Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.83
June 10, 2021
…more than 1,300 trucks for Fortune 500 and top consumer packaged goods brands. “The logistics industry needs to add supply chain resiliency and predictability,” said Adam Newsome, CEO of Lazer Spot. “Compounded by the pandemic, there is urgency in our industry to find solutions that help enhance our warehouse employees’ safety and wellness.” “By launching our pilot program with ISEE, we expect to gain the knowledge necessary to dramatically improve our throughput, avoid on-the-job accidents, and free up our skilled workforce to provide the management and oversight needed to increase effectiveness of our operations and maximize output,” he said.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.25
May 24, 2021
…problems in industries such as food and beverage processing, consumer packaged goods, and logistics. “As an industry leader in robotics automation for over 30 years, Applied Manufacturing Technologies provides the right solution to each and every application,” said Harley Green, director of business development at Soft Robotics. “Their knowledge, expertise, and dedication to their customers makes them a powerful and strategic partner for Soft Robotics.” AMT supports range of applications, industries Applied Manufacturing Technologies said it specializes in material handling projects with arbitrary object picking, packaging, and palletizing operations. The company offers systems integration and engineering services such as turnkey…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.62
April 29, 2021
…transport. Mobile robots are also widely used in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector, the pharmaceutical industry, and logistics, it said. MiR added that the global pandemic has propelled the development and growth of cleaning modules for its robots as they are deployed to disinfect offices, hospitals, and other public spaces. In addition, MiR attributed its sales growth to increased interest by technology manufacturers in integrating MiR robots with their products to make their automation mobile and flexible. For example, KEN Hygiene Systems has used MiR robots to automate the filling and emptying of washer disinfectors in sterile centers in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.68
April 23, 2021
…than 1 billion bottles, or 100 million pounds of post-consumer PET, per year. Evergreen is a subsidiary of Greenbridge Packaging, formerly Polychem, a maker of polyester and polypropylene products. The Sterling Group portfolio company has served the food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, and manufacturing industries since 1974. Mentor, Ohio-based Greenbridge also supplies and supports tools, parts, and integrated equipment. Evergreen applies AI, robotics to recycling Louisville, Colo.-based AMP Robotics provides artificial intelligence, robotics, and infrastructure for the waste industry. AMP Cortex automates the high-speed identification and sorting of recyclables from mixed material streams. The AMP Neuron AI platform continuously…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.36
April 13, 2021
…at Fortune 100 companies in the food processing and consumer packaged goods industries. mGrip meets food production demand Adoption of robotic automation in the protein and dairy industries has lagged behind other food segments due to the inherent variability and stringent hygienic requirements which often require food contact surfaces to be cleaned-in-place with high pressure solutions. “The needs of protein and dairy customers are unique and their automation options have been limited as a result,” stated Austin Harvey, director of product management at Soft Robotics. “We've seen a lot of demand from the protein and dairy industries throughout the pandemic,…
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 14.17
March 30, 2021
…drove it to find partners to help it satisfy consumer orders. “Hmart.com has proven to be an important offering to our customers,” said Vince Colatriano, executive vice president of H Mart. “We’ve partnered with the best automated technology in the field to fulfill our orders quickly and efficiently.” Founded 1996, AutoStore created cube storage automation, which it claims is the densest and one of the fastest order-fulfillment solutions in existence. The Nedre Vats, Norway-based company has more than 600 systems installed by qualified partners in 35 countries. AutoStore has combined robotics and warehouse management system (WMS) technologies. It added that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.71
February 22, 2021
…more, citing strained supply chains, coupled with increases of consumer packaged goods, the companies said that this platform will help to ensure shipments arrive on-time and in full. FourKites and Tive said that the Open Visibility Network partnership and integration meshes FourKites’ capabilities with Tive’s real-time in-transit load sensing data to “deliver immediate value to the global supply chain.” Tive’s Solo 5G trackers stream temperature, light, shock and other critical real-time load sensing data to the Tive Data Cloud, they said, and FourKites’ connectivity to telematics and GPS providers, coupled with its market-leading machine learning-based ETA engine provides a true…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.97
February 15, 2021
Keeping consumers supplied with fresh baked goods has been part of convenience store chain Kwik Trip’s recipe for success. At its stores, consumers can buy many types of fresh goods, including bakery items that are labor intensive to produce and distribute without significant automation. With future growth in mind, Kwik Trip took an automated approach, including a new facility with automated order picking and storage and warehouse control system (WCS) software to orchestrate the picking of orders needed by stores. The new facility and automation meet the throughput needs of the growing chain, and they also make for a safer,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.39
February 09, 2021
…on feedback from 375 respondents in various sectors, including consumer packaged goods (CPG), food & beverage, retail and manufacturing, with a focus on how shippers in various sectors and approach specific pain points, among other topics. The report observed that 92% of its respondents maintain that a yard management system (YMS) is something that can add value but only 25% are actually using a YMS. And the report explained that this gap in perceived value and real-world adoption of YMS is related to a few different factors, such as organizations prioritizing investments in transportation management systems (TMS) and warehouse management…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.36
October 10, 2019
…country is with Paltac Corp., Japan’s largest wholesaler of consumer packaged goods. Paltac will introduce RightHand’s piece-picking solution to the Japanese market at the launch of its newest facility, RDC Saitama, on October 10, 2019. The warehouse, located in Sugito, Saitama Prefecture, stocks over 20,000 SKUs every year and is equipped with multiple RightPick workcells that can reliably pick and place a wide range of items at a high rate. “It has been a pleasure working with RightHand Robotics on Japan’s first multi-robot RightPick installation,” said Masakazu Mikita, General Manager of Research and Development at Paltac Corporation. “Moving forward, we…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.32
March 19, 2019
…has partnered with PALTAC Corp., Japan’s largest wholesaler of consumer packaged goods. The collaboration will introduce RightHand’s newest piece-picking solution to the Japanese market, with multiple workstations to be installed in PALTAC’s newest facility, RDC Saitama, opening later in 2019 in Sugito, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Japan represents a huge and growing market for automation as the world’s second-largest retail sector, with annual sales exceeding $1.3 trillion. As the country’s leading wholesaler of cosmetics, daily necessities, and general pharmaceutical products, PALTAC sought a robotic piece-picking solution to further automate operations by picking and placing items of varying size, weight, and shape.…
