Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.35
September 06, 2023
…from our Asian business. We’ve helped companies like UNIQLO, JD.com, PALTAC, and Fancl adopt robotics within their distribution centers. In the U.S., we’re working with some very large organizations in retail, CPG [consumer packaged goods], e-commerce, and 3PL [third-party logistics]. We are also partnering with some of the largest robotics and material handling integrator partners in the U.S. At this time, we are not at liberty to disclose our customers or partnerships. New products to get traction Mujin showed its TruckBot at ProMat and its Bin-Picking Workcell at Automate—how has the reception been to those products in the U.S.? Cloer:…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.54
July 18, 2023
…successful implementations at L'Oreal, IKEA, UNIQLO, Walmart, Orbis, Mitsubishi, JD Logistics, BYD, and more. TCL deployed Flex AMRs with a lifting module for line-side delivery, which FowardX said was “the world’s first 5G AMR deployment” (see video above). Chery recently deployed more than 100 AMRs from across ForwardX's product lines as one unified fleet to support its automotive Super Factory, which produces over 300,000 vehicles and 200,000 KD units per year. ForwardX said these partnerships have demonstrated the value of its technologies in improving efficiency, productivity, and operational excellence across various sectors. Last week, ForwardX named Richmond Rolling Solutions as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.78
April 14, 2023
…Winchester is not quite the warehouse of the future, as there are fully automated facilities from the likes of JD.com, but it is a glimpse of the future. And it is taking place along one of the main arteries in the logistics heartbeat of America. About the author Brian Straight is the editor in chief of Supply Chain Management Review (a sibling site to Robotics 24/7). He has covered trucking, logistics, and the broader supply chain for more than 15 years. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two children. Straight can be reached at bstraight@peerlessmedia.com, @TruckingTalk, on LinkedIn,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.68
March 17, 2023
…company said it has served over 100 customers, including JD.com, DHL, IKEA, TCL, and Walmart, according to its website. It secured its first U.S. contract in August. Hirocloud, which is based in Edison, New Jersey, is using 600 FowardX AMRs as its 50,000 sq ft. facility, according to the news site Industry Today. Founded in 2016, ForwardX has four AMR product lines, including its Flex Series, Max Series, Apex Series, and Conveyor Series. To date, it has raised $109 million, according to Crunchbase. ForwardX Robotics sees the popular trade show as a great space to connect with customers across the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.68
March 06, 2023
…into the Chinese market, the reverse is also true. JD Logistics United States, the North American logistics arm of JD.com, recently announced that it has opened its third “self-operating” warehouse and distribution center in California. In combination with its previous facilities, the warehouse will create more than 300 local jobs, the company claimed. The new warehouse will also grow the JD.com’s footprint to over 1.3 million sq. ft. of warehousing space throughout the state, said JD Logistics. The Mountain View, Calif.-based unit added that its new warehouse will provide omnichannel fulfillment services for both online and offline orders and reflects…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.60
December 06, 2022
…picking and recovering recycled materials are essential,” EverestLabs added. JD Ambati told Robotics 24/7 that RecycleOS provides MRFs with the tools they need to track and manage the hundreds of items that come through their doors. Using its software and hardware, EverestLabs can help customers determine how many items are going through a line in a given minute or hour. Using its robots, it can help them grab those items to increase efficiency. “What makes us different from other vendors is that we built a robust compute infrastructure that scales very well inside any recycling ecosystem,” he said. SMR is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.31
November 17, 2022
Shoppers in China spent $132.6 billion with Alibaba and JD.com on Singles' Day, Nov. 11, according to ForwardX Robotics. In comparision, U.S. consumers spent a total of $19.6 billion across retailers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2021, according to an Adobe report. ForwardX said it helped more than 100 warehouses meet e-commerce demand last week, with its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) picking over 15 million units. One warehouse using the company's AMRs shipped 6X its average orders on time. Founded in 2016, ForwardX claimed that it is “Asia's largest person-to-goods AMR” provider. The Beijing-based company has more than…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.11
September 30, 2022
…empowering MRF operators, the unsung heroes of recycling,” said JD Ambati, founder and CEO of EverestLabs. “This funding will enable us to continue investing in our technology and our employees to support global customers.” “It is exciting to see EverestLabs graduate from the BGV seed program and bring state-of-the-art AI software to improve the efficiency of the materials recycling industry,” said Ron Sege, partner at Benhamou Global Ventures. “The team at the company has already made an impact on the circular economy by demonstrating that significantly more reusable material can be recovered at lower cost and with increased safety.” EverestLab…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.28
September 08, 2022
…automation capabilities used by the world’s leading companies,” said JD Ambati, founder and CEO of Everest Labs, in a statement. “We opened the Robot Operations Center to help MRF operators lead recycling into the 21st century. The new center allows us to further provide MRFs with access to full-stack enterprise AI software and robotics that assure vertical integration, efficiency, and allow for continuous improvement at plants.” Going green with robotics and AI Founded in 2018, EverestLabs’ flagship product is Recycle OS, which it described as an “AI-enabled recovery-to-reuse operating system that helps material recovery facilities (MRFs) recover more recyclable objects.”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.11
June 13, 2022
…in leading technology companies. They include AutoStore, Berkshire Gray, JD Logistics, and Uber. The business combination was approved at a special meeting of SVFC shareholders held on June 3. As a result of the transaction, the combined company received additional growth capital to supplement its existing $363 million of combined cash on the balance sheet as of March 26 and proceeds from a May 20 warrant exercise. “We are thrilled to complete our business combination with Symbotic,” said Yanni Pipilis, chairman and CEO of SVF and managing partner at SBIA. “We believe Symbotic is years ahead of its peers, with…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 32.26
June 01, 2022
JD Logistics has same- and next-day delivery available for almost any product to almost anywhere in China. They are at the forefront of robotics and automation, being the first company in the world to make commercial deliveries by drone, and have developed unmanned delivery vehicles, warehouses and stores. And with their platform generating an astounding 31 petabytes of data every day, they are building powerful AI and machine learning tools. They have global R&D effort headquartered in Silicon Valley—the R&D Center in Santa Clara, CA. The Silicon Valley R&D Center brings together leading talent in sectors such as machine learning,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.60
March 22, 2022
…the robotics ecosystem, including Amazon Web Services, Hyundai Robotics, JD.com, Komatsu, and Meituan. “We are extending the powerful Microsoft Azure platform to the intelligent edge,” said Roanne Sones, corporate vice president for Microsoft Azure Edge + Platforms. “Combining Azure’s advanced capabilities with performance and software development tools such as NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin helps give developers a seamless experience to easily build, deploy, and operate production-ready AI applications.” Jahmy Hindman, chief technology officer at John Deere, noted: “With the global population expected to reach nearly 10 billion people by 2050, farmers have a steep challenge of feeding the world, and…
