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…the heart of every business that deals with the delivery of physical goods. That’s why we created a game-changing materials handling solution using the industry’s most advanced autonomous mobile robots and artificial intelligence: Nimble enough to adapt to your needs, powerful enough to make your operations consistently exceed customer expectations. Vecna Robotics’ Pivotal™ technology safely transforms OEM material handling equipment into fully-autonomous self-driving vehicles, orchestrates tasks across resources for optimized workflow efficiency, and employs the power of AI to create a machine learning feedback loop for system-wide continuous improvement. By leveraging the best strengths of autonomous robots, intelligent AI systems,…
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…construction services for utility-scale solar, wind, energy storage, and power-delivery projects with proven project management and self-performance of all major work activities. Robots could help solar power scale Robotics is becoming critical to the global effort to increase solar power output, given worker shortages and the labor-intensive installation process, said the companies. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), annual solar installations will need to increase by 60% through 2030 to meet climate targets, which would require nearly 800,000 new solar workers to meet this goal. In addition to increasing productivity to mitigate labor pressures, robots can improve job…
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…inbound staging to ASRS induction. It also enables the delivery of materials between workcells and ergonomic lift stands for work-in-process flows, as well as extraction from robotic palletizers and stretch wrappers for outbound staging, said Vecna. “This upgrade to our AFL platform is a response to customer need to automate more workflows—including low lift with conveyors and risers—in the midst of persistent labor shortages,” stated Anthony Moschella, senior vice president of product management at Vecna Robotics. “The ability to coordinate autonomous material transport with other automated systems and common warehouse equipment is the first critical step in our mission to…
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…new vision of how effective and efficient their assembly, delivery and picking processes can be,” said Parsh Patel, CEO of ResGreen. “We are confident that our SimuPath program will set new benchmarks in cost-effectiveness and place our clients at the forefront of their industries.” SimuPath offers two modes ResGreen said SimuPath will be available in two simulation modes: Mode A – Fixed Structure: This mode presents a static, digital replica of a warehouse or plant, with elements such as racks, storage containers, and machinery firmly set in place. The AI algorithms then process the facility’s current arrangement and devise the…
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…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),…
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…McCormick Place. “The intensely competitive e-commerce environment and free delivery has really kicked up the demands on supply chains to continually increase order fulfillment speed, accuracy and efficiency,” he noted. “As the Annual Industry Report found, supply chain leaders are increasingly planning their spend on robotics and automation solutions to augment the productivity of their existing workforce. This new ProMat Solution Center gives them the opportunity to see those solutions focused specifically on their needs.” From automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) and goods-to-person (G2P) systems to automatic guided vehicles and carts (AGVs/AGCs) to autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and articulated…
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…The AMRs can also serve in as raw material delivery, work-in-progress (WIP) movement, and finished goods movement in manufacturing plants, said ForwardX. The company said its customers, such as SF DHL China, ITOCHU Logistics, and TCL, have seen 200% to 300% increases in productivity, as well as 50% labor cost reductions. “We know that the role of automation will continue to grow across the supply chain, but investing upwards of $5 million on a system with limited flexibility just won’t cut it in a post-pandemic environment,” said Nicolas Chee, founder and CEO of ForwardX. “Our customers come to us looking…
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…necessary to avoid the impact of delays on international deliveries. For these businesses, there may be more to consider than simply increasing storage capacity by building racking higher or deeper. New processes may be required to increase the efficiency of storage and retrieval, such as the implementation of automated storage and retrieval (AS/RS) systems tied into warehouse management systems. Increasingly powerful AI technology and autonomous vehicles are beginning to revolutionize warehouses and could be pivotal in ensuring that the flow of goods in and out of the UK remains steady in post-Brexit Britain. While many businesses would have preferred more…
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…Robotics. To meet consumers' growing expectations of rapid parcel delivery, the addition of mobile robots to help handle complex fulfillment tasks has become more urgent for warehouse operators. In addition, cross-border warehouse and distribution center operators require systems that can be swiftly and easily deployed, said the company. HAIPICK helps WINIT in the U.K. WINIT is a Shanghai-based provider of warehouse and distribution services for cross-border e-commerce in Australia, the U.S., and several European countries. The company had found no shortcuts to address the e-commerce surge during the pandemic. However, it did find that robotics could help it meet the…
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…the robot can choose the best option for each delivery. Software and hard changes Providing an operational view to each AGV is where increasingly intelligent software comes into play. When integrated with the enterprise resource planning system, the warehouse management system (WMS) or execution software, the AGV becomes the physical extension of the ambitions of the WMS, according to Bill Torrens, sales director for OTTO Motors. However, the “brains” inside each self-driving vehicle interpret real-time conditions to dynamically change its behavior, solving for all the potential variables between the A to B movement that was requested. Instead of a single,…
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…Robotics. “With this investment, Agility can ramp up the delivery of robots to fill roles where there’s an unmet need.” Agility Robotics said it has been developing robots that combine design, software, and hardware to be “part of a blended human-robot workforce.” Shelton and Jonathan Hurst, two robotics Ph.D.s from Carnegie Mellon University, met as graduate students and founded the company seven years ago. Agility Robotics designs Digit for flexibility Despite the conventional wisdom that many industry problems have been addressed by automation, most robotics technologies today are purpose-built for single tasks, making them inflexible, expensive, and quickly obsolete, said…
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…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…