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Vecna Robotics names CEO Daniel Patt, former head of DARPA Autonomy

January 17, 2018 · New CEO believes material handling and logistics particularly susceptible to approaching "automation revolution."

MonarchFx, a division Of Tompkins International, partners with NFI

January 8, 2018 · 4PL and 3PL partner to open the first of five locations slated to open around the United States within the next six months.

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January 1, 2018 · Universal Robots Expands Free Online Training, Adding Three New Modules That Step Up Complexity By Teaching Users How To Create And Work With Coordinate Systems, Variables And Conditional Statements, And How To Use The Cobot’s Wizard To Easily Create A Program For Packaging.

IDC FutureScape predictions foretell rapid digital transformation for manufacturers and retailers

December 29, 2017 · Older measures like productivity, quality, and service still apply, but digital transformation promises to 'change everything' about how manufacturers and retailers plan, procure and fulfill.

Year in review: 2017 System Reports

December 28, 2017 · A look at Modern Materials Handling's 2017 cover stories highlights each company's unique journey and common goals.

Year in Review: Top materials handling news in 2017

December 28, 2017 · The industry's momentum continues to build, even as it changes shape to adapt to technology; acquisitions across technology competencies have heralded the arrival of Consolidation 2.0, while automation and cybersecurity shake up the way players throughout the supply chain do business.

A3 report: North American automation market shattering records in 2017

December 27, 2017 · Double-digit growth, in units and dollars, sets records in the areas of robotics, machine vision, motion control, and motor technology.

Is the Logistics Industry Heading Towards an AI Driven Autonomous Future?

December 21, 2017 · It's time for the logistics industry to start looking seriously into an autonomous future with driverless trucks leading the way, the question is, are we ready?

NASA’s Latest Mission: Optimize Manufacturing of Composites

December 20, 2017 · The Advanced Composites Consortium (ACC), which includes 13 members, including aerospace manufacturers, university partners, and more recently a single software provider, conducts research focused on the accurate prediction of the strength and life of composite structures, rapid inspection of composites, and efficient development of manufacturing processes.

MHPN Readers’ Choice Products of the Year winners announced

December 14, 2017 · Nearly 1,300 readers voted in 13 categories for the best innovations in materials handling equipment.

Dual grippers nearly double robotic output

December 13, 2017 · Manufacturer cuts cycle time by 12 seconds with robotic CNC tenders that can work overnight.

Cobot Technology Improves Safety and Increases Job Satisfaction

December 1, 2017 · Etalex was looking to shift some of the more dangerous aspects of their production to robots. By using a UR10 to automate high-risk, repetitive tasks, they could boost safety without cumbersome fencing or space-intensive safety measures.

Robotic Automation to Supplant 800 Million Jobs Worldwide by 2030

November 30, 2017 · As many as 800 million workers worldwide may lose their jobs to robots and automation by 2030, equivalent to more than a fifth of today's global labor force according to a new report by the research arm of McKinsey & Co.

IFR report: Japan delivers 52% of global industrial robot supply

November 29, 2017 · International Federation of Robotics reports sales within Japan reached a 10-year high, and Japan exported 115,000 industrial robots in 2016 valued at $2.7 billion.

E-commerce and all it Entails has Given Birth to the Internet of Goods

November 28, 2017 · Introducing the “Internet of Goods,” the rapid digitization of the production, sorting and movement of physical products.

NextGen Supply Chain: Time to pay attention to autonomous vehicles

November 22, 2017 · Don't look for completely autonomous vehicles on your local roadways in the next few months unless you live in the Phoenix area. But do expect this unprecedented corporate R&D project to impact all of our lives over the next few years

Vanderlande invests in collaborative robot specialist Smart Robotics

November 21, 2017 · Cobot solutions used in order picking and placing, palletizing and depalletizing, and kitting and bagging alongside human operators.

Behind the Koerber Group/HighJump acquisition

November 20, 2017 · With its second U.S. acquisition in six months, European technology leader, Koerber Group pushes further into the North American market.

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