Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.75
…Chiba prefecture. It can provide same- day and next-day delivery to the greater Tokyo metropolitan area. The company runs its daily operations with materials handling equipment and systems designed and developed by SoftBank Robotics. Berkshire Grey said its Robotic Pick and Pack (RPP) systems will enable SB Logistics to process customer orders by handling tens of thousands of SKUs (stock-keeping units). They range from high-end cellphones and electronics to packaged foods, toys, health and beauty items, and other general merchandise. “Berkshire Grey’s RPP systems are capable of handling significantly higher volumes of SKUs than other robotic providers can handle, while…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.96
…AV business and its investments accordingly.” “Modern software developers experience the fine balance between making great-quality software and meeting delivery deadlines every day,” Jansen said. “Our combined solution portfolio will be introduced at logistics sites around the world, enabling TICO’s customers to enjoy the seamless movement, storage, and distribution of goods throughout their entire supply chains.” Autonomous vehicles for container transport in a seaport. Source: TICO
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.96
…machine learning, and robotics with affordable, friendly, and fast delivery service for fresh food.” The company will be using technology from Ocado Group PLC under a partnership that began in 2018. Cincinnati-based Kroger was founded in 1883 and has close to 500,000 associates serving 60 million households annually. Hatflield, U.K.-based Ocado has been developing robots, artificial intelligence, and automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) for online grocers such as Ocado Retail Ltd. It acquired Kindred Systems for $262 million and Haddington Dynamics for $25 million in November 2020. “2020 was a pivotal year for grocery e-commerce, with Kroger's digital business…
Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 7.00
…nationwide. To further exacerbate this dilemma, customer expectations around delivery time have drastically increased over the last few years. With Amazon as the number-one online retailer offering free one-day shipping–and, most recently, two-hour shipping–consumers expect their packages to arrive immediately and free of charge. This shift in expectations has raised the bar for fulfillment: If companies can’t keep up with Amazon’s standards, for example, they risk losing market share to competitors that can. Prior to the pandemic, retail, e-commerce, and business-to-business (B2B) fulfillment operators were increasingly turning to collaborative mobile robots to gain operational flexibility to support growth and contain…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.17
…QRCode assigned to the work area to request the delivery of a trolley with materials for the next job and the collection of the empty trolley currently at the station. This way, the destination of the robot's mission is registered as the location of the operator who made the call. MiR200 Hook tows varied materials. Source: MiR The software also automatically retrieves the correct production order from the management system, making this information available onscreen and allowing the warehouse managers to know which trolleys the robots are collecting. Once all the assembly phases of the product have been completed, the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.68
…lot of money, and who better to support driverless delivery than one of the largest retailers in the U.S.? Cruise LLC today said that several institutional investors and Walmart Inc. have joined its previously announced investment round, bringing the total capital raised to $2.75 billion at a valuation of more than $30 billion. “This investment is a marker for us – it shows our commitment to bringing the benefit of self-driving cars to our customers and business,” stated John Furner, president and CEO of Walmart U.S. “We’re excited to join Cruise’s already impressive partner and investor ecosystem with the likes…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 35.76
Kiwibot has created semi-autonomous robots to revolutionize food delivery. Since its launch in 2017, Kiwibot has built more than 400 robots and completed more than 150,000 deliveries. The company said it is on a mission to develop the world's largest robotic fleet, most convenient delivery service, and first “Internet of atoms.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.82
…launched Kiwibot 4.0, a semi-autonomous mobile robot for food deliveries. The Berkeley, Calif.-based company made its announcement with a YouTube video complete with an anime-style introduction, musical clips, and a lightsaber battle (see below). Students at the University of California, Berkeley, have given the robot user ratings of up to 4.6 and have even dressed up as Kiwibots for Halloween, said Arya Anand, head of user research at Kiwibot. More seriously, Kiwibot also announced partnerships with Segway, Knight Foundation, Chick-fil-A, and Shopify. The company said it has built more than 400 Kiwibots and completed more than 150,000 food deliveries to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.79
…provides the AI layer at the healthcare point of delivery and is a pioneer in the real-world application of enterprise AI,” stated Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. The company had previously marketed Cortana as a its voice assistant but planned to shut it down this year. AI is technology’s most important priority, and healthcare is its most urgent application. Together with @NuanceInc, we will put advanced AI solutions into the hands of professionals to drive better decision-making and create more meaningful connections. https://t.co/ipdP6qZTx9 — Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) April 12, 2021 In addition to healthcare, Nuance supplies interactive voice response (IVR),…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 12.27
Founded in 2013, Cruise is developing fully electric, autonomous vehicles such as Origin for ride-sharing and delivery services. In 2016, General Motors acquired the company, which is working with other automakers and technology firms such as Microsoft.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.45
…navigation. The company claimed that its products are suitable for a wide range of autonomous vehicles, including mapping drones, delivery robots, and self-driving cars and taxis. They are also useful for advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS) such as electronic stability control and lane-keeping applications, it said. “The reliable, accurate performance of ACEINNA-brand IMUs has helped our lidar scanning systems to sell very well,” said Dr. Hongxing Sun, CEO of Geosun. “They are extremely popular with our customers. And, in the future, based on our mutual understanding and benefits, we plan on further strengthening our cooperation with ACEINNA.” Geosun UAV and lidar…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.37
…and ongoing interest in robots for materials handling and delivery. Healthcare companies, mostly providers of surgical robotics, were involved in more than $250 million worth of deals, followed by agricultural robots, with more than $130 million in total transactions. Note that this slideshow of the top 10 robotics transactions is not a comprehensive listing of the dozens of deals announced worldwide last quarter. Of course, not every company is public and required to disclose the amount it has obtained or from whom. In addition, companies making several robotics-adjacent technologies, such as software or batteries, have also received funding. Technology journalists…