Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.08
September 09, 2022
…fulfillment centers with a patented storage structure and robotics shuttles that use both horizontal and vertical space. This can reduce a customer's warehouse needs by as much as 85%, it said. By empowering retailers to place fulfillment centers close to high-density urban areas, Attabotics said it helps create jobs and decrease carbon emissions by closing the last-mile delivery gap. Major brands and retailers across apparel, food and beverage, and home goods use Attabotics' storage systems. The Calgary, Alberta-based company added that it serves distribution centers across the U.S. and Canada. Pan Pacific Pet invests in growth Incubated in 1986, Pan…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.55
September 07, 2022
…growth strategy. It also has subsidiaries in Australia, Asia, and Europe. Last month, Addverb announced its SortIE 3D sorter shuttle system, and it also launched the Medius multi-level carton shuttle system for fulfillment. The new facility will allow the company to provide both on-site and online client support. Addverb said it currently has more than 100 customers, including Reliance, Unilever, Flipkart, Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Johnson & Johnson, and PAR Pharmaceutical.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.42
September 05, 2022
…announced the launch of Medius, its new multilevel carton shuttle system. The company said Medius can perform the functions of storage and retrieval on multiple levels. Businesses can increase storage density and deliver goods faster with the scalable and modular system, said Addverb. “The lines between traditional retail and e-commerce are becoming increasingly gray, which forces the need to engineer and empower warehouses with resilient and innovative technologies,” said Sriram Sridhar, chief revenue officer for the Americas at Addverb. “At Addverb, we are in constant pursuit of providing a range of technologies to balance throughput and storage capacity challenges for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.29
August 25, 2022
Addverb Technologies Pvt. announced at the India Warehousing Show last week the release of its new SortIE robot, which it said can quickly sort and scale for efficient order fulfillment. “We are excited for SortIE to reach the market because there is nothing like it,” said Pieter Feenstra, CEO for EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) at Addverb. “This robot increases productivity with up to 450 sorts per hour, meaning up to 250 orders fulfilled at any given time, and increases order cube utilization by up to 20%.” “The entire sorting system is simple and fully automatic, shortening the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.16
August 20, 2022
…vehicle, clocking in at 192 mph at the Space Shuttle airstrip at NASA's Kennedy Space Center this April. We had an opportunity to see an autonomous race car in action and speak to Paul Mitchell, CEO and president of Energy Systems Network, about the annual Indy Autonomous Challenge at the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) event in Orlando, FL. The Consumer Technology Association has also announced that IAC will return to next year's CES. Can you provide an overview of the organization in general, and explain what the Indy Autonomous Challenge is? Paul Mitchell: The Indy Autonomous Challenge,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.53
August 14, 2022
…inspected, and loaded into one of the two fixtured shuttles in the MiniMAC, the robot and tool remove the unwanted materials from each part and the finished part is returned to the operator complete. Other features of the MiniMAC Grind System, include choices in robot model, part presentation techniques, and tooling used to remove excess materials. Each MiniMAC cell and the larger MAC and MegaMAC cells offer an array of pre-engineered productivity-improving benefits to the high and medium volume producers of cast and machined parts. High levels of overall equipment efficiency and machine availability offered by the MAC productivity platforms…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.99
August 08, 2022
…well as a combination of its AMRs and four way-shuttles. It also recently released Matrix, a robotic software and hardware technology platform, and a robot management system (RMS) capable of scheduling large-scale robot clusters. With its growing product portfolio and global business network, Geek+ claimed that it provides reliable operations and maintenance services, while the scale of its robotics shipments enable it to offer cost competitiveness. The company said it plans to use its latest funding to continue market growth and strengthen product differentiation with innovation. “With the first-mover advantage, Geek+ has already developed a solid competitive advantage in global…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.97
August 01, 2022
…AMRs, the RS2 totes-to-person robots, and the X-series four-way shuttles for high-density storage. The electronics components maker said its entire process is now automated, from inbound receiving to in-store stock management, outbound stock collection, and production-line delivery. Geek+ adds more robots in Phase 2 In this second phase of the Siemens Switchgear project, Geek+ added more MP1000R AMRs equipped with laser-guided simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) capabilities to the production line without interrupting operations. Geek+ said its warehouse management system (WMS) enabled the robots to raw materials to where they are needed on time. Geek+ added that its engineers learned…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.79
July 27, 2022
…a single, vertical storage structure. Inside the structure, robotic shuttles move in three-dimensional space to store and deliver goods to workers on the perimeter that pick, pack and ship modern commerce orders. Inspired by the framework of ant colonies, Attabotics said it replaces the rows and aisles of traditional fulfillment centers with a patented storage structure and robotics shuttles that utilize both horizontal and vertical space, reducing a company’s warehouse needs by 85 percent. By empowering retailers to place fulfillment centers near high-density urban areas, Attabotics said it helps create jobs and decrease carbon emissions by closing the last-mile delivery…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.65
July 18, 2022
…PopPick, which made its North American debut at MODEX 2022. It also released Sky-Storage & Ground-Pick, which combines four-way shuttles for reserve pallet storage with Geek+'s P-series picking robots for forward picking.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.56
July 11, 2022
…land-speed record for an autonomous racecar on the space shuttle runway in Florida (see video below). “The Autonomous Challenge @ CES in January brought a new level of excitement to CES with the world’s first head-to-head autonomous racecar competition, pushing autonomous driving technology to its limits,” stated Jean Foster, senior vice president for marketing and communications at the CTA. “We are thrilled to welcome the Indy Autonomous Challenge back to CES 2023 and can’t wait to see how the research being done on autonomous vehicles through this competition will advance the industry.” Indy Autonomous Challenge continues pushing innovators The goal…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.06
June 27, 2022
…solutions, from warehouse cranes, high bay warehouses, conveyors and shuttle systems, to connecting software integration, and new technologies like AMRs. “The warehouse automation market is becoming increasingly competitive and dense. In order to stay ahead of future developments, the RLS-companies have always looked for state-of-the-art technologies, to add to the product portfolio,” said Gert Bossink, vice-president of Royal Reesink and division director of Reesink Logistic Solutions. “We strongly believe that the Geekplus systems speak for themselves and open a new world of possibilities in our market. We are therefore thrilled about this new partnership and look forward to adding the…
