Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.57
March 15, 2024
…neighboring booth at MODEX 2024. Plus One and Yaskawa Motoman announced a partnership in May 2023, highlighting deployments for FedEx. Check out Robotics 24/7’s Tuesday MODEX 2024 recap for more photos from Plus One and Yaskawa Motoman’s booths.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.41
April 27, 2021
…issue,” said Aaron Prather, a senior technical advisor at FedEx Express. “However, when it comes to mobile robotics, interoperability is already becoming an issue.” With the increases in demand and specialization of robotics, companies must find ways to improve communication and coordination, said Meili Robots. ABI Research predicts that mobile robot sales will grow faster than for other categories. Technology trends The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is among the developments that could aid businesses with robot adoption and management, the report said. With cheaper sensors, universal connectivity and 5G networking, and the application of artificial intelligence, robotics users could…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.39
December 30, 2021
…in the coming year. The company is working with FedEx Corp. to meet ever-growing logistics automation needs, said Nieves. “2022 is going to be tremendous,” he said. “We opened our new facility in the Netherlands this year, and our expansion in Europe will be a significant part of our sales in 2022 and the future as we bring on more clients and our existing clients expand with us. Globally, we are looking past 2022 to Asia.” “Though we are most known for the induction and singulation work we do with parcel clients, 2022 will see an increase in other applications…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.33
March 07, 2023
…logistics, and general merchandise industries, serving customers that include FedEx, MSC Industrial, and many more, it said. The funding round was led by Scale Venture Partners, with Partner Rory O’Driscoll joining the board of directors. Top Tier Capital Partners, Tyche Partners, ROBO Global Ventures, Translink, McRock Capital, and Pritzker Group Venture Capital also participated in the round alongside existing investors. The labor problem “The labor shortage is hitting the shipping industry hard, and parcel picking is an often overlooked yet essential part of the process,” said Scale Partner Rory O’Driscoll. “By automating the parcel handling piece, Plus One Robotics is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.31
July 24, 2023
…well as hardware-as-a-service provider Continental, Urmson said. He cited FedEx, Uber Freight, Werner, Schneider, and Hirschbach are pilot customers. The company reached “feature complete” status in April, and Urmson said he expects it to reach “Aurora Driver Ready” by the end of 2023. That milestone will include validating software, hardening software, and proving that autonomous trucks can safely haul freight between Dallas and Houston without human drivers. Aurora plans to have a full prototype of its FirstLidar system on a chip for long-range sensing at highway speeds by the end of this year. Urmson added that it is developing the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.28
August 30, 2021
…partnerships with industry leaders such as Domino’s, Kroger, and FedEx and operations in three states—we are now able to invest in the infrastructure to build tens of thousands of robots,” said Jiajun Zhu, co-founder and CEO of Nuro. “We greatly appreciate the state’s leadership in working with us to finalize this partnership. The decision to place these facilities in Southern Nevada was an easy one.” Nuro has developed electric autonomous vehicles (AVs) to delivery items from produce to prescriptions to customers' homes. The company has provided its delivery services to communities in Texas, Arizona, and California. Nuro, BYD to scale…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.17
June 11, 2023
…Automation's (A3) 2021 AMR and Logistics Conference in Memphis. FedEx hosted the demo at its DART lab, where the company tests logistics automation systems. At A3's 2022 AMR and Logistics Week in Boston, MassRobotics and its partners said they are working on Version 2.0 of the standard. It would establish a mission communication API to prevent too many robots from attempting to use the same optimized route simultaneously. The group behind the standards effort An independent non-profit organization, MassRobotics supports initiatives to advance robotics in Massachusetts and elsewhere. The MassRobotics AMR Interoperability Working Group includes a number of robotics and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.09
June 26, 2020
…Amazon would be a blow to large shippers like FedEx and UPS. Amazon has become a huge shipper, and electric robotic delivery vehicles would be highly cost-effective and efficient. While Amazon has pushed the world into pretending everything has free shipping, the reality, of course, is that the cost of shipping does matter. Amazon’s competitors would face an even harder battle fighting off the giant. Related Article: 5 Impacts of Autonomous Freight Trucking on Supply Chains Related Papers TuSimple’s Self-Driving Safety Report This Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment describes TuSimple's safety processes and features as well as the progress they’ve made implementing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.02
December 29, 2022
…and Walmart started services in Arizona, Florida, and Texas. FedEx Express plans to begin drone cargo deliveries with Elroy Air in 2023. How much could the drone delivery market grow? Estimates vary widely. Future Market Insights projected a 33% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $322 million in 2022 to $5.5 billion in 2032. Research and Markets forecast a CAGR of 49%, from $228 million in 2022 to $5.5 billion by 2030. Allied Market Research predicted a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 43.3%, from $940 million in 2021 to $32.1 billion in 2031. While the starting and ending totals…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.00
November 05, 2022
…driven by runaway growth in package delivery. According to FedEx, the U.S. domestic package delivery market is likely to hit 110 million packages per day in 2022. Pre-pandemic they did not expect to exceed 100 million daily packages until 2026. A huge amount of this growth is driven by e-commerce; data from Statista shows that U.S. e-commerce retail revenue will grow from $768 billion in 2021 to $1.3 trillion in 2025. Mobile robots are one way for logistics companies to deal with this growth challenge, especially in the face of a seemingly never-ending labor shortage. That’s because the mobile robot…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.88
July 15, 2022
…the Year,” wrote Aaron Prather, senior technical adviser at FedEx Express, in a LinkedIn post. “Not to say that it is a bad thing, but it is very clear that there are some use cases that are not ideal for robotics and that some companies are 'overpromising and underdelivering' because the tech is simply not there yet. Another term for this is 'Reality Check.'” Aaron Prather. Source: FedEx Express Prather, who will deliver the keynote at our upcoming Robot Applications Conference, added that these are the growing pains of a maturing industry and that some venture capital firms (VCs) should…
