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…into a preferred vendor cooperation agreement with robotics specialist Balyo to market self-guided trucks in North America. Through this agreement, Hyster-Yale Group, the manufacturer of Hyster and Yale lift trucks, will broaden its capabilities by offering robotic high-productivity solutions for the materials handling industry, while Balyo aims to accelerate adoption of its robotic solutions. The Balyo technology enables trucks to navigate without the help of any reflectors, wires or magnets. Instead the technology selects structural elements of the facility to build a map. Once the map is created, each self-guided truck compares, in real time, what its navigation module sees…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 61.02
Balyo, a leader in the design and development of robotic solutions for material handling trucks, has signed a 10-year partnership agreement with the U.S. lift truck manufacturer, Hyster-Yale Group, ending the contract signed in October 2015. “Following three years of productive collaboration, we are very pleased that our partnership with the American group Hyster-Yale Group will continue over the long term, demonstrating the added value of our solutions,” said Fabien Bardinet, Balyo chairman and chief executive officer. “Through this global strategic partnership, our two companies will pursue their common objective of manufacturing, marketing and selling material handling robots based on…
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BALYO, a maker of industrial automated forklifts, has announced that it has been selected by the Danone group to outfit a plant located in the north of France with its technology. Over the course of 2023, BALYO will deploy ten of its robotic reach trucks. The REACHY robotic reach truck is based on the company’s Linde R16HD (1120 series) and can pick pallets up to 11,239 mm (442 in.) in racks and drop up to 10,989 mm (432 in.). The robot is equipped with the company’s 3D pallet detection and 360 Smart Safety System. Danone has 190 production sites around…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 47.50
BALYO SA last week announced that it has renewed its cooperation agreement with KION Group AG through May 8, 2027. BALYO makes mobile robots and autonomous lift trucks, and KION is the parent company of Linde Material Handling, which manufactures such equipment. The companies first partnered in 2017. “We are delighted that the KION Group has decided to renew, as planned in the contract signed in 2017, the partnership agreement until May 2027,” stated Pascal Rialland, CEO of BALYO. “This long-term commitment illustrates the added value of BALYO solutions, especially for high-bay applications, as well as the technological and operational…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 47.48
BALYO SA last week said it has successfully installed four very narrow aisle, or VNA, robots at Singapore Storage and Warehouse Pte. Ltd. The Arcueil, France-based company claimed that they are world's tallest autonomous VNA systems, with a lift height of 16.8 m (55.1 ft.). BALYO collaborated with Linde Material Handling on the project. “This project shows the tremendous superiority of Linde-BALYO’s technology on the high-bay storage and VNA applications,” stated Pascal Rialland, chairman and CEO of BALYO. “Singapore has been the perfect hub to launch applications at extreme heights due to space scarcity and customer engagement toward robotics. We…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 46.64
BALYO Inc. yesterday announced that Behr Paint Co. has chosen its REACHY autonomous forklifts for four additional distribution centers across the U.S. Over the course of this year, BALYO plans to deploy a fleet of robots at each facility to automate storage and retrieval operations. “We are very excited to convert new sites for Behr after a first successful project over 2022 and proud to pursue our journey with such a prestigious brand as Behr,” stated Pascal Rialland, CEO of BALYO. “We engaged collaboratively with Behr at the first site in Dallas with three robots coping with extreme space conditions…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 46.06
BALYO SA, which has developed autonomous navigation systems for forklifts, today said it has signed a strategic customer agreement with Ouster Inc. to deploy Ouster's 3D digital lidar sensors in its robotic lift trucks. As part of the multi-year agreement, Ouster will supply its OS0 sensor to BALYO, adding functionality to BALYO's vehicles. “BALYO chose to work with Ouster due to benefits from the wide field of view and high resolution of its OS0 sensor, as well as a high level of reliability that justified our investment in increased levels of autonomy that will bring additional value to our innovative…
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BALYO SA, which specializes in transforming standard forklifts into driverless robots, today announced that it will be attending ProMat 2023. Robotics experts will be at the company's exhibit in Booth N8710 to discuss its full line of autonomous systems. BALYO said it will reveal the simple path to automation for high-bay storage. “Smart companies are scaling up, not out,” said Mark Stevenson, chief sales officer at BALYO. “The only way to safely and efficiently be part of this vertical revolution in materials handling is to automate the storage and retrieval of goods.” Pallet movements in distribution centers and factories should…
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BALYO SA this week announced a strategic partnership with Körber AG in which Körber will help integrate BALYO's robotic materials handling trucks with supply chains. “We are very pleased to pursue this collaboration with Kӧrber as we continue to develop a partner network that meets local and global needs for industry verticals and logistics customers,” stated Pascal Rialland, CEO of BALYO. “Kӧrber’s expertise in warehousing and logistics and their global presence reinforce the complementary nature of our two companies.” Ivry-sur-Siene, France-based BALYO said its Driven by Balyo technology can transform standard forklifts into autonomous robots for moving pallets in distribution…
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BALYO SA, which designs and develops robotic trucks for materials handling, yesterday said it has opened its own logistics center in Moissy-Cramayel, France, southeast of Paris. FM Logistic will operate the distribution center, which will be part of a Prologis property and enable BALYO to demonstrate its technological innovations at scale and meet with clients and partners. “We are very proud to be working alongside BALYO to operate this reference center,” stated Yannick Buisson, CEO for France, Central Europe, and Western Europe at FM Logistic. “With this partnership, we will be able to provide our expertise as a supply chain…
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…are robotic solutions from Fetch Robotics, Iam Robotics and Balyo, all of whom are exhibiting this year. In addition to seeing a piece picking robot at Intelligrated’s booth – working with a shuttle – I noticed the AutoStore has a large presence at the show and, maybe it’s my imagination, but there seemed to be more AGVs and mobile robots than ever. Shuttles galore: With the explosion of piece picking, it’s no surprise that shuttles to enable goods-to-person piece picking were on prominent display. I noted shuttles at the booths for Dematic, Intelligrated, viastore, Schaefer, OPEX and Knapp to name…
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…solution.” Riske added that with an ownership stake in Balyo, a provider of technology to automated lift trucks, the combined companies can bring new solutions to the market. KION and Balyo are currently working on a project with a leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturer to automate lift trucks in Europe and Asia. The forklift business will remain separate. While KION has a 36% market share in Europe, it’s fair to say that it has struggled in the U.S. Riske says that KION is making investments in the North American market to change that, including the launch of new products…