Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 21.19
September 10, 2024
Inventory management reinvented with Nokia AIMS smart drone technology Nokia Autonomous Inventory Monitoring Service (AIMS) can enable cost effective, efficient, and accurate inventory monitoring using smart, AI-enabled, autonomous drones. With true inventory counting capability, drones can individually count items, such as eaches, cases, or cartons. Detailed, up-to-date inventory analytics can reduce low-value manual labor and transform productivity and efficiency. Nokia AIMS can helps customers improve overall efficiency with an expected 30-40% return on investment (ROI).
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 18.57
April 02, 2024
OSARO delivers best-in-class robotic piece-picking solutions for e-commerce where key challenges include high SKU inventories, complex packaging, and fragile items. In the rapidly evolving world of logistics technology, OSARO offers smarter automation, low-risk business plans, and its signature Hypercare support from exploration to installation. OSARO’s intelligent robots enable goods-to-robot (G2R) use cases, where the greatest gains are yet to be made on the automated warehouse floor. Its machine-learning vision and control software provides the foundation for all its products.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.88
June 27, 2022
…a three-year partnership with L’Oréal to conduct the annual inventory of the cosmetics company's distribution center in Northern France. Delta Drone will be deploying its COUNTBOT system at the facility, which consists of a robot, 14 high-resolution cameras, a mast that can reach 10 m (32 ft.), and a drone. The company said it has developed and tested the system in partnership with logistics group GEODIS and “guarantees the protection of goods and people.” “A major ally in warehouse quality managment, COUNTBOT combines ground robot and aerial drone technologies to carry out fast, accurate and automated inventories,” reads an excerpt…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.78
November 23, 2024
Gather AI, a Pittsburgh-based provider of automated inventory intelligence drones and automation offerings, announced its expansion into freezer and cold storage warehouse environments. The company says the move represents an industry-first for inventory monitoring automation. Cold storage, e-commerce growth fuel Gather AI expansion Gather AI’s expansion to freezer and cold storage environments is based on the anticipated growth of the U.S. cold storage market and the rise of e-commerce with accelerated delivery timelines. Both elements rely on accurate warehouse inventories and technological advancements across temperature-sensitive item packaging, processing and storage. Gather AI computer vision technology enables drones to fly autonomously…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.69
October 04, 2019
Warehouse Drones for Inventory Identification Accurate and reliable data is essential to efficient and effective business operations. Inventory management represents a significant portion of assets in a business. Therefore, managers and other decision-makers need to accurately and timely know how much inventory there is and where it is located in order to make effective budgeting, operating, and financial decisions. Companies that carry a significant amount of inventory are continually looking for innovative logistics solutions to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of their inventory checking process. While some companies stop operations to carry out a full physical inventory check, others…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.11
April 05, 2022
…robots optimized for e-commerce applications that involve large SKU inventories. “We are honored to be the first in Japan to conduct a demonstration prototype of an OSARO picking solution with an AMR [autonomous mobile robot],” stated Tadatsugu Konoike, director and senior managing executive officer at Konoike Transport. “We decided to work with OSARO because we believe that OSARO is superior for use in the rapidly changing logistics field in terms of automatic machine learning, data collection, and accurate picking.” Osaka, Japan-based Konoike Group said it has innovated solutions to problems beyond logistics and is expanding into manufacturing, medical, airport operations,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.80
June 24, 2020
…MHS Helix consists of template-based modules for equipment control, inventory management and order fulfillment functions, designed to work together in customized configurations according to each facility’s unique requirements. Tab Fischbach, senior vice president of business development for distribution and fulfillment, MHS: “With distribution centers becoming increasingly complex, getting all the processes aligned using traditional warehouse software systems can result in runaway complexity, with several layers of software, redundancy and one-off customizations. Our approach with Helix is to keep things simple, with ready-made modules that allow businesses to scale with new functionality while maintaining a single, lean platform.” The ability to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.24
February 28, 2024
Inventory management robot provider Dexory recently announced a deployment partnership with information and asset lifecycle management company Iron Mountain. Dexory will deploy inventory-checking autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) at four warehouses southeast of Birmingham, England. The company will implement DexoryView as its inventory tracking system across four Iron Mountain warehouses located in Kettering Symmetry Park, Lutterworth Magna Park North, and Rugby Symmetry Park. 3PL provider turns to automated inventory management Iron Mountain expanded into the third-party logistics (3PL) market in 2021. With over 225,000 customers worldwide, the company was looking for an automated inventory management and space optimization system for its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.30
January 31, 2024
Robotic inventory management providers Dexory and ID Logistics recently announced a collaboration to deploy inventory-checking autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) globally as part of ID Logistics’ ASTRID program. Through their collaboration, the companies aim to increase warehouse inventory-counting accuracy for their customers. Deployments have begun at sites in France, with the companies looking to expand to additional geographies in 2024. “We are thrilled to collaborate with ID Logistics to support the elimination of inventory visibility gaps in their warehouses using real-time data,” said Oana Jinga, Chief Operating and Product Officer at Dexory. “This partnership represents a significant leap forward in enhancing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.15
September 10, 2021
…goods retailer had already rolled out PAL Robotics’ StockBot inventory tracking and data collection system across its stores in multiple countries. StockBot has improved in-store operations and efficiencies, freeing teammates to dedicate more time to improving the customer experience and product availability rates, said the companies. “At PAL Robotics, we are delighted to be working with Decathlon, a long-established global retailer, to help them improve their inventory tracking and operations so they can focus more on customer experience,” stated Dr. Jordi Pagès, head of retail and intralogistics solutions at PAL Robotics. “Our StockBot solution has been used in apparel, supermarkets,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.33
July 14, 2018
…e-commerce websites - and all of these operations carry inventory. But in the warehouses, less than 10 percent are using automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) to manage and move their inventories. That means the vast majority are still using racks and other storage solutions that require a lot of floor space (read: high real estate costs) and human labor. The nimblest of these operations, however, are extracting the full value of their real estate by integrating automation that ramps up their existing process, making them more productive without the need for huge capital outlays. In every warehouse or retail…
Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 13.44
September 25, 2024
…robots are designed specifically to collect information, such as inventory location, cycle-counting or structural defects. Wearable robotic equipment collects data on human movement to improve ergonomics. Technological advancements in data collection, analysis and connectivity allow organizations to harness the information already at their fingertips better than ever before. With robotics and automation generating mountains of valuable data for humans and neural networks to sift through, organizations can accurately monitor and track their inventory and workflows. When combined with generative AI analytics, robots can serve as mobile data platforms, informing decision-making and improving operational efficiency for commercial and industrial end users.…
