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Amazon Acquires Autonomous Warehouse Robotics Company Canvas Technology

April 11, 2019 · Adding to Amazon Robotics' growing portfolio, the Canvas fully autonomous cart could help Amazon increase delivery efficiency through robotic warehouse automation.

3D Printing for Public Safety

April 11, 2019 · At Boyce Technologies, the company makes communications equipment mainly for New York City Transit and has found a way to add 3D printing to the production mix.

Medical Imagery Mixes with 3D Printing

April 11, 2019 · Medical modeling company Trinota taps EnvisionTEC's 3D printing technology to reshape how medical models are presented to surgeons, hospitals and doctors.

Tompkins International discusses its core competencies ecosystem

April 10, 2019 · Portable, automated unit and parcel sortation system can be implemented within five to seven months.

Humatics announces partnership with Vecna Robotics

April 10, 2019 · Partnership will enable mobile robots to navigate extremely active and unstructured environments -- indoors or out -- down to the centimeter without any delay.

Boston Dynamics acquires deep learning-based vision company

April 10, 2019 · Technology works with leading commercial robotic arms to move boxes off pallets to conveyors or build stacks of boxes on pallets.

MHI’s annual report sees inflection point, investment spike, for digital technologies

April 10, 2019 · Panelists highlight an industry ready to move forward with the next stages of adopting digital technologies.

Locus Robotics launches new hardware and software suite with omnichannel support

April 10, 2019 · Innovation Award nominee now supports all aspects of fulfillment for retail, wholesale, and e-commerce channels.

See you at Modex 2020; ProMat 2021 to debut new Robotics & Automation Solutions Center

April 10, 2019 · With a record number of exhibitors and attendees seen at ProMat 2019, MHI anticipates more of the same at Modex 2020—the industry's premier supply chain event.

Editor’s Pick: Bringing Digital Workflow to Additive Manufacturing Processes

April 10, 2019 · 3YOURMIND unveils Agile Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software for additive manufacturing.

Geek+ brings autonomous mobile robots to warehousing, order fulfillment applications worldwide

April 9, 2019 · Geek+ (Booth N6327) is introducing a variety of autonomous mobile robots for warehousing and order fulfillment—including e-commerce applications—in its exhibit.

Honeywell Intelligrated shows robotic sorter induction system

April 9, 2019 · In a press conference on Tuesday, Honeywell Intelligrated’s (Booth S618a) Matt Wicks, VP of product development, discussed several new robotic solutions, including a robotic sorter induction system.

Acquisitions enable MHS to become single-source system supplier

April 9, 2019 · In a press conference on Tuesday, MHS (Booth N6539) detailed how key acquisitions of multiple controls, software and equipment providers—including Atronix, VanRiet and OCM—expand the company's offerings in products, capacity and R&D innovations.

Siemens and SAS Partner to Deliver AI-embedded IoT Analytics for Edge and Cloud

April 9, 2019 · Siemens' MindSphere embeds SAS streaming analytics to assist in IoT analytics with artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities.

Massivit 3D Launches New Versatile Massivit 1800 Pro 3D Printing Solution in the U.S.

April 9, 2019 · Massivit 3D's new Massivit 1800 Pro offers new features including Variable Resolution and more.

Additive Manufacturing Users Gather to Address Challenges, Advance Industry

April 9, 2019 · Materials, software and workflow challenges led the discussions at the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) 2019 conference in Chicago last week.

Waypoint Robotics launches omni-directional autonomous mobile robot

April 8, 2019 · At a press conference Monday, Waypoint Robotics (Booth S3588) announced the addition of MAV3K, an autonomous mobile robot with a 3,000-pound carrying capacity, to its line of omni-directional, industrial strength robots for the manufacturing workforce.

Knapp announces new mobile robot, partnerships

April 8, 2019 · Knapp (Booth S1231) showcased its new OSR Shuttle Evo+, a flexible, scalable and reliable autonomous mobile robotics solution.

Rite-Hite’s dock safety system now an aftermarket retrofit

April 8, 2019 · Key components of the Rite-Vu Hazard Recognition System from Rite-Hite Products Corp. (Booth S1612a) are now offered as an aftermarket retrofit—or as stand-alone equipment—for any loading dock.

RightHand Robotics unveils next-generation RightPick2

April 8, 2019 · RightHand Robotics, a leader in autonomous robotic piece-picking solutions, announced the release of RightPick2, the company's next-generation, integrated software and hardware product platform at Booth S2397.

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