Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.78
…said they would wait four days or more for delivery of a personal product, and 20% aren’t willing to wait any extra time at all for personalized items to come their way. Consumers’ increasing demand for personalization capabilities, coupled with their refusal to incur any extra wait time for delivery, sets up a major design challenge for engineers. “Demand for personalization requires a product design process that’s more nimble and responsive to consumer needs,” explains Olivier Sappin, CEO, CATIA, at Dassault Systèmes. “To keep up with consumer expectations, a business needs to produce and deliver personalized products with almost the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.61
…be aggregated in a single order. Grocers offering home delivery or store pickup can’t limit the products they offer their customers to those that can be easily handled by an automated system. Instead they must consolidate fresh produce, meats and seafood, and frozen foods with automation-friendly non-perishable and refrigerated items. That requires tight integration between manual and automated picking processes. One key to an effective strategy is determining the best way to utilize existing stores in integrating these processes. Is it more advantageous to invest in automated distribution centers that can support customers in a regional hub-and-spoke system or add…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.85
…are positioned to take a lead role in the delivery of this technology for our customers, but do so in a way that helps both companies to take advantage of the competencies of each. Our collaborative approach to go to market, leadership alignment, and the ability to expose Locus Robotics to the Körber customer base positions us to add value for our customers and drive new business opportunities for Locus Robotics.” Leavitt pointed out that together with HighJump, Locus is able to streamline the integration process to successfully mitigate the often-challenging aspects facing most automation deployments. As an example, she…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.13
…machinery to optimize routing around a warehouse Revolutionary Last-Mile Delivery LSPs have long wrestled with the “Last-Mile Delivery” problem - how to maximize the speed and efficiency of getting goods from a local distribution center to their final destination. 5G can help to bridge this gap, by supporting new technology like drone delivery. A remote pilot could fly a drone using video and haptic feedback; alternatively, drones may even become fully autonomous, with 5G supporting their sensors and communications. Self-driving vehicles can also help with last-mile delivery, with vans and cars able to navigate to the customer’s location. In the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.45
…That list includes things like AI, IoT, Blockchain, robotics, delivery by drone, and (down the road) autonomous vehicles. The state of parcel delivery and its last-mile logistics brethren will continue to get more and more specialization, one can assume, too. Given the heightened state of e-commerce and last-mile, how could it not? Amazon said it was on track to deliver 3.5 billion packages on its own in 2019, a staggering sum, considering where it was only a few years ago. And it is a number that is only going to grow as time goes on. Not to mention that UPS…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.26
…robot subtypes with autonomous mobile robots for transport and delivery. Other major automated guided vehicle (AGV) developers like Quicktron, JD.com, Geek, and Grey Orange are deploying thousands of robots yearly, while autonomous mobile robot (AMR) developers are just beginning to scale up. Brain Corp. has deployed 5,000 systems primarily in retail, and BlueBotics has deployed some 2,000 robots for intralogistics in and around the supply chain. Meanwhile MiR, an AMR company acquired by Teradyne in 2018, is beginning to achieve growth rates in excess of the company’s other robotics acquisition of major cobot developer, Universal Robots. The distinction between AGVs…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.08
…for spare parts and individualized components. The production and delivery of a 3D printed part only takes a few days instead of several months. Logistical costs can be greatly reduced, and this production technology also produces significantly less waste, the company reports. Sintratec offers an affordable end-to-end solution in the field of selective laser sintering (SLS), which is suited for training and education as well as for the production of smalland medium-sized series. In addition to manufacturing, the system will also be used in Daimler Buses' 3D printing centers to convey technological know-how in Neu-Ulm and—thanks to the simplified material…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.84
…needed. Convoys of trucks would reduce delays in the delivery of larger shipment volumes seen in full truckload shipments. It would also cut down on the need to have numerous people controlling individual vehicles. Large shipments would no longer be a problem if groups of trucks can head out at the same time and arrive together at their destination. This would also get consumers or businesses the products they need faster. Cutting down delivery times makes everyone happy. 5. Automation of the Supply Chain In the future, autonomous trucking won’t be the only part of the supply chain in which…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.37
…you ask, customers care most about product cost or delivery time. The dominance of companies like Amazon has pushed two-day shipping options to become standard in many cases. What the space faces next is a preference and competitive advantage of one-day or same-day shipping demands. And customers are willing to pay for it. Same-day shipping is a multi-billion-dollar opportunity that is expected to grow continuously through 2025 thanks to e-commerce offers and consumers being always connected to the Internet. Meeting this demand requires real-time inventory understanding throughout a supply chain, including options to turn almost any point in a supply…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.28
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 6.37
…real-time manufacturing asset intelligence, micro fulfillment, efficient last mile delivery and dynamic demand and supply synchronization are some of the major benefits of a digital supply chain. According to the report, the proliferation of technologies and opportunities around the digital supply chain means companies need to look seriously at outsourcing these functions. This is going to be a major shift towards a new business models as supply chain as a service (SCaaS), the report’s authors noted. In the report, titled “Next-Gen Supply Chain Market – Global Forecast to 2030,” this market is likely to reach USD 75 billion by 2030,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.35
…for expensive tooling, and with a corresponding reduction in delivery times. Stratasys’ GrabCAD Print software allows us to precisely define the printing parameters, then lock down the print file to ensure consistent parts production across multiple printing bureaus.” Stratasys rail-qualified materials include ULTEM 9085 resin, a flame-retardant, high-performance thermoplastic that has passed European standard EN45545-2 for all three Hazard Levels—HL1, HL2 and HL3. It features a high strength-to-weight ratio, excellent heat resistance, and high-impact strength. Also included is Antero 800NA, a PEKK-based thermoplastic possessing mechanical properties such as high strength, high heat resistance, toughness and wear resistance. The material is…