Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.46
Locus Robotics, (Booth S3212), a leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, has announced the launch of its Spring 2019 software and hardware suite. The release features new functionality as well as enhancements to the company’s multi-bot software, hardware, and user experience. The latest suite is designed to further improve productivity, operational flexibility and performance for retail/e-tail, third party logistics (3PL), distribution and industrial specialty customers. The new software and hardware capabilities also enable Locus to fully support all omnichannel methods including retail, wholesale, and e-commerce fulfillment. With Locus’s task interleaving support, multiple omnichannel order types may be…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.24
After a record number of exhibitors (1,000+) and attendees (45,000+) at ProMat 2019, MHI anticipates more of the same at Modex 2020—the industry’s premier supply chain event. Modex will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, March 9-12, 2020. “Our Modex exhibitor space draw, held this past December, brought 640 exhibitors who reserved a record 300,000 net square feet of show floor space,” said George Prest, CEO of MHI. “It’s another sign that the material handling, logistics and supply chain industry continues to remain healthy and growing. That corresponds with what we’re hearing all over the ProMat…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.68
Geek+ (Booth N6327) is introducing a variety of autonomous mobile robots for warehousing and order fulfillment—including e-commerce applications—in its exhibit. Carmen Hung, sales and marketing manager, noted that the company has completed several installations in Asia and Europe. “At ProMat we’re featuring the newest version of our P800 mobile robot, created to navigate under shelves of stored product, then carry them to a central location for order picking,” she said. “This goods-to-person solution allows workers to be more productive and spend less time walking to pick the items they need.” The robots are powered by machine learning algorithms to continuously…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.12
In a press conference on Tuesday, MHS (Booth N6539) detailed how key acquisitions of multiple controls, software and equipment providers—including Atronix, VanRiet and OCM—expand the company’s offerings in products, capacity and R&D innovations. “This growth enables us to offer customers complete, end-to-end capabilities as a single-source system supplier,” said Rush Fullerton, VP. “Through our extensive presence across North America and Europe, we deliver sortation, conveyor, storage and retrieval, order fulfillment, software, maintenance and other solutions worldwide.” Notably, MHS recently released its latest robotic technology: a singulation system to automate sorter induction. “It combines advanced computer vision, controls, gripping technology and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.75
…developments in the partnership they announced two years ago. A $150-million, 50-site order will include a series of hyperlocal micro fulfillment centers designed to fulfill at least $1 billion in annual e-commerce sales.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.63
RightHand Robotics, a leader in autonomous robotic piece-picking solutions, announced the release of RightPick2, the company’s next-generation, integrated software and hardware product platform at Booth S2397. RightPick2 is an autonomous piece-picking platform that handles the core task of picking and placing individual items as part of a range of warehouse workflows and processes. It works collaboratively with logistics facility employees and existing manual or automated systems, providing businesses with a vital productivity boost as part of a lean and highly efficient material handling process. RightPick2, the latest generation of the proven RightPick platform, combines new skills based on RightPick.AI, the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.38
DERRY, NH – AutoStore is proud to announce their partnership with Kuecker Logistics Group. Kuecker Logistics Group (KLG), located in Belton, MO, is a turnkey systems integrator. For more than 30 years, KLG has been providing innovative material handling solutions across North America to businesses large and small. They have experience in a diverse range of markets including solutions for e-commerce fulfillment, retail, wholesale, protein, cold chain, convenience store, pharmaceutical, 3PL and food/beverage distribution. KLG was established in 1980 by Stanley J. Kuecker, who has been in the material handling industry since 1971. The first nine of those years Stan…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.85
Matt Yearling, CEO of PINC at ProMat Companies delivering products to customers are already dealing with workforce labor shortages and growing demand due to e-commerce, but shrinking warehouse vacancies and an overabundance of stock, due to fears of China tariffs, have created an inventory mess. At this year’s ProMat 2019 conference in Chicago, Matt Yearling, CEO of PINC, will present “Automating Your Inventory Management With Drones So It’s 100 Times Faster,” at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. The session is part of the CRO Summit at ProMat, produced by RoboBusiness and Robotics Business Review. The Chief Robotics Officer…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.23
From the outset, what Fictiv and Xometry appear to do is no more than matchmaking. It’s the principle pioneered by tech disruptors such as Airbnb, applied to manufacturing. Airbnb matches those seeking short-term living accommodations with those who happen to have extra space that can accommodate travelers. Thus, a whole new ecommerce infrastructure was born to satisfy the backpackers and budget-conscious travelers who previously didn’t have an option; and the homeowners who previously didn’t have a good way to offer their extra bedrooms and vacation homes for rental. Similarly, manufacturers with extra production capacity can join the Fictiv and Xometry…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.29
Printed electronics developers have started launching the technology into the third dimension, throwing off the constraints of flat, 2D architectures to integrate electronics directly into a product’s geometry. Until recently, electronics companies designed and manufactured components, systems and layers in 2D. Then they finished off the lengthy process by performing steps like drilling, pressing and plating to connect the separate dies to create a multi-layer circuit board. When you say, “3D circuit,” people still think of stacked planar circuits, perhaps connected vertically using vias. The inability to shake off the 2D mindset has slowed the evolution of printed electronics technology,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.29
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has recognized Better Buildings Alliance partner REI for the energy productivity advances made in its Arizona distribution center located in Goodyear, Ariz. Supporting 40% of the co-op’s stores and employing more than 200 people, the center has achieved an annual energy savings of 18% and annual cost savings of $170,000 from the baseline in the first two years of operation. The Goodyear distribution center is REI’s Better Buildings Showcase Project. To achieve its goal of net-zero energy consumption, REI installed a 2.2-megawatt solar system which is expected to power the entire facility, bringing REI’s…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.36
RightHand Robotics (RHR), a leader in providing integrated robotic piece-picking solutions, has partnered with PALTAC Corp., Japan’s largest wholesaler of consumer packaged goods. The collaboration will introduce RightHand’s newest piece-picking solution to the Japanese market, with multiple workstations to be installed in PALTAC’s newest facility, RDC Saitama, opening later in 2019 in Sugito, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Japan represents a huge and growing market for automation as the world’s second-largest retail sector, with annual sales exceeding $1.3 trillion. As the country’s leading wholesaler of cosmetics, daily necessities, and general pharmaceutical products, PALTAC sought a robotic piece-picking solution to further automate operations…