Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.55
…transitioning a few of our courses to online instructor-led delivery, but [the pandemic] brought it to the forefront,” said Kevin Kuker, VP of Training and Support at IMAGINiT. “It made us polish up this delivery method a lot. We're delivering about 80% of the volume of the training we were delivering before the pandemic. But now 99% of it, is delivered online. We've also seen a big transition to self-paced learning. Many of our courses are now prerecorded, with ebooks, practices and exercises.” “Many businesses have experienced disruptions, which have resulted in less formal team training. However, individual learners have…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.86
…including strategic hires and the development of an Innovation Delivery Method for identifying, validating and deploying technologies that can improve customer outcomes at scale (see box, p. 24). Today, NFI’s innovation portfolio includes electric and natural gas vehicles, solar energy, artificial intelligence, automation and robotics. The 3PL also participates in the Blockchain in Transport Alliance initiative. The adoption of AMRs is a good illustration of the Innovation Delivery Method in action, according to Jimmy Shafer, senior vice president of integrated design and solutions, who shepherded the project. The initiative began in 2017 as part of the company’s review of its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.52
…include increased demand for grocery online business and home delivery, those challenges are even more acute,” Krebs says. In addition, the competition between logistics organizations and e-commerce giants concerning delivery services continues to intensify. “In response to some of these pressures, we’ve seen logistics organizations look to alternative technologies such as passive RFID and vision systems, plus make investments in automation and robotics,” Krebs says, “to squeeze even greater operational benefits from their already streamlined operations.” Forever evolving Looking ahead, Krebs expects the AIDC market to continue evolving at a steady pace. However, when it comes to the technology that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.67
…global retail and fulfillment customers are using to speed delivery of essential items to customers during the pandemic. Our employees have rallied around using our technology to ensure vulnerable people have access to the food items they need,” said Tom Wagner, founder and CEO of Berkshire Grey. “With additional support and donations from corporate partners, we hope to make the surplus food distribution supply chain more efficient for many more years to come.” The Picking With Purpose process allows food banks to pack more shelf-stable food in less time. It also enables volunteers and other staff to devote their time…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.41
…levels, pricing and discount schedules, shipping options, and projected delivery dates. It also provides an easy and secure way to pay for those tools via credit card or ACH checking. The beta implementation was a success, and product selection continues to expand as vendors sign on approaching the official launch date of November 23. To date, MachiningCloud has distribution agreements with the following cutting tool and tooling manufacturers, representing more than half a million part numbers. Garr Tool Gorilla Mill GWS Tool Group M.A. Ford MasterCut Mitsubishi Materials OSG PCT Robb Jack TapExtension This initial group of companies will soon…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.86
…incontinence supplies and adult diapers, sold online for home delivery but also with a growing channel shipping to institutions. Either way, orders are stored at the case level rather than the unit level and mostly picked in cases, with a small percentage of item-level picks. Given the products handled, the cases are large and bulky. And, given the urgent need for the supplies, NorthShore Care Supply’s policy is to ship the same day orders are received. Fulfillment speed is critical to make parcel carrier cutoff times. Before building the new facility, associates picked cases to three-tier carts they pushed through…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.73
…many industries. Through this partnership, Morf3D will accelerate the delivery of more product-enhancing AM applications for companies in a wide range of industries, leveraging design optimization, AM part qualification and industrial-scale production. Siemens signed an agreement with Evolve Additive Solutions, an AM machine developer whose pioneering STEP technology applies polymer onto rollers, like a 2D paper printer. STEP enables high-speed and high-volume thermoplastics AM that equals or exceeds the isotropic properties of injection molding. Evolve will equip its breakthrough machines with Siemens’ AM software so that they can optimize build preparation, including part slicing and nesting, as well as global…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.69
…time when autonomous systems are on the rise, Ansys will enable cloud engineers to increase productivity and accelerate the delivery of innovative solutions.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.85
…The system fulfills a $1 million contract that includes delivery of advanced software capabilities, as well as production processes. The initial application will replace manual integration of flex circuits by using aerosol jet to directly print multilayer 3D circuitry onto a structural component. This additive manufacturing approach will provide reductions in cost and improvements in yield versus existing methods, as well as increased flexibility for next generation designs. This order is one example of requests for Optomec’s 3D Printed Electronics solution in the medical device market, which now makes up more that 20% of Optomec’s business. Customer applications range from…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.19
…tool to support the evolution of the aerospace and defense industry—ultimately expediting the time from customer concept to program delivery,” says Mike Gazarik, vice president, Engineering, Ball Aerospace. “Incorporating a digital platform enforces Ball Aerospace’s commitment to our customers’ needs and aligns our capabilities for future missions.” Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.76
…parts in one day from a single machine; and delivery of a cost analysis for scaling up its advanced SPJ binder jet manufacturing technique to successfully manufacture at least 500,000 prototype pieces. “The novel Co-free hardmetal grade is expected to yield a high strength, high toughness, high hardness, and high wear resistance material,” says Dr. Nicholas Ku, materials engineer, CCDC Army Research Laboratory. “We believe combining this novel material with Desktop Metal’s Single Pass Jetting technology will have major applications not only in the defense sector but also in the commercial sector. Further, we believe this combined method will dramatically…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.66
…risks. “The world’s supply chains were optimized for just-in-time delivery, but when you have so many breaks and disruptions, just-in-time creates new vulnerabilities,” Teipel said. For the aerospace industry, AM has been front and center for a long time, initially as a means for prototyping and later as a force for reimagining part design with an eye towards consolidation through new organic structures that couldn’t be produced with traditional methods, according to Major Alex Goldberg, chief innovation Officer for the Texas Military Department and a participant in the panel. More recently, AM is playing a role in helping the military…