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Retail fulfillment sites require a level of flexibility to be profitable as they manage availability in product and volume demand as costs increase and labor becomes more difficult to find and retain. Instead of purchasing large fixed capital, retailers find relief in minimizing both infrastructure changes and other financial burden by choosing an intelligent robot solution. With the right intelligent…
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…innovations. Key leaders from Honeywell Intelligrated will be presenting seminars on micro-fulfillment strategies and mobile robotics use cases and trends.
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As ProMat DX begins this week, Vecna Robotics is among the vendors that will be presenting at the virtual event for materials handling. The Waltham, Mass.-based company will be demonstrating its latest mobile robots and orchestration software, which it claims can improve productivity across busy warehouses and factories for both humans and robots. “When you pair humans and technology, you…
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ACEINNA Inc., which develops intertial-based guidance systems for autonomous vehicles and robots, today announced that Geosun Navigation Technology Co., which makes lidar-based navigation systems for drones and remotely operated vehicles, has chosed its inertial measurement units. Andover, Mass.-based ACEINNA provides sensors for the automotive, industrial, telecommunications, datacenter and cloud infrastructure, consumer appliances, agricultural, and construction markets. The company said its…
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WiBotic Inc., which provides wireless charging hardware and software, yesterday announced that two of its systems have received CE Mark approval. Products must meet strict European Economic Area safety, health, and environmental regulations to get CE Marks. The Seattle-based company noted that the approvals build on its prior certifications under similar U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirements. “There are growing…
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…in warehouse, retail locations, or micro-fulfillment centers. It recently unveiled an innovation hub in Norway and partnered with Asian-American grocer H Mart and Bastian Solutions. “We view AutoStore as a foundational technology that enables rapid and cost-effective logistics for companies around the globe,” stated Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group. “We look forward to working with AutoStore to…
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Piab AB, which makes gripping, lifting, and moving systems, recently announced its new piSAFE program. The Täby, Sweden-based company said the program will include configurable and low-weight products for applications requiring safety, flexibility, speed, and performance. Piab last month also announced the MX suction cup for bin picking, order fulfillment, box depalletizing, and parcel sorting. Since 1951, Piab has been…
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Warehouse operations and logistics leaders Are you a warehouse operations or logistics leader who is looking for autonomous solutions to help improve the throughput or reduce fulfillment costs in your warehouse? Are you struggling to meet the seasonal demands of your business? Do you struggle to find and keep the labor necessary to operate your warehouse? If so, then this…
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…to open a fully automated micro-fulfillment center in Carlstadt, N.J., to support its online grocery operations. The company is partnering with robotics provider AutoStore and integrator Bastian Solutions to upgrade its order-fulfillment capabilities. H Mart started in 1982 with a single store in Woodside, Queens, N.Y., and has grown to more than 97 stores across the U.S. The Lyndhurst, N.J.-based…
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HAI Robotics, which makes autonomous case-handling robots, or ACRs, for logistics and industrial automation, this month announced a Series B+ funding round of nearly $15 million (U.S.) led by 5Y Capital, with participation from existing investors Source Code Capital and Walden International. According to the company, the capital will fuel its research and development, operational capabilities, and business expansion. Warehouse…
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No matter the distance, hauling heavy loads of material through factories and warehouses—or from one to another—remains a highly repetitive and potentially dangerous task. Forklifts remain an ongoing contributor to workplace accidents, and skilled operators are difficult to find and retain. According to the Manufacturing Institute, U.S. manufacturers will face a labor shortage of 2.4 million by 2028. Automation can…
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Tompkins Robotics has created a new robotic application to automate the exit process on a unit sortation order fulfillment system, leveraging IAM Robotics’ latest robot model, Atlas. This system, called xChange, uses a robot to remove completed order containers from a sortation process and place empty order containers in position. According the Tompkins Robotics, the solution combines a fully-automated unit…
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Tompkins Robotics today said it has partnered with IAM Robotics to automate the removal of completed order containers from a sortation process and place empty containers in position. It said the new xChange system is the first to to combine a fully automated unit-sortation system with a robotic container-removal system. This offering can help reduce distribution costs and labor requirements…
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Automate Forward, the virtual version of the biennial Automate conference and trade show, was held this week. The in-person event had been co-located with Promat at McCormick Place in Chicago for several years and would been held in Detroit for the first time. Automate Forward provided an opportunity for integrators and users to learn about robots and automation for a…
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Warehouse execution system software (WES) grew out of the need for automated distribution centers to throttle the release of order fulfillment through automation in a way that met customer delivery windows while keeping utilization high and steady. The first WES suppliers got a foothold in Distribution Centers (DCs) that were installing high-end, fixed automation like sortation systems. These operations needed…
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Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
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