Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.88
January 07, 2022
On of the more exciting events around the international Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week is the Autonomous Challenge @ CES. It was organized by Energy Systems Network, which also conducted the Indy Autonomous Challenge in October 2021. The goal of the self-driving race, which features university teams and technology and automotive sponsors, is to advance the state of autonomous vehicles. Paul Mitchell, CEO of Energy Systems Network (ESN) and head organizer of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), discussed preparations for the Autonomous Challenge @ CES with Robotics 24/7. How did your background in public affairs lead you…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.83
April 30, 2023
…robotics has revolutionized the way we store and transport goods, transforming the sprawling warehouses of today into hubs of high-tech innovation. In 2021, Amazon had around 350,000 automated mobile drive units in its warehouses. Over the coming years, most warehouses will have high levels of automation. It is already a significant market, representing over $10 billion in annual global spending, bound to grow to $51 billion by 2030, according to Acumen Research & Consulting. The message is clear: Don't get left behind, so use automation to improve your warehouse operations. Warehouse managers increasingly rely on automation to respond to the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.48
January 19, 2023
…Outrider's customers are in the package shipping, retail, e-commerce, consumer packaged goods, grocery, manufacturing, and intermodal industries. They have been conducting joint product testing and pilot operations since 2019. Outrider System adapts to enterprise operations Trucking moves over 20 billion tons of freight each year, and almost all of it passes through distribution hubs, said Outrider. These yards are difficult to staff and create bottlenecks in the supply chain, it noted. By automating yard operations, enterprises can increase the time freight spends moving down the highway, address labor shortages, and allow more people to work in safer environments, claimed the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.11
September 01, 2022
…the pandemic. Which sectors can benefit most from newer automation—consumer packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, or something else? Georgiev: Three core categories can benefit from these systems. The first is the cost of labor. Is the technology reducing the amount of labor required to operate? Distribution and fulfillment centers are good candidates for automation because they're labor-intensive. As Amazon has been growing, the number of its employees has grown alongside that of robots because of the growth in online ordering. The second is where there's a lack of qualified workers, such as in skilled trades for manufacturing. Robots are good candidates for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.06
April 06, 2021
…us scale.” Industry interest intensifies “We've received interest from consumer packaged goods and electronics businesses, as well as in logistics and distribution-center applications,” said Sobalvarro. “For example, big robots for picking and loading pallets from conveyors can have quick recovery and be safer. Some food packaging and online retail customers already use industrial robots for speed.” “Veo's ADK [application development kit] confirmed interest—every company that got it has ordered the final version of FreeMove,” he claimed. “We never sold one to a university lab or a CTO [chief technology officer] demo lab, which can be a distraction.” “FreeMove can even…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.04
August 23, 2022
While consumer demand fluctuates, the need for more efficient supply chains continues to grow, as does demand for automation. Yale Materials Handling works closely with customers to maximize the value of its automated lift trucks. The global market for autonomous lift trucks could experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 9.5% and expansion from $2 billion in 2021 to $4.65 billion by 2030, estimated Next Move Strategy Consulting. Similarly, Markets and Markets forecast a CAGR of 12.7% from $3.1 billion in 2021 to $6.4 billion in 2027. Fortune Business Insights predicted an automated forklift CAGR of 8.3%, from $416.7 million…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.02
September 04, 2021
…of new capabilities, and we typically use cobots in goods-to-person picking.” “We use AMRs for things like tramming, the guided movement of products and bins,” he added. “When it comes to industrial automation, we also deploy automated lifts for the movement of pallets. For automated storage and retrieval systems [ASRS], it depends on the size, shape, density, and weight of the product. We'd deploy it in the right place.” Interoperability and customer service As production and logistics environments start to use multiple types of robots from different vendors, interoperability and management have become concerns. Is GXO monitoring efforts by organizations…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.02
January 19, 2023
…such as Carrefour, Decathlon, Gap, and Uniqlo trust its goods-to-person robots to profitably navigate rapid shifts in business models and customer experiences. It said it combines hardware and software to drive operational efficiency, add resilience, and improve working conditions for warehouse operators. Exotec last year raised $335 million in Series D funding and last month marked the manufacture of its 4,000th robot. Exotec adds to Skypod road map “Since the beginning of Exotec, people wanted solutions—they're not buying robots; they want ways to improve productivity,” said Arthur Bellamy, chief revenue officer at Exotec. “That's our value proposition, and we had…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.87
October 13, 2015
The combination of high-density automated storage systems with goods-to-person picking has brought new efficiencies to distribution, especially e-commerce fulfillment. Quite simply, order selectors who can stand in one place to pick can fill more orders than those who have to walk through a facility to do their work. In Mindelheim, Germany, Grob-Werke GmbH & Co. KG, a family-owned manufacturer of machines and assembly systems for manufacturing operations, turned to that same combination to streamline the way it picks and kits materials in a new logistics center to replenish assembly stations in its adjacent manufacturing plant. After all, if you think…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.84
August 30, 2021
…also looking at food and beverage, as well as consumer packaged goods,” he said. “The majority of our customers have no robots or were burned in the past. They don't have the expertise or margins for big investments.” “If the robot works really well, we’ll use it a lot,” Bob Albert told Reuters. His family owns Polar Hardware Manufacturing, a metal stamping factory in Chicago that uses Formic's services. “We're helping to make everything from incense to traffic cones,” Farid said. “We're starting in an area 200 to 300 miles around Chicago, plus South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia. We expect…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.76
February 07, 2022
…satisfaction. For example, Paltac Corp., a major wholesaler of consumer packaged goods in Japan, has streamlined its picking processes with the help of RightHand Robotics. 2. AI manages mobile robot fleets As manufacturers and supply chains adopt automation, they need to control and manage their growing fleets of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Fleet management systems (FMS) from the robot vendors or third-party software providers can help. An FMS allows users or operators to centrally supervise numerous mobile robots from multiple devices via standard communication protocols. They can use devices incuding laptops, tablets, or smartphones to access the robots from anywhere,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.73
March 16, 2023
…and integrators can't meet, he noted. “For example, a consumer packaged goods customer may want to replicate a workcell around the world,” explained Bubnikovich. “For that, we might go direct to provide more value than just the robot.” ABB is “building competence” in the EV space, but there are also opportunities in electronics, pharmaceuticals, and general industry, he said. “We see a ton of opportunities for SMEs with collaborative applications,” Bubnikovich added. “It's all about the ease of integration, not people handing parts to a welding robot, and there's a huge shortage of skilled labor like welders.” “Modern applications incorporate…
