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Mobile Computers Role in the Warehouse Data Web
The spread of technology throughout the warehouse has created abundant and valuable information, if only you can find it.

Study Assesses Five Technologies to Impact the Supply Chain in the Next 5 Years
Robotics tops the list of most likely disruptors in next five years, 3D printing considered least viable in the short term.

North American machine vision market grows 10% in first quarter of 2017
Survey of industry experts shows 50% expect market to increase over the next six months, 10% bracing for a decline.

MHI announces plans for new Solution Center at Modex 2018
Modex 2018 to feature first-ever Smart City Logistics and Connected Supply Chain Solution Centers.

The Evolution of the Digital Supply Chain
Everyone is talking about terms like digitization, Industry 4.0 and digital supply chain management, but what sort of technologies fall under these broad terms, and how will they change the management...

Uber’s Next Transportation Disruption Flying Cars
Uber is making its vertical take-off and landing plans more concrete via new partnerships announced during its Elevate conference focused on the VTOL industry.

Make Order Fulfillment More Accurate and Flexible
Highly automated solutions and workflow adjustments can bring maximum speed and accuracy to an operation.

Automate 2017 show breaks records
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has announced that the Automate 2017 show and conference broke all previous attendance records with show attendance of 12,960 people, which is a 37% increase over 2015.

Is Amazon Creating Self-Driving Cars for Delivery?
Over the past two years, Amazon has been seeking to take over more shipping duties from the likes of UPS and FedEx by leasing trucks, planes, and ships, and now...

Google Founder Larry Page’s ‘Flying Car’ Kitty Hawk
The Kitty Hawk Flyer is a new, all-electric aircraft, and it is safe, tested and legal to operate in the United States in uncongested areas under the Ultralight category of...

Robotic Picking and the Beauty of Human Hand-Eye Coordination
The human hand still beats the robot when it comes to picking, but the gap is closing fast... learn how robots are tackling this complex challenge and how close we...

Amazon Wins Patent for On-Demand Apparel Manufacturing Warehouse
The Seattle e-commerce juggernaut just won a patent for “on-demand apparel manufacturing,” in which machines only start snipping and stitching once an order has been placed, Amazon could wade deeper...

Harnessing Automation for a Future That Works
Automation is happening, and it will bring substantial benefits to businesses and economies worldwide, but it won't arrive overnight, a new McKinsey Global Institute report finds realizing automation's full potential...

Materials handling clockspeed
Innovation, new business models and new alliances were on display at Promat. It's a whole new world.

Rise of Robots Will Change Future Jobs Reports
Ten years from now, the jobs report may look very different, CNBC's Deirdre Bosa explores how automation and robotics will change the future of the U.S. workforce.

DHL Supply Chain to Use Collaborative Robots for Innovative Order Fulfillment Trial
Leveraging Locus Robotics Advanced Navigation, DHL will pilot LocusBots that will automatically learn the most efficient travel routes through a warehouse, to dramatically improve worker efficiency and productivity 2x to ...

Autonomous Trucking Overlooks Skilled Labor Need
Analysts expect automated trucks to proliferate in the next five to ten years, leading to significant job losses in the process, but the problem is the numbers do not clearly...

RightHand Robotics unveils innovative piece-picking solution
RightHand Robotics (Booth S1891) is demonstrating RightPick, a combined hardware and software solution that handles the key task of picking individual items or “piece-picking.”

Knapp integrates vision-guided robotic picking with pocket sorter
A pocket sorter integrated with vision-system guided robotic picking and a streamlined conveyor system were showcased by Kevin Reader, director of business development and marketing at Knapp Logistics Automation (Booth...

Collaborative robots support production and cut labor costs
Automotive interior manufacturer improves accuracy and output.



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