SDI and Kindred Partner to Automate Retail Fulfillment and Augment Human Labor
January 13, 2021
Partnership will integrate SDI's materials handling systems and technology with Kindred's pick and place robotic solutions.
2020 Virtual Summit Recap: Building in Supply Chain Resilience
January 7, 2021
This year's summit helps attendees shake off the impacts of a difficult year and use digital transformation, risk management, reshoring and other tools to reimagine their operations for success in 2021.
How Mobile Robots Empower the Workforce
December 14, 2020
Office Depot's deployment of collaborative mobile robots improves safety, energizes workforce.
Ultimaker Appoints Jürgen von Hollen as Chief Executive Officer
November 30, 2020
In related news, Jos Burger is retiring and will join the Supervisory Board.
Connecting Service to Design With Digital Twins
November 10, 2020
Digital twin technology provides a bridge from design to service engineers in the field.
DHL Supply Chain focuses on investing to address ‘The Most Unpredictable Peak Season Ever’
August 25, 2020
The company announced that it will hire 7,000 associates through the end of 2020 to meet demand fueled both by the peak holiday shopping season and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
GreyOrange receives first-ever certification for robots in commercial and industrial environments
July 31, 2020
Ranger GTP is a goods-to-person autonomous mobile robot that can transport inventory from 220 to 3,500 pounds to workers for picking and packing, while working in collaborative performance with other robots and...
There’s No Stopping Warehouse Automation
July 23, 2020
Already in full force before Covid-19 came about, the push to automate warehouses and distribution centers is expected to pick up as more companies look for ways to manage social...
ABB Recycles and Remanufactures Thousands of Old Robots
July 15, 2020
Remanufacturing enables existing robot users to sell inactive or legacy robots to ABB with an attractive buy back service, rather than scrapping them or leaving them unused in a corner...
Robotics Finds Its Place in Fulfillment
July 9, 2020
Robotics has gained rapid traction in the last few years of economic growth and low unemployment, as companies began implementing as a means of increasing productivity and coping with the...
The 6 River Systems Fulfillment Solution
June 26, 2020
Fulfillment operators need to scale quickly and cost-effectively to meet growing demand—yet finding and retaining quality warehouse personnel is getting more difficult and seasonal hires take time to...
When Robotics Intersect a Pandemic
June 25, 2020
Robotics and the technology that drives them have stepped up to the plate to assist health care workers and patients.
World Economic Forum Names ProGlove a Technology Pioneer
June 24, 2020
Innovator of data capture solutions recognized for potential to impact supply chains globally.
DHL Supply Chain, Blue Yonder, and Microsoft team up for robotics collaboration
June 24, 2020
The companies said that this platform significantly reduces integration time and programming efforts, in order to on-board new automation devices into warehouse facilities, which, in turn, provides shippers with more...
Universal Robots now connect with industry standard protocol
June 23, 2020
Universal Robots (UR) is now supporting the OPC UA standard to their robots.
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) launches five new virtual events
June 18, 2020
RIA Robotics Week announced as trade group moves fall conferences online.
Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) adds 5 certified system integrators to network
April 17, 2020
MiR's global network of CSIs ensure proper installation and service of MIR's fleet of user-friendly, powerful and robust AMRs for heavy and light internal transport.
Introducing IAM Robotics’ Collaborative AMR and Showcase Innovation Center
April 15, 2020
Tom Galluzzo, founder and CEO at IAM Robotics, discusses the current state of robotics and automation in the supply chain and previews an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) that IAM will...
GlobalData: Industrial automation paying the price for failing to think big and invest bigger
April 13, 2020
Despite much hype over the years, advanced factory automation has not been substituted for human workers at scale.
DHL Supply Chain Expands Partnership With Locus Robotics
March 16, 2020
The key component of this expanded partnership, according to DHL, is ten new, nationwide deployments of the Locus AMR solution, through and Expanded Multi-Site Services Agreement. Today, DHL Supply Chain...