Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.37
August 23, 2022
…AMRs [autonomous mobile robots] is tugging with a tow tractor, moving multiple loads at a time and significiant payloads as well. It helps operators get used to pulling different configurations of trailers and products for long or short distances. For example, the tuggers can move materials from kitting to the production line or take out the trash. Basic “milk runs” are great starter applications. Every time someone has to move abstract loads—dimensionally or weight-wise— it's challenging but a great opportunity. Overall, point-to-point moves like crossdocking or from buffer zone to buffer zone can demonstrate uses for automated trucks. Software and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.88
January 24, 2022
Much of North America's freight travels by tractor-trailer truck on highways, but the addition of autonomy, modularity, and electrification to locomotives could give the older transportation mode new life. Parallel Systems last week came out of stealth and announced that it has raised $49.55 million in its Series A round. The Culver City, Calif.-based startup said it plans to use the funding to build a fleet of rail vehicles, conduct testing, and grow its team. “We founded Parallel to allow railroads to open new markets, increase infrastructure utilization, and improve service to accelerate freight decarbonization,” stated Matt Soule, co-founder and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.86
January 03, 2023
…its bell pepper-harvesting robot, John Deere for its autonomous tractor, Skydio for its Scout drone, Neubility for its delivery robot, and Seoul Robotics for its self-driving car “control tower.” These companies have also received recognition with CES 2023 Innovation Awards, Talla said. NVIDIA makes more simulation tools available Also at CES, NVIDIA also announced a major update for Omniverse Enterprise to improve performance, improve RTX ray and path tracing, and streamline workflows. It has opened Omniverse portals with more Blender AI add-ons, Ada Lovelace support, and thousands of free 3D USD assets for GeForce RTX users. The company also announced…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.84
April 06, 2018
…loads or those that include loose cases transported via tractor trailer or container.” Saenz points to robots that can be telescoped into a trailer to grab a case and then turn and place it on either a pallet or onto a conveyor as one example of how far robotics technology has come over the last few years. “This technology isn’t widely used yet, but it can unload a trailer instead of a person doing it,” says Saenz, who also sees automated guided vehicles (AGVs) as a good “current” example of robotics on the dock, where they’ll play a more prominent…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.78
April 08, 2022
…you had Jungheinrich with an automated forklift and tow tractor tugger working together, OTTO Motors with a unit-load AGV running alongside its new forked AGV, and Bastian Solutions really impressing us with its AutoStore, mobile robot, and conveyor setup. And on our own stand, our multi-brand fleet demo also drove lots of visitor questions. Were there any new trends that you observed this year? Andrews: I think that there is a recognition that a modern automated warehouse environment is likely to contain different robots from different manufacturers to execute different tasks. And I was able to get a sense of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.67
March 14, 2023
…more efficient food production? Companies like John Deere, Monarch Tractor, Verdant, Agrist, FarmWise, and many others are creating unique and compelling solutions. Logistics and manufacturing will continue to leverage robotics as they have for years. I am particularly interested to see the emergence of mobile manipulators in this space. We have always had mobile robots that moved things from Point A to Point B and manipulators that have done picking and sorting. But mobile manipulators will be able to move to a location and then do more complex manipulation tasks. This will allow more processes and tasks to be automated…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.61
March 22, 2022
…and they can’t do it alone. Our fully autonomous tractor, featuring two NVIDIA Jetson GPUs for quick and accurate image classification at the edge, will be on farms this year, supporting farmers in overcoming challenges and providing for our growing world.” “We recognize the key role for AI in digitization of surgery through quantitative analytics and real-time clinical decision support systems,” added Dan Stoyanov, chief scientific officer at Medtronic Digital Surgery. “The latest NVIDIA Jetson platform brings us a new level of computational performance in the operating room and enables us to advance intraoperative systems to better support surgeons, through…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.44
October 06, 2024
…autonomous heavy machinery - such as wheel loaders, terminal tractors, excavators and more - into new industries beyond construction. The news, which was announced at UP.Summit, includes Teleo securing new orders for 34 machines and nine new customer deals in the pulp and paper, logging, port logistics, munition clearing and agriculture industries. Teleo is also targeting expansion into other industries such as airports, waste and recycling, logistics, warehousing and more. Additional orders have been placed that expand Teleo’s presence in the snow removal and construction industries, including the company’s entry into the Australian market. Teleo creates large, heavy duty autonomous…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.87
October 16, 2022
…like John Deere to accelerate the adoption of autonomous tractors and harvesters. While corn and grain fields have been mechanized over the past 10 years, orchards, berry, and nut production have been historically ignored by these types of initiatives. Startups like Burro are taking industrial automation to farms to take over most of the backbreaking and tedious jobs, such as harvesting, hauling, and packing goods. The most exciting opportunities will be found in the immense amount of data collected by these autonomous machines to monitor plant health, growing patterns, and production workflow to increase global agricultural yields. Furthermore, the inventions…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.76
August 19, 2024
…facility vehicles - including its (left to right) Tow Tractor S7, Lift CR1, and Lift RS1. Customers need to determine which workflows are best fits for automation. Source: Seegrid David Griffin, chief sales officer at Seegrid, said because automated lift trucks are a relatively new technology, new customers haven’t developed an appropriate set of expectations just yet. But, as the materials handling market gains more experience with automation, expectations will begin to fall in line with reality. “Many of our customers that have been at this for a long enough time, they have a really good understanding of what is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.54
October 09, 2020
…- or just fears about the safety of a tractor-trailer sized vehicle without a human driver. In the US, 4.4 million jobs are related to driving; of those, trucking jobs comprise about 2.5 million. A recent study found that automated trucks could reduce the demand for drivers by as much as 50 to 70 percent in the US and Europe by 2030, with 4.4 million of the 6.4 million professional drivers on both continents rendered obsolete. The best estimates for when this will unfold are between 2020 and 2030. This starts in two years. Editorial Note Excerpt from The War…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.30
September 24, 2021
…Logistics Receiving Inventory is received (1) in trucks versus tractor trailers. While some inventory may be palletized, most is floor loaded. Items are manually unloaded for processing in an inbound receiving area (2) where they are inspected and inducted into the warehouse management system (WMS). Putaway/storage Large or bulky items that cannot be handled by automation are stored on shelving in the manual storage area (3). Inventory that can be stored in the mini-load automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) is placed into storage totes and inducted onto a conveyor and sortation system installed on the mezzanine level (4). Those…
