Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.20
July 06, 2022
…flexibility, and throughput guide robotics deployments The need for interoperability among robots from different vendors and related standards efforts “Aaron has been a force of nature in advocating for practical automation,” noted Eugene Demaitre, editorial director of Robotics 24/7. “I look forward to sharing his insights with our audience of commercial robotics users, integrators, and suppliers.” Robot Applications Conference includes five sessions RAC ’22 is a one-day online event that will include sessions and panels on the following topics: Goods-to-Person Systems Keep Workers in the Loop Palletizing and the Next Frontiers for Mobile Robots Piece Picking Gets Faster With Robotic…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.86
June 29, 2022
…Telepresence Robots enable the hybrid workplace across industries, offering interoperability and easy integration into existing IT frameworks,” said the company. Ava Robotics provide safety and data, says Ava Applying robotics technology within a physical workplace can improve productivity and experience, while also maximizing staff and facility resources, said Ava Robotics. Robots can serve as data aggregators; disinfect designated spaces; and report on environmental conditions such as air quality, temperature, and humidity. The company added that its mobile, autonomous, and hands-free workplace robots can be safely customized to satisfy the demands of settings like healthcare facilities, laboratories, and clean rooms. In…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.44
June 17, 2022
…in integrated, multi-agent settings. But that is changing via interoperability with other types of automation, as well as people-centered workflows and data capture devices and technologies like printers, she said. After the panel, Wise said the value of mobile robots will increasingly come from how easily they integrate with other automation and with software and devices, so that user companies can speed the overall fulfillment process and have robots that work well in tandem with people. “When you look at the needs of customers, what they are after is an end-to-end solution,” she said. “They don’t want just a robot;…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.27
June 13, 2022
…“Customers have been asking about ease of use and interoperability, concerns that have been around for years for robot arms versus AMRs,” he said. “They want flexible, fast deployment, and FetchCore is best in class. So much of the emphasis is on fulfillment, and we can deploy tens to thousands of robots in a single implementation.” “There is also some interest in case picking, and with 61,000 forklift accidents per year, on improving worker safety.” “It's a question of how to bring robotics capabilities that unburden the user,” he said. “You shoud simplify processes, engage the team, and remember that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.30
June 06, 2022
…help robotics suppliers and users manage RobOps data and interoperability among systems. “Through our work with InOrbit, we are getting critical operational data on our smart autonomous mobile robot [AMR], KIRA B 50,” said Marco Cardinale, vice president of floor care solutions and robotics at Kärcher. “With InOrbit Connect, our customers get the benefits of RobOps with minimum effort, gaining access to real-time, actionable insights that match their needs.” “As autonomous cleaning robots from Kärcher are deployed in environments such as warehouses and airports with other types of robots, InOrbit can provide an integrated view for maximum efficiency,” he said.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.85
June 03, 2022
OnRobot this week launched its OnRobot Palletizer, a collaborative palletizing system. The Odense, Denmark-based company argued that the OnRobot Palletizer extends its application-first approach to collaborative automation by letting users choose a palletizing system that works for their specific application needs. This is thanks to its space-saving footprint and ability to handle different boxes, packages, patterns, pallets, and stacking heights. “Small and midsized companies need palletizing automation that is easy to use, fast to deploy, and affordable – even if the application changes over time,” said Enrico Krog Iversen, CEO of OnRobot. “OnRobot Palletizer combines fast deployment times with a…
Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 22.67
May 25, 2022
…The role of RaaS providers, integrators, and in-house teams Orchestrating robots, other equipment, and people Measuring efficiency over time Interoperability for environments with multiple types of robots
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.58
May 06, 2022
…discussions included the labor shortage, the e-commerce boom, system interoperability, ramping up robot production, robotics as a service (RaaS), and more. Erik Nieves, CEO of Plus One Robotics Where should warehouses automate first? Nieves said warehouse operations can generally be broken up into two types of workers: those who move stuff around and those who manipulate and do stuff with their hands. He said there are technological advancements happening for both jobs, but noted that autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are progressing faster than manipulation technology. When installing robots in nascent markets, an unwritten rule is that operators want to be…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.74
April 25, 2022
…worker about what work needs to be done.” Expanding interoperability Jan Nicolay, global account director of logistics at Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), said the company has been able to take advantage of 5G technology to expand the coverage area of its AMRs. No longer will customers need to rely solely on Wi-Fi to get their robot to operate properly. “All the sites we are going into do, of course, have Wi-Fi, but often when we do a site audit, we do identify some areas where the coverage is slow or the signal is weak. Therefore, 5G is really an enabler…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.33
April 15, 2022
…functions and isolate the compromised machine.” Noblis said the interoperability of its new system permits a level of high-speed motion and coordinated actions that would otherwise be impossible without advance knowledge of all the localized actions. Potential applications include autonomous vehicles coordinating movements through a roadway intersection, aerial drones self-organizing actions around a loiter point, and autonomous submersibles performing undersea missions beyond the range of human control, according to the organization. “Autonomous machine networks are increasingly a part of civilian and military mobility and logistics solutions,” said Chris Barnett, Noblis chief technology officer. “Noblis Orchestrated Autonomy is an example of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.30
April 11, 2022
…faster robot deployments. The teams will “continue to enhance interoperability and drive purposeful integrations with existing hospital infrastructure, electronic health records, and clinical communications, which will allow them to continue to meet the demands during the persistent nursing shortage,” it said. “Diligent Robotics' participation in the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator program led to the exploration of our team testing this solution with our clinical teams,” said Dr. David Marshall, Chief Nursing Executive at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. “Using the robot to relieve front-line health care workers from point-to-point delivery and retrieval tasks has been successful in our original launch,” he said. “Staff…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.20
April 08, 2022
…automated vehicle suppliers showing examples of fleet operation and interoperability—two themes that end users are demanding more and more. For instance, you had Jungheinrich with an automated forklift and tow tractor tugger working together, OTTO Motors with a unit-load AGV running alongside its new forked AGV, and Bastian Solutions really impressing us with its AutoStore, mobile robot, and conveyor setup. And on our own stand, our multi-brand fleet demo also drove lots of visitor questions. Were there any new trends that you observed this year? Andrews: I think that there is a recognition that a modern automated warehouse environment is…
