Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.21
…Volvo Autonomous Solutions said such systeems can improve flexibility, delivery precision, and productivity for customers. The unit recently partnered with Tel Aviv, Israel-based Foretellix Ltd. to address large-scale verification of autonomous vehicles on highways and confined areas such as mines. Volvo also last month opened a new testing facility in Sweden. Autonomy experts Chris Urmson, Drew Bagnell, and Sterling Anderson founded Aurora in 2017 to develop self-driving technology. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it is working with manufacturing, mobility, logistics, and fleet management partners including Hyundai and Uber. Its goal is to accelerate the adoption of driverless vehicles to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.58
…acknowledged that GPR could ultimately find applications in agriculture, delivery robots, and utilities. “We're tapping a sea of data that's never really been tapped at this scale. It's like the early days of GPS,” he said. “There's certainly road condition and subsurface characterization, utility infrastructure, and mapping, but we could also eventually move into mining, contruction, ports, and airside operations for luggage tugs.” GPR uses 1. ultra-wideband radar, 2. detailed mapping of subsurface features, and 3. an algorithm for precise tracking of vehicle locations. Source: WaveSense Funding to fuel WaveSense growth Technology investors Rhapsody Venture Partners and Impossible Ventures led…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.26
…customers, allowing for both in-store pickup and rapid home delivery. The company noted that robotics can optimize storage density, operator productivity, and lead times, which are critical in e-grocery. Bastian to aid AutoStore deployment at H Mart Bastian Solutions is a Toyota Advanced Logistics company that designs and delivers distribution and production systems. The integrator said it combines data-driven designs, scalable materials handling systems, and software to help clients across a broad spectrum of markets. “As a global partner, we’ve worked on numerous installations that are successfully operating with the award-winning AutoStore system,” stated Aaron Jones, president of Bastian Solutions.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.65
…“HAIPICK ACR solution offers several advantages in storage capacity, delivery efficiency, flexibility, and stability, and it is a comprehensively cost-effective solution for customers.” “HAI Robotics focuses on ACR technologies and has a unique ability to innovate continuously. It defined a new category of warehouse robotics, invented the cases-to-person operation system, and laid a solid foundation for the future of fully unmanned warehouses,” said Peter Chen, vice president at 5Y Capital. “We are very optimistic that HAI Robotics will grow rapidly into a leading company globally in the field of intelligent warehousing as an industry innovator.” Double-deep ACR, HAIPICK A42D, in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.20
…high-payload AMRs use natural feature navigation functionality determine optimal delivery paths, as well as multi-sensor safety systems to autonomously stop to avoid collisions. AMRs can also add predictability to manufacturing and distribution centers. By traveling along a pre-determined network of approved paths, the vehicles safely coexist with other industrial vehicles and humans, eliminating uncertainty from internal logistics. AMRs can move materials while minimizing strain on human workers. AMRs address a myriad of workflows Not only do AMRs help improve safety, they also make operations more efficient and productive. For example, with every trip it takes, an AMR can determine the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.16
…that its end-to-end fulfillment capabilities now include goods-to-person inventory delivery, pick-and-place induction, the t-Sort robotic sortation, automated packaging, and the new xChange system. The t-Sort materials handling system consists of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that sort a wide range of items and parcels to consolidation points. Typically, a unit-sorter system requires a human associate to manually sort items from an accumulation chute to unique order containers and place the containers onto a takeaway conveyor. By contrast, xChange allows most orders to be sorted directly into an order container, and the robotic sortation system automatically removes and replaces the container. Sortation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.38
…Group in December 2020. “Warehouses are struggling to meet rapidly increasing demand as the world relies more on just-in-time delivery of goods,” said Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics. “Mobile robots enable the flexible movement of materials and improve working conditions for employees. Stretch combines Boston Dynamics’ advancements in mobility, perception and manipulation to tackle the most challenging, injury-prone case-handling tasks, and we’re excited to see it put to work.” Boston Dynamics is currently seeking customers to pilot test deployment of Stretch with truck-unloading tasks ahead of its commercial deployment in 2022. Interested parties can apply to join the Stretch…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.53
…support developers of new products to optimize their designs without compromise or restraint.” Primus Aerospace said expects to take delivery of the titanium Sapphire System in the first quarter, and it will begin offering titanium printing at their facility located in Golden, Colo.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.36
…the explosive growth of e-commerce and demand for faster deliveries,” stated Shawn Kerrigan, co-founder and chief operating officer Plus. “We developed PlusDrive to address the critical business issues fleets are facing today — keeping their drivers happy and productive, reducing operating costs, and meeting sustainability goals.” The two long-haul routes for the pilot, each of which take two to three days to complete round-trip, were chosen for Plus to demonstrate the full potential of PlusDrive to improve safety, reduce fuel cost, enhance driver comfort, and lower carbon emissions. Plus said it has operated over 100,000 km (over 62,000 mi.) autonomously…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.53
…to have multiple options for receiving goods, including home delivery, click and collect, in-store collection, and, more recently, robotic street kiosks. As a result, distribution centers need robots that can work with a variety of package sizes and shapes in the shortest time possible, ABB said. Operators need the right infrastructure for maximum flexibility that can pick and handle a wide variety of goods in the widest range of combinations and in the shortest possible time. The IRB 390 FlexPacker robot is available as a four- and five-axis variant delta robot. It is 35% faster than the IRB 360-8/1130 FlexPicker,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.43
…fulfillment through automation in a way that met customer delivery windows while keeping utilization high and steady. The first WES suppliers got a foothold in Distribution Centers (DCs) that were installing high-end, fixed automation like sortation systems. These operations needed a nimbler way of releasing work to the floor versus the “waves” of work that most warehouse management system solutions of the time batched together for processing. Today, that core purpose for WES still remains, but the value proposition is expanding. Instead of optimization of one major automation system in mind, it’s about optimizing flow across all assets and resources,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.06
…our customers the strategic advantage of deploying an efficient, low-cost, and rapidly deployable fulfillment solution, thus achieving faster last-mile delivery.”