Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.85
March 14, 2019
Is Amazon In-Sourcing or Creating a New Service? You Already Know Amazon didn’t get to where it is today (hitting a market cap of $1 trillion in Sept. 2018) by resting on its laurels. At the time I wrote this, Amazon’s market cap is $777.8 billion. We can all rest assured that Amazon is looking to get back up to $1 trillion and stay there. Amazon understands the value and importance of innovation, and it’s size and service portfolio variety means that it looks at problems differently than other large companies. It’s that perspective that allows Amazon to enter new…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.11
March 07, 2019
If last year’s “Annual Warehouse and Distribution Center (DC) Equipment Survey” reflected the need to quickly ramp up on systems, this year’s survey still indicates a bullish outlook, albeit a more cautious one. With multiple years of strong economic growth, expanding e-commerce, and low unemployment, many DC organizations are weighing their next steps for keeping pace with flush economic times. Rather than rush forward with investments, this year more respondents seem to be pondering their next best moves, including turning to third-party logistics (3PL) providers for help. Peerless Research Group’s (PRG) annual survey, conducted in January of 2019, found that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.37
February 15, 2019
Automation and Artificial Intelligence The Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program released new research that analyzes the impacts of automation on the American workforce, examining data focused on the mix of industries, geographies, and demographic groups across the U.S. The report, titled Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places, offers projections for how automation and artificial intelligence will impact the American economy over the next few decades, looking at the susceptibility of tasks in occupations that are potentially automatable. The authors, Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton, focus on areas of potential occupational change rather than net…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.66
February 12, 2019
GEODIS Indianapolis, Ind. Size: 250,000 square feet Products: Apparel and fashion Stock Keeping Units: 30,000 Throughput: 20,000 units per day Shifts: 1 shift per day/7 days a week Read more about the GEODIS e-fulfillment center in the feature article from February 2019 Modern Material Handling Magazine. GEODIS is one of a handful of third-party logistics (3PLs) providers that have embraced mobile collaborative robots to improve throughput and productivity and create a better working environment for their employees. Here’s how they’re deployed. At the present, GEODIS is using the cobots only in the picking process. Picking begins when a wave of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.80
February 12, 2019
More than 6.5 million. That’s how many units GEODIS, the global third-party logistics (3PL) provider, had picked to a fleet of mobile collaborative robots (Locus Robotics, locusrobotics.com) as of mid-December 2018. 175 and counting. That’s the number of cobots GEODIS had deployed across its North American facilities as of that date. 2x. That’s the productivity improvements that GEODIS realized since it first deployed a fleet of 21 bots in a facility outside of Indianapolis in January 2018 following a three-month pilot, according to Alan McDonald, senior director of continuous improvement, and Kevin Stock, the senior vice president of engineering. From…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.32
February 06, 2019
According to a new report from Tractica, a market intelligence firm that focuses on human interaction with technology, the demand for robots is at a tipping point that could lead to widespread adoption of robots in warehouses and logistics operations to assist and displace human workers. The report indicates a growing number of warehousing and logistics companies are incorporating robots to reap the benefits of speed, efficiency, and increased profits to remain competitive in a market driven in large part by consumers that demand rapid fulfillment. At the same time, the report notes, robotic warehousing and logistics technologies are advancing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.20
February 05, 2019
This month, the Supply Chain Group editorial team offers Logistics Management readers a preview of the latest warehouse and distribution center management equipment, automation and software products that will be introduced on this year’s trade show floor. Run two voice-directed picking solutions together The Lydia Voice Co-Exist Solution is targeted to Vocollect Voice customers who want to add Lydia Voice alongside their existing deployment. The solution enables companies to easily operate a two-vendor voice strategy without having to undertake any additional voice integration efforts. Operational in a very short time with minimal customer resources, the solution delivers 11% productivity improvement.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.85
January 25, 2019
Robots Adding Another Level of Automation For centuries, hand tools helped humans build dwellings, clothing, food containers and vehicles. The introduction of power tools then made it possible to complete this work much more quickly and with a lot less effort. Not long ago, robots added yet another level of automation by making it possible to get work done even more efficiently and by providing information about their operations. During this time, it often seemed that designers were trying to build automated systems to replace workers completely. But recently, there has been a significant shift toward building robots that can…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.41
January 17, 2019
While the changes occurring within the supply chain are, at times, in tandem with the rapid growth of e-commerce and technology, how companies approach things like their distribution networks and industrial building design is fundamentally changing. That was a key thesis of a new research report issued today by Chicago-based commercial real estate broker JLL. The report, entitled “Human Centric Design,” explained that “distribution center design is evolving, in large part to address the critical need companies are challenged with today-attracting and good people.” Bringing good people into the fold is clearly paramount for employers, but, as JLL, observes, in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.67
January 11, 2019
Velodyne Lidar has introduced technology pertaining to advanced driving safety systems. Velodyne unveiled the VelaDome, a compact embeddable lidar that provides an ultra-wide 180°x180° image for near-object avoidance. Velodyne also introduced Vella, software that establishes its directional view Velarray lidar sensor as an integral component for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Vellas is designed to enhance advanced driver assistance functionalities currently on the market, such as Lane Keeping Assist (LKA), Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC). “With these new products, Velodyne’s robust solution portfolio meets the entire range of lidar needs for autonomy and driver assistance,” says…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.93
December 19, 2018
Investment in Robotics RightHand Robotics, a leader in providing integrated robotic piece-picking solutions, announced that it has secured $23 million in a Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures, an active investor in the robotics sector. GV (formerly Google Ventures) also joined this round along with existing investors, including Dream Incubator, Matrix Partners, and Playground Global. RightHand Robotics intends to use the funds to expand business and technical teams and broaden its suite of product applications in support of the company’s growing customer base. “This funding is a testament to our team’s intense focus on solving the critical challenge…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 12.16
December 19, 2018
RightHand Robotics is a leader in providing end-to-end solutions that reduce the cost of e-commerce order-fulfillment of electronics, apparel, grocery, pharmaceuticals, and countless other industries. Unlike traditional factory robots that can be complex to set up and are singly purposed, RHR solutions are simple to integrate and adaptable to improve the utilization of many different customer workflows, such as sorting batch-picked items, picking items from an ASRS, inducting items to a belt sorter, and order quality assurance.
