Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.68
…the last mile FedEx is still testing the Roxo delivery robot, but outdoor operations are “hard to crack,” said Prather. “It's closer to an autonomous vehicle problem than an AMR problem because of all the weird stuff that happens in the real world. Even in our chaotic sort facilities, we can control how people interact with AMRs.” “Roxo is currently doing test runs with our FedEx Office team, and we're looking for partners like Lowe's, Home Depot, or Pizza Hut as potential users of the robot,” he said. “So if we're not using the robot at a particular time, maybe…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.11
…of mission-critical components for space rockets, jet engines, fuel delivery systems and energy production with better performance, at faster speed and lower cost than traditional methods.” The company added that its growth strategy is to focus on products that only it can produce within the more than $100 billion total addressable market for high-value metal parts. VELO3D plans to invest the additional capital in engineering, product development, sales, marketing, and customer support. Existing customers of VELO3D include SpaceX, Honeywell, Boom Supersonic, Chromalloy, and Lam Research. In the fourth quarter, VELO3D plans to begin shipping its Sapphire XC laser printing system,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.32
…which claimed to be a leader in on-demand drone delivery for food and retail. Flytrex said the investment comes in the wake of several significant milestones. In September 2020, the company announced a benchmark pilot project to deliver select grocery and household essential items from Walmart stores in Fayetteville, N.C., using Flytrex’s autonomous drone delivery service. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Flytrex had launched a system delivering necessities to residents of Grand Forks, N.D., helping address the growing health crisis by keeping citizens in the safety of their own homes and reducing crowding and unnecessary contact at local stores.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.39
…a “Smart City” Warehouse Design Urban and Suburban Package Delivery Improving Material Handling Automation and Material Handling Advanced Sensors for Material Handling Advanced Vision Systems and Material Handling Truck and Operation Evolution Industrial Design of Vehicles Operator Ergonomics Neurotechnology Applications in Material Handling This year, the University Research Program has added a new optional concept paper step in the process. This step is a way that professors and student researchers can connect with the University Research Program reviewers for initial input of their submission. Professors and researchers are encouraged (but not required) to submit a one page concept paper explaining…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.05
…defined by its theoretical length, duration, or cost. Experienced delivery drivers have tacit knowledge about the complex operational environment in which they serve customers on a daily basis. To allow for safer, more efficient, and sustainable last-mile delivery, it is critical to leveraging this tacit information for improved route planning. The last-mile objective The primary goal of the Last Mile Routing Research Challenge is to encourage participants to develop innovative approaches leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, and other non-conventional methods to produce solutions to the route sequencing problem which outperform traditional, optimization-driven operations research methods in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.31
…has put on their internal operations, customer service, and delivery partners. “Both manufacturers and retailers, faced with ecommerce volumes that no one anticipated until 2025, are trying to meet this outsized demand with networks that were not prepared to handle this much volume this soon for such an extended period.” So then, the questions on many minds are these: How can existing supply chains rapidly mature to the same five-year future level? And how can a business rise to the current challenges with only the resources at hand? Like most supply chain decisions, the answers to these questions are found…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.64
…management, collaboration, and traceability capabilities that can improve product delivery and promote reuse, accelerating development cycles and eliminating costly rework. Teamcenter’s data management capabilities, in particular, are critical to accommodate the huge amounts of data collected from radar, Lidar, and artificial intelligence, Momoh says. Siemens and MaRS work together to find potential startups that would be the best match for the software and specifically, for which elements of the Siemens platform. Once selected, the partners put together a curriculum that instructs engineering users in how use the tools as well as how to optimize for particular use cases. MayaHTT, a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.21
…without a crew to perform different missions such as delivery in urban settings, transport of critical supplies in remote environments, or carrying sensors and instruments as part of a mobile scientific exploration platform. TIGER X-1’s modular platform and leg-wheel articulation are what sets it apart from other mobility solutions as it enables the vehicle to handle a range of extreme situations while keeping payloads more level than a typical ground vehicle. “We believe the combination of leg robotics and wheels results in vehicles of unprecedented mobility,” says Dr. John Suh, head of New Horizons Studio. When its legs are retracted,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.50
…evolve our already strong infrastructure to optimize pick-up and delivery. We’re excited to kick off this pilot with The GIANT Company and Swisslog as we continue to build out e-commerce fulfillment capabilities, which we believe will be key in supporting continued omnichannel growth.” The EFC is planned for the Philadelphia market to help meet customer demand in Center City and South Philadelphia. This location is expected to fulfill approximately 15,000 online orders per week for delivery to customers’ homes. “This pilot is an exciting milestone in The GIANT Company’s omnichannel evolution as we work to transform the online grocery experience…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.65
…the next generation legs for Elevate are under Generative Design study.” He believes Elevate can be deployed in resource delivery, search-and-rescue missions and even lunar exploration. The project involves the use of lattice structures, additive manufacturing and multidisciplinary collaboration, facilitated in Autodesk Fusion 360. “Generative design allowed us to tackle a lot of complex problems that would have taken somebody a long time to solve manually,” Suh says. “I call it a mind multiplier.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.54
…Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipment to be delivered in Asia. “The delivery of this first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Singapore is an important milestone in the fight against COVID-19, and we are honored to be able to play a part in this,” says Chin Yau Seng, senior vice president of Cargo for SIA. “It also served to demonstrate SIA’s and the Singapore air hub’s readiness for the very important job of transporting and distributing COVID-19 vaccines internationally.” In Europe, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has constructed a new climate cool room at its Schiphol Pharma Hub in Amsterdam with temperatures ranging…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.65
…to grow, including demand for personalized features/terms, lightning fast deliveries and flexibility to make no cost shipping and order/return changes. That puts multi-point pressure on warehouse operations stretching them in a lot of different directions to drive the expected perfect order and customer satisfaction targets. The underlying conflicts from the proliferation of personalized products, the growth of each picking and next hour deliveries are creating hard-to-optimize warehouse equations. The uncertainty and disruptions of the pandemic drove customer behaviors such as the stockpiling of critical products to hedge the choppy upstream demand or canceling/cutting non-critical items to conserve cash. Customers look…