FAA Completes Four Pilots in Its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program
September 6, 2018
The four pilots cover a wide range of applications for commercial drones, including healthcare materials delivery in North Carolina, consumer delivery in Virginia, providing bait to capture feral hogs in...
With more U.S.-based warehouse and DC workers needed, CBRE research provides some solutions
September 5, 2018
As increasing e-commerce activity continues to be the “new normal when it comes to emerging supply chain strategies and planning, one thing that comes with that premise, which cannot be...
Driverless Trucks Could Potentially Replace Many of the Nation’s Best Long-Distance Trucking Jobs
September 5, 2018
A new study by Dr. Steve Viscelli, a sociologist and trucking expert at the University of Pennsylvania, concludes that eroding job quality should be as serious a concern as job...
OnRobot gets funding from Summit Partners, acquires Purple Robotics
September 4, 2018
The acquisition takes place two months after the OnRobot merger of three robotics companies from the United States, Hungary and Denmark that created one global player with a focus on...
GreyOrange expands its global footprint, opens U.S. headquarters in Atlanta
August 28, 2018
In its first client site in the U.S., GreyOrange will deploy 740 robots in Atlanta and create several thousand jobs across this and other initial client sites.
Honeywell, Carnegie Mellon University to Collaborate on Robotics and AI for Connected Distribution Centers
August 28, 2018
The collaboration will focus on next-generation machine learning and robotic controls to help distribution centers address rising e-commerce demands and resource challenges.
IAM Robotics names Joel Reed the new CEO
August 24, 2018
IAM Robotics announces that founder, Tom Galluzzo, will become the company's Chief Technology Officer and names current Vice President, Joel Reed, as the new Chief Executive Officer.
MRO Academic Insights: Getting up to speed in Alabama
August 21, 2018
In northern Alabama, the Alabama Robotics Technology Park is training nearly 1,000 automation operators and technicians each year for local manufacturers. It's one of the reasons Alabama is attracting so much...
Vision Picking Can Be Transformed Through Smart Engineers and Processes
August 20, 2018
Augmented reality, smart glasses and other technologies are not enough in themselves to unlock value.
Four Truths About DC Robots, Jobs, And Warehouse Execution
August 13, 2018
Many articles about robots in the distribution center include predictions of large scale job losses. “Robots Replace People” is a good, attention-grabbing headline, but the truth is more complicated.
While Uber Exits Self-Driving Trucks Kodiak Robotics Starts Up
August 8, 2018
As the autonomous self-driving truck market heats up Otto/Google veteran Don Burnette and venture capitalist Paz Eshel and their start-up company Kodiak Robotics raise $40M to tackle the long-haul...
Autodesk and NASA Explore 3D Printing for Mars
August 7, 2018
Autodesk, NASA work on proof of concept for 3D-printed habitats on Mars
Collaborative robot works overnight for manufacturer
August 6, 2018
CNC machine shop and manufacturer employs cobot to automate repetitive jobs.
inVia Robotics raises $20 million Series B funding for warehouse automation robots
August 2, 2018
The funds will be used to boost the commercial deployment of inVia's Picker robots and cloud-based Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) management system.
Materials handling market to be worth more than $190 billion by 2024
August 2, 2018
Material Handling Equipment Market size is set to exceed USD 190 billion by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc.
How Do Autonomous Robots Drive Supply Chain Innovation?
August 1, 2018
This article identifies seven qualities that set autonomous drones and robots apart from their human-controlled counterparts.
Capacity partners with RightHand Robotics
July 31, 2018
The collaboration will integrate the Massachusetts-based company's RightPick automation system into Capacity's fulfillment solution offering.
IoT, the talent shortage and robotics
July 27, 2018
In its 4th annual survey of manufacturers and distributors, Sikich finds that companies are facing many challenges; answers are elusive.
General Motors Expands 3D Printing
July 20, 2018
During a press tour of GM's Lansing Delta Township assembly plant, the company's director of global manufacturing integration, Dan Grieshaber, said that the company has 3D printers in most of...
The $800M Autonomous Robo Vehicle That Could Beat Uber
July 20, 2018
Zoox, a technology company founded to create the full realization of autonomous mobility, is on the verge of transforming the entire transportation industry by creating self-driving robots that will become...
