Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.43
February 06, 2024
…company debuted its SLS600 four-directional tote shuttle robot at ProMat 2023 in Chicago to seek partnerships with North American system integrators. “Leveraging our extensive experience in supply chain efficiencies across the Asia-Pacific region, HWArobotics is an ideal partner for companies in North America, offering our full range of shuttle robot products,” said Chen. In addition to expanding its 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…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.16
October 15, 2023
…logistics, industrial, and automotive sectors. Source: PULS Wireless At ProMat 2023 in March, Wiferion entered the U.S. market. “PULS employs more than 100 of the best developers in the industry and has global production and sales locations that take our charging technology and scalability to a new level,” said Julian Seume, former chief sales and marketing officer of Wiferion. “Especially in the area of new product development and application support, we are now in a much stronger position and can offer our customers an even better service,” Seume said. He and Matthieu Ebert form the management team of the new…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.69
September 06, 2023
…products to get traction Mujin showed its TruckBot at ProMat and its Bin-Picking Workcell at Automate—how has the reception been to those products in the U.S.? Cloer: Both TruckBot and our Bin-Picking products are doing very well. TruckBot is being adopted in the appropriate industries, and our Bin-Picking product has been popular with our integrator partners here in the U.S. Does Mujin's software work with warehouse execution systems (WES) or manufacturing execution systems (MES)? Cloer: The MujinController can work with WMS/WES and MES to take the business level-information and make it relevant to robot systems. This is a critical piece…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.96
August 09, 2023
…and Chicago, also provides consulting and managed services. At ProMat 2023, enVista executives explained their roadmap for helping customers integrate robotics. Last month, MHI accepted the company into its SLAM Industry Group. (In this case, SLAM refers to “scan, label, apply, and manifest,” not simultaneous localization and mapping.) “The last 100 feet of the warehouse are critical for efficient operations, high throughput, and customer satisfaction,” stated enVista. Robotics 24/7 recently spoke with Dennis Andre, director of enVista, and Tom Stretar, vice president of technology at enVista, about SLAM line automation. Getting started with SLAM line automation How would you define…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.28
July 28, 2023
…interest? Buena-Franco: A big portion of our space at ProMat 2023 was AGVs [automated guided vehicles], which we're very excited about. We've had a pallet truck for some time, but it's enhanced. It's now faster and able to do staging, which is somthing our customers have been asking for. Martin Buena-Franco, Raymond Corp. We're also adding fully automatic autocharging capability to our whole AGV fleet. At Automate in Detroit, we showed our “total systems approach” with local reseller and integration partners. The ability to quickly and easily deliver solutions without disrupting what the customer is doing is an art and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.01
July 26, 2023
…last September. The LocusONE Warehouse Automation Platform, announced at ProMat 2023, is designed to manage robotic task allocation, route planning, and resource use, while delivering real-time insights into warehouse operations. Locus claimed that it empowers shorthanded third-party logistics (3PL), retail, healthcare, and manufacturing businesses to optimize productivity, reduce costs, and stay competitive in the rapidly evolving e-commerce landscape. Faulk spoke with Robotics 24/7 about Locus Robotics' new headquarters and its strategy for the future. Locus prepares to make its move What made you decide to build a new headquarters? Faulk: We're currently in five different buildings in the Boston area,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.48
July 24, 2023
…Co. and Yale Lift Truck Technologies. Yale said at ProMat 2023 that it expects autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to be as much as 50% of its business in the next few years. To get to that point, Hyster and Yale are explaining how AMRs and semi-autonomous lift trucks can provide real returns on investment (ROI). Robotics 24/7 asked the companies about their perspectives, and Kyle Smart, sales manager for robotics at Yale Lift Truck Technologies, and Steven LaFevers, vice president of emerging technology at Hyster, gave the replies below: Push and pull from the market Have Yale's existing customers demanded…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.74
July 13, 2023
…has ForwardX displayed at recent trade shows? Guan: At ProMat, we showed three types of AMRs. The smaller Flex has capacity up to 661 lb. for piece picking. The Max is a pallet-size AMR with 1,322-lb. capacity. Other robots can only handle small unit picking, but the majority of warehouses need case picking for things like food and beverage or electronics. The heavy-duty Lynx [launched at Automate 2023] is designed for automotive manufacturing, is configurable with other equipment, and has a 3,306-lb. payload. We also offered live demonstrations of the Apex counterbalanced forklifts. Each pallet could have different SKUs, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.89
July 12, 2023
…said Mondi. The companies launched the pallet mover at ProMat in March, and the robot can be purchased online at Big Joe's website. The Thoro.ai way Thoro.ai's arrangements with Nilfisk and Big Joe highlight how it operates as a business – it works with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and provides them with the technologies to make their machinery autonomous. “We can help them with our autonomy solutions because we have the team, we have the investment, and we have the know-how,” Mondi said. “It really causes a great combination.” The company's technology is comprised of both hardware and software systems…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.23
July 10, 2023
…Crown Equipment. He sat down with Robotics 24/7 at ProMat to talk about how end users should approach robotics for materials handling. “Depending on the load, a warehouse may want to go with reach trucks, AGVs, or tenders,” Gaskell noted. Crown determined to demystify robotics Estimates of how many North American warehouses use robots and automation vary from 15% to 25%. Why hasn't the technology spread more yet? One answer is that operators are uncertain about how to begin and are concerned about the risks. James Gaskell, Crown Equipment Crown Equipment is on a mission to “demystify” the process of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.27
June 27, 2023
…vendors. The company made its North American debut at ProMat earlier this year. CoEvolution has two main offerings: the R-Star Flexible Smart Factory Solution and the CO-PICK Smart Warehouse Solution. R-Star is designed to help customers more easily integrate automation into their facilities. It allows for the control of different types of mobile robots under one platform, claimed the company. R-Star is compatible with multiple WMS and manufacturing systems. “It handles the path planning and traffic control of a large fleet of mobiles robots, and its powerful optimization engine continuously optimizes the overall workflow in real-time,” CoEvolution wrote on its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.51
June 22, 2023
…in Seattle. CoEvolution recently made its US debut at ProMat 2023, where it partnered with HAI Robotics. The company is looking to build new relationships in North America, and has hired a new local project manager to help facilitate the expansion. CoEvolution was featured on The Information's 50 most promising startups in 2022 list. Source: CoEvolution CoEvolution's founding CoEvolution was co-founded by Zhu, who has a PhD in Physics and extensive 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…
