Robotics 24/7    RAC2024    The Robotics Applications Conference

The Robotics Applications Conference from Robotics 24/7. July 31, 2024
Keynote
Materials handling
The movement of parts and finished products traditionally required fixed infrastructure and people to walk daily, push heavy carts, and avoid dangerous forklifts. As global supply chain challenges have demonstrated, companies need to apply robots, artificial intelligence, and modern workflow tools to become more resilient and flexible. This keynote will explain how operators and managers can use the latest automation technologies to protect and grow their bottom lines.
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Session 1

Automated storage
AS/RS and other automated storage systems help organizations fulfill orders in the warehouse. How organizations lay out these compact systems to optimize order processing and fulfillment can be a tricky endeavor. This session will discuss the ways companies can integrate these systems into their warehouses and best practices to fill orders on time.

 

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Session 2

Mobile robots
Robots aren’t replacing humans. Mobile robots work alongside humans to efficiently transport goods from one place to another. Managing inventory and properly identifying items in a large warehouse setting help alleviate time and physical constraints that humans can’t keep up with. This session will discuss the best practices for identifying, deploying and managing mobile robots.
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Session 3

Pick-and-place
Robot arms, equipped with grippers, sensors and other tools reduce physical movements for humans handling inventory. Moving this strain off employees and into a robot’s domain can open other avenues for organizations with both employee and robot capabilities. This session will investigate picking, placing, packing and other options for organizations implementing robot arms.

 

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Session 4

Cobots/collaborative robotics
Collaborative robots promote flexibility that allow companies of all sizes to use this technology. With improvements to vision, detection, and control, cobots are available to fulfill more applications than ever before. This session will identify applications suited for cobots, and success stories from implementation.

 

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Session 5

Autonomous vehicles
Self-driving offerings in the warehouse have helped organizations combat labor shortages and remain in motion. Options including, remotely-operated, semi-autonomous, or fully-autonomous forklifts and AGVs provide companies an opportunity to move these vehicles safer and with limited human interaction. This session will highlight ways warehouses can accommodate these vehicles and how organizations can successfully deploy them in their spaces.

 

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Session 6

Machine vision/object detection
Bolstered by advances in AI and machine learning, robots and their sensors are “seeing” more than ever before. Along with digital twin and simultaneous location and mapping (SLAM) technology, organizations can deploy robots in their warehouses with real-time observation capabilities that maintain a high level of safety. This session will focus on how teams can identify opportunities to implement these technologies and expand their capabilities at their facilities.

 

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