Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.01
March 01, 2016
…device at the end of a robotic arm) with vacuum grips that can “grab a wide variety of products,” says Longacre. “The final piece of the puzzle will be the mobile platform that transports the robot around the warehouse.” That piece could be closer than many realize. Longacre says JBT has already produced a number of vehicles that are equipped with gantry-type robots (versus fixed-degree-of-freedom robots). One large manufacturer, for example, is using the machines to grip spools and then pull up to 36 of those spools onto an automatic guided vehicle (AGV). The AGV can then move to another…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.60
May 15, 2023
…There are robotics companies out there operating in a vacuum. They might be one of the only robotics companies in their town or city or maybe even in their state. It's beneficial for them to know if they were interested in moving to Pittsburgh or operating in Pittsburgh, they wouldn’t struggle to get the talent that they need. They wouldn't struggle so much to find opportunities for investments. They wouldn't struggle so much to find good supply chain customers as they grow. They can build their prototypes and start to productize and commercialize. All that is here. It's here, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.52
July 18, 2022
…Europe, and shipped record numbers of the Whiz autonomous vacuum with partner SoftBank Robotics. Pinn brings experience to Brain Corp Pinn holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a Masters in Business from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a co-founder of Snaptracs, Qualcomm’s consumer electronics subsidiary. Pinn oversaw the successful sale of the business, which led to a merger with Whistle and a $117 million acquisition by Mars. David Pinn. Source: LinkedIn Prior to joining Brain Corp, Pinn was head of finance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.80
September 15, 2020
…board, creates solid, fully fused, void-free structures that sustain vacuum in a pressured autoclave at elevated temperatures without the need for add-on coatings, says Dennis Palmer, the company’s vice president of sales. Though the technology has greatly improved the integrity and quality of large-scale AM parts, many potential customers remain skeptical. “They are gun shy and now we have to prove that our prints work,” he explains, adding that the customer tests have provided some valuable lessons. “No one gives us anything easy that they want to print—they give us their most difficult projects,” Palmer says. “It’s been a good…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.44
July 05, 2022
…anyone who uses a mobile phone, or a robot vacuum, knows that good hardware needs good software to be effective. That dual nature has long existed in the warehouse automation market as well, with warehouse control system (WCS) software having been applied for decades to configure and monitor automation. But market observers say that what is happening now with software is less about governing the speeds and feeds of each zone of automation and more about orchestration of the entire DC as a system, as well as knowing when and how to adjust specific resources to accommodate peaks. Software is…
