Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.72
…to address demand for personalization of both products and delivery.” The others we spoke with concurred. “More and more companies are realizing the numerous advantages robotics provides their businesses,” Guerry added. That list of potential benefits ranges from faster, more accurate picking to reduced labor requirements. Both the labor shortage and a lack of interest in working in traditional warehouse settings plays to the value of piece-picking robots. “New training opportunities with robotics are a win-win strategy for companies and employees alike,” explained Guerry. Distributors have great expectations for pick-and-place automation. “This technology is fully capable of producing a high…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.72
…company said its robots are used for different drug delivery formats and to perform fill-finish, labeling, quality assurance testing, and inspection tasks. A TX2-60 Stericlean robot paired with an Asyril flexible feeding platform picked and placed medical device components. The Asyril uses AI-based vision to locate acceptable parts and transmit their pick coordinates to the robot. A second demonstration featured the TX2-60L, an ISO 14644-1 Class 2 cleanroom robot with hand-guided functionality for use in delicate procedures. Staubli launched the Stericlean+ line in 2022 and said it has a new fully hygienic design and coating for higher performance in sensitive…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.71
…pandemic, as well as high demand from consumers. Home delivery had become critical, and then there were shortages on the worker side. You'd think that supply chains and warehousing would already be automated, but at least 50% in the U.S. is largely manual. Coupled with e-commerce demand and worker shortages, you'll have serious problems. Our team saw during COVID that a lot of these companies have been investing heavily in automation. Now we have haptic sensors and companies like FANUC, Honeywell, Omron, and Yaskawa rolling out robotics. And there's more autonomous technology coupled with 5G, whose low latency can help…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.69
…features in the coming months, including grocery and food delivery, arranging in-home service providers, and more. “Older adult populations are often limited by barriers to care, which not only leads to feelings of isolation, but can also negatively affect long-term health outcomes,” said Caitlin Donovan, global head of Uber Health. “That is why we are proud to work with Intuition Robotics to keep seniors healthy and encourage independence and confidence.” “Our work will allow seniors to stay connected to their community—whether that be a doctor's appointment or a church group,” she said. “At Uber Health, we want to empower those…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.67
Aerial Inventory Robots Unlike their highly publicized home delivery cousins, drones designed for warehouse uses have been flying under the radar. However, a high-profile board appointment to an indoor drone pioneer could mean aerial inventory robots are ready to come out of the shadows. In August, Chris Sultemeier, former executive vice president of logistics for Walmart, joined the board of warehouse drone pioneer PINC to help roll out the company's new technology. Read the Article: Former Walmart Executive Chris Sultemeier Joins Warehouse Drone Pioneer PINC “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing the PINC team for almost four years now,” Sultemeier…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.66
…medical impact of something going wrong with a drug delivery device is an order of magnitude worse than a health device losing your jogging data.” The requirements of medical devices for traceability, approvals, testing and more “make the importance of the collaboration platform to be much more stringent,” he adds. Establishing the paper trail “Engineering teams in this field often spend more time on the paper trail and documentation than they spend on actual product design,” notes Benjamin Jordan, senior product manager, Fusion 360 Electronics at Autodesk. “Accordingly, anything that helps shorten those tedious design review and compliance cycles brings…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.66
…United Robotics Group last year. Servi and Keenbot are delivery and transportation robots that assist the food and beverage industry by cutting labor costs or improving service quality. Whiz I, Scrubber 50, and RS26 are used in autonomous cleaning applications and to overcome labor shortages. Samsung Electronics recently invested 59 billion won ($45.2 million) in Rainbow Robotics, a regional humanoid robotics business, providing a glimpse into the robotics plans of the South Korean tech behemoth. Samsung said it intends to market the EX1 human helper robot in the upcoming months. The ROBOTIS MINI is a miniaturized humanoid robot that can…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.65
…the next generation legs for Elevate are under Generative Design study.” He believes Elevate can be deployed in resource delivery, search-and-rescue missions and even lunar exploration. The project involves the use of lattice structures, additive manufacturing and multidisciplinary collaboration, facilitated in Autodesk Fusion 360. “Generative design allowed us to tackle a lot of complex problems that would have taken somebody a long time to solve manually,” Suh says. “I call it a mind multiplier.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.63
…seeing inside these operations? Hedges: I see speed of order-to-delivery as the key challenge now. This is causing increased focus on technologies to help increase order processing. This is everything from basic process improvement studies, applying robotic picking, using AMRs to reduce walking to automated ASRS buffer systems to deliver product directly to the picker. I’m am also seeing more movement in applying automation to pack out and palletizing operations. LM: What role are you seeing robotics playing as operations work to respond to today’s pressures? Hedges: Customers are looking for automation to provide faster and more accurate order sortation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.60
…of vehicle miles travel including ride hailing, sidewalk and delivery robots, and AVs. I do think the segment that Optimus Ride is focusing on is overlooked. City governments will restrict single-occupancy vehicles, including ride hailing, and as we see environmental collapse, people will realize that transportation is part of the solution. Autonomous shuttles are like putting back in a smaller version of street cars with more flexibility and without the infrastructure. Along with bike-sharing services, they can help deal with the demise in connectivity between neighborhoods. What is the role of public policy in encouraging autonomous transport? Klein: I'm not…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.59
…move inventory faster in a warehouse to improve on-time delivery, then collaborative autonomous mobile robotics, or ground robots, might be the right option for you. If you are trying to improve inventory accuracy and speed of inventory checks to improve the visibility of stock in shelves, then aerial robots are the solution you are looking for. The two solutions I just mentioned are complementary. The third question is “Do I have the right team in place to deploy these technologies?” Establish subject matter experts within your organization that can own and drive these projects forward. When flying a drone outdoors…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.58
…returned to their home base to recharge,” Kim-LaBroad says. “Delivery functions are also very inherent; the robot knows exactly where it needs to go, and it can do so without distraction or interruption.” The AGV technology migrated to health care from manufacturing. “The use of AGVs began in the manufacturing sector where they were used to move small components across expansive factory floors,” says Travis Leissner, vice president and director of strategy at Hoefer Wysocki. “They moved on to the health care sector later. I first saw their application at large medical centers and on campuses with multiple buildings where…