Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.71
February 06, 2024
…North American customer base, HWArobotics has deployed systems globally. The company said its customers include Shein, Bosch UAES, SONY, Freshippo-Alibaba Group, Hisense Hitachi, Faurecia, JD.com, and Phoenix Media. HWArobotics said it provided South Korean consumer cooperative group iCOOP’s fresh food project with a system including 22 shuttle cars, 4 cart elevators, and 4,840 storage locations.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.35
June 22, 2023
…logistics experience, both in the U.S. at Amazon and Alibaba in China. At Alibaba he worked at the logistics arm, on projects involving the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning into logistics. He left in 2019 and assembled a team of co-founders who brought a range of tech, business development, AI, automation and logistics skills to the company he started. CoEvolution now has more than 100 employees, over 50 deployments around the world, offices in both China and the US, and ambitious plans to expand its reach into Europe, where it is now seeking integrators and partners. CoEvolution added…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.91
May 23, 2023
…company. DEEP Robotics said its partners include Tencent and Alibaba. Lite3 series comes in four versions DEEP Robotics said it offers the new Lite3 series in four models: a basic one designed for technology enthusiasts, plus three more advanced versions designed for scientific study purposes. The robot's features include DEEP Robotics’ latest proprietary joints, control systems, and advanced algorithms. Lite3 incorporates significant technological advances since Lite2, the company said. The latest robotic dog has proprietary leg-joint technology that provides far greater strength and drive, with torque increased by 50%, it said. The high-torque joint drive-module offers extremely high torque density,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.28
November 17, 2022
Shoppers in China spent $132.6 billion with Alibaba and JD.com on Singles' Day, Nov. 11, according to ForwardX Robotics. In comparision, U.S. consumers spent a total of $19.6 billion across retailers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2021, according to an Adobe report. ForwardX said it helped more than 100 warehouses meet e-commerce demand last week, with its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) picking over 15 million units. One warehouse using the company's AMRs shipped 6X its average orders on time. Founded in 2016, ForwardX claimed that it is “Asia's largest person-to-goods AMR” provider. The Beijing-based company has more than…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.60
November 05, 2022
…Zhu founded CoEvolution, a provider of intelligent logistics solutions, in 2019. Prior to that, he worked at Amazon and Alibaba, where he helped manage the companies' logistics operations.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.11
August 16, 2022
…online shopping jumped to nearly $30 trillion, led by Alibaba and Amazon. This shift in consumer behavior has accelerated the adoption of warehouse automation, as packaging systems are estimated to climb to $69 billion by 2025. At the center of this revolution are unmanned systems. Robots excel at dull, repetitive tasks like moving pallets. However, humans still exceed their mechanical counterparts in delicate creative tasks that require high levels of tactile dexterity. This paradox has led many roboticists to take a dramatically different approach to using mechatronics to streamline productivity. In place of traditional robots to augment labor, these innovators…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.31
June 20, 2022
…a $200 million Series D financing round led by Alibaba's exclusive strategic financing and the SoftBank Vision Fund. The company achieved successful results and was ranked on the Hurun “global unicorn company” list last year. Meanwhile, Keenon Robotics was named one of the top 10 “best investment cases in advanced manufacturing” by the CVINFO 2021 Annual List. The company has launched with six global business areas: North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. In these areas, Keenon Robotics said it is cooperating with large local multinationals on strategic development to continue supporting the world with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.15
March 12, 2022
…plenty of activity overseas. Within one year of launch, Alibaba’s XIaomanlv last-mile delivery robots reportedly completed more than 1 million deliveries. And the company has plans to develop 10,000 robots within the next few years. Legacy players such as Amazon, FedEx, and Postmates are also investing in autonomous vehicles and mobile robots, bringing their systems into more cities and countries regularly. Among the challenges for both sidewalk and street-based systems is a lack of unified regulations across jurisdictions. Delivery challenges Many of these robots have SAE Level 3 or Level 4 autonomy. Several companies' delivery robots are still remote-controlled, however.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.15
February 04, 2022
…company Statista. By 2023, the sales value is expected to rise to 61 billion yuan ($9.5 billion). Chinese companies Alibaba, Meituan, and JD.com said they plan to have more than 2,000 courier robots in use this year between them. Check out the slideshow (right) for five robots helping to keep people safe at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.96
January 18, 2022
…and investments in more than 300 companies such as Alibaba, Chewy, Devoted Health, Made.com, Pony.ai, Toast, and WuXi PharmaTech. 7bridges added that it is partnering with Maersk Growth to combine its specialized AI and Maersk's global logistics network and data for predictive analysis and more informed decision making. “The last two years have drawn supply chains directly into the commercial spotlight,” said Oliver Finch, investment partner at Maersk Growth. “There is an urgent need to innovate in the sector and maintain access to goods we rely on.” “7bridges have developed a novel technology solution to digitalise the design, management and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.52
December 23, 2021
…autonomous logistics vehicles. The company has partnered with Meituan, Alibaba DAMO Academy, and Dmall, the on-demand grocery delivery unit of supermarket chain Wumart. Such logistics vehicles are now delivering groceries to residents for Dmall in the district of Shunyi, Beijing and transporting e-commerce parcels at universities for Alibaba in cities such as Wuhan, in Hubei province, and Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Haomo claimed that its 5,000-sq.-m (53,819.5-sq.-ft.) plant in Baoding, Hebei province, is the biggest of its kind worldwide in terms of production capacity. Great Wall Motor is using Haomo's autonomy technology in vehicles ranging from SUVs to commercial trucks. Source:…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.53
December 21, 2021
…five research and development centers worldwide. Its backers include Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. In January, AutoX launched what it said was the world's first (after Waymo) and China's first robotaxi service without safety drivers available to the public. It is operating hundreds of vehicles across the country, including in a fully driverless zone covering 65 sq. mi. (168 sq. km) in the Pingshan District of Shenzhen. AutoX designs Chinese factory for quality AutoX said its new facility marks a major milestone in China’s autonomous vehicle industry, “as a dedicated production line is critical to guarantee the quality, safety, and consistency…
