Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.45
September 21, 2021
Embark Trucks Inc., which is developing autonomous technology for the trucking industry, last week announced that it has partnered with Ryder System Inc. The companies plan to launch a nationwide network of up to 100 Embark transfer points, where Ryder will provide yard operations, maintenance, and fleet management to support a seamless coast-to-coast autonomous network for Embark fleet partners. “A fully developed transfer point has to include autonomous truck maintenance services and efficient yard operations,” said Alex Rodrigues, CEO of Embark. “By working with Ryder to offer best-in-class truck services throughout our transfer point network, we’re laying the groundwork for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.45
December 02, 2019
Automation in the delivery/logistic and warehousing/fulfillment chain is a growing market. According to recent research from IDTechEx, a subset of this is the use of mobile robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles for automation of movement-based tasks. This report finds the market for mobile robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles in delivery and warehousing is likely to reach $81 billion in 2030 and $290 billion in 2040. The report provides an analysis of all key players, technologies, and markets. It covers automated as well as autonomous carts and robots, automated goods-to-person robots, autonomous and collaborative robots, delivery robots, mobile picking robots, autonomous…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.44
May 10, 2021
The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM Institute today announced that Dr. Jared Glover, CEO of CapSen Robotics, has been selected as the institute’s first fellow. As an ARM Institute Fellow, Glover will execute a technical project to address key challenges hindering the adoption of robotics in manufacturing. The new fellowship program supports the Artificial Intelligence in Metals and Manufacturing (AIM) Higher Consortium. That group is led by the Catalyst Connection and is intended to help small and midsize manufacturers that supply or are pursuing opportunities with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). First ARM Institute Fellow Glover is co-founder…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.43
November 01, 2022
OSARO today has launched a partner program that aims to streamline the deployment of robotic solutions for e-commerce and logistics businesses. The OSARO Partners Alliance program provides a range of collaboration and co-marketing opportunities for vendors, integrators, distributors, resellers, third-party logistics companies (3PLs), and consultants, to deliver unified solutions, according to the San Francisco-based company. The program is designed to optimize every stage of a customer’s purchasing and deployment process whether it be with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), or other solution technologies, it added. OSARO makes robotic piece-picking systems for e-commerce markets. It said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.42
November 22, 2022
Picture this: A mobile robot drives around a distribution center while carrying a shelf of products, but on its path, it encounters something its navigation system doesn’t recognize and gets tripped up. Workers on the floor don’t immediately recognize the robot has stopped, and the problem needs to be addressed quickly to avoid potential backups. New York-based SparkAI said it has developed a system designed to account for this kind of situation by combining software, artificial intelligence, and human intervention. The company pitches its product as a three-step system. Let’s say a robot encounters a problem like the one described…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.42
November 10, 2022
Element Logic AS last week said it will integrate Addverb Technologies' systems for autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, into its existing portfolio alongside a fleet management platform. The companies said this will enable customers to decrease operational costs and increase profits. Element Logic and Addverb said they can jointly offer customers flexible systems for material transport, consolidation, and sequencing—buffers before and after the picking process from an AutoStore automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS). “By using AMRs, we can help our customers to improve internal processes, increase efficiency, and offer them faster and more reliable order processing,” stated Hans-Jörg Braumüller,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.41
January 01, 2020
In early December, a researcher asked me what were going to be the solutions driving the supply chain 20 years from now. To be honest, I didn’t have a clue. I think back to stories I was writing less than a decade ago, and none of them predicted the rise in robotics or the emergence of things like artificial intelligence or the Internet of Things. Then e-commerce fulfillment kicked into high gear, and we were all off to the races. But the question got me to thinking about what I’m going to be watching in the coming year, which is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.41
October 11, 2015
Grob’s new logistics center, the company’s term for its parts and raw materials warehouse, is adjacent to a 1.2-million-square-foot manufacturing facility. A pallet-handling automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS), a mini-load AS/RS, conventional storage and goods-to-person picking methodologies provide the fulfillment engine that delivers parts to the assembly line. Meanwhile, a vision system captures information about the items being picked and the amount of product left on a pallet or in a storage container. That information is used to improve the quality and accuracy of picks and to drive replenishment. Receiving and putaway: Trucks are unloaded and processed in the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.40
April 14, 2021
Geekplus Technology Co. today announced that it has collaborated with Asda Logistics Services and AMH Material Handling to launch an automated sorting system Asda's distribution center in South Elmsall, U.K. The partners said the system will enable Asda to continue growing its parcel collection and returns business. “We're pleased to be one of the first retailers in the U.K. to pioneer the Geek+ S20C robots in our National Sortation Centre working in collaboration with partners at Geek+ and AMH,” stated Jon Parry, vice president of Asda Logistics Services (ALS). “The robots work alongside our colleagues, enabling us to drive greater…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.39
May 10, 2024
Intralogistics systems supplier Kardex recently showcased its FulfillX warehouse execution system (WES) at Automate 2024 in booth 4681. The trade show was held May 6-9 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois. A3 said this year’s show is the biggest yet, featuring more than 365,000 square feet of exhibit space, over 800 exhibitors, and an expected 30,000 registrants, with learning and networking opportunities. Attendees are able to see the latest in robotics, machine vision, artificial intelligence (AI), and motion control. “Automate offered the ideal opportunity to introduce U.S. manufacturers to AutoStore empowered by Kardex FulfillX,” said Mitch Hayes,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.39
November 17, 2022
OSARO Inc. this week announced that SVT Robotics Inc. has joined its partner program to accelerate the integration of pick-and-place robots for e-commerce and logistics businesses. “Speed is key in today’s competitive e-commerce marketplace,” stated A.K. Schultz, CEO of SVT Robotics. “Our partnership with OSARO means their customers can deploy OSARO robots in a short amount of time without lengthy code development to begin optimizing productivity much more quickly.” SVT Robotics said its SOFTBOT platform enables manufacturers and warehouse operators to integrate robots, automation, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices in just days or weeks. The Norfolk, Va.-based company raised…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.39
March 12, 2020
In the spring of 2016, I drove to Devens, Mass., to see something truly new in the post-Kiva era: Autonomous mobile robots in a production setting at a Quiet Logistics e-fulfillment distribution center. Locus Robotics, the startup company founded by Bruce Welty and Mike Johnson, was still more concept than commercial product, but even then, Welty envisioned a multi-billion-dollar business for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in the warehouse. A little over a year later, I had the opportunity to watch another first: a mobile piece-picking robot from IAM Robotics at work at Rochester Drug’s distribution center in New York. While…
