers need to focus efforts on increasing the resale of previously purchased goods. All of this cuts into the retailers’ profitability. Automation including machine vision, robots, and human workers can help retailers address return headaches. Source: Berkshire Grey Automation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.05
February 06, 2022
…is a leading online retailer of sports gear and apparel. It invested in AMRs to help meet 2020 holiday peak challenges. Before the technology investment, employees picked about 35 units per hour (UPH). After adding robots from Locus Robotics, that number increased to 90 UPH on average and enabled productivity to increase by 40% during peak season. This allowed evo to use fewer staffers and enabled workers to remain socially distant before the COVID-19 vaccine was widely available. In this case, evo wanted to scale quickly without reconfiguring its warehouse, so AMRs were the best solution (see video below). In…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.56
January 28, 2022
…with Körber Supply Chain to automate operations at Ariat Apparel and Bolloré Logistics. In addition, the company is working with e-commerce delivery platform Paack Logistics Iberia S.L., which this week raised $225 million in Series D funding toward European expansion. Geek+ customizes AMRs for Decathlon in Europe Decathlon and Geek+ spent the past six months upgrading the warehouses in Castelnau, France; Łódź, Poland; and Campania, Italy. They said Geek+'s goods-to-person systems will help optimize Decathlon's business-to-consumer (B2C) logistics. The companies added that Geek+'s AMRs will enable Decathlon to increase its storage capacity, streamline processes, and better serve its expanding online…
