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Agility Robotics, which has developed the Digit humanoid robots to work alongside people in warehouses and logistics facilities, today said it has raised $150 million in Series B funding. The Corvallis, Ore.-based company said it plans to use the money to accelerate research and development and scale production. “Unprecedented consumer and corporate demand have created an extraordinary need for robots…
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Amazon.com Inc. is not only a major user and developer of robotics, but it is also now an investor. BionicHIVE, which has developed an autonomous robot that works with existing warehouse infrastructure, today said it has received unspecified funding from the new Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund. “With Amazon’s funding and support, BionicHIVE is growing its team and operations, establishing [a]…
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Comau LLC last week said that it has added the N-220-2.7 robot arm to its product portfolio. The Stellantis NV unit makes the robot with its fully automated production line in its Turin Innovation Center of Advanced Robotics in Italy. “This next-generation robot, which strengthens our product portfolio, generates clear customer advantages thanks to its innovative design and state-of-the-art advanced…
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OK, I was a skeptic. Boy, was I wrong! I arrived in Atlanta last week with memories of MODEX 2020 dancing in my head. As anyone who was there remembers, attendance was sparse on the busiest of days. Having attended one event this past January with light traffic, and reading accounts of other events that have struggled to get people…
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Labor shortages and the COVID-19 pandemic have posed serious challenges for warehouses and distribution centers. Honeywell International Inc. yesterday announced a strategic collaboration with OTTO Motors to provide automation throughout North America for help with labor-intensive tasks, such as moving carts, pallets, or totes. Honeywell said the partnership enables its customers to increase efficiency, reduce errors, and improve safety by…
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HAI Robotics, an autonomous case-handling robot maker, will present its flexible totes-to-person warehouse automation products at MODEX 2022. The company's exhibits this year include two types of autonomous case-handling robots and one workstation that was crafted to explore the full potentials of order-fulfillment efficiency, deployment flexibility and scalability in a goods-to-person order-handling context, the company said. HAIPICK enables higher storage…
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During MODEX 2022, RIOS Intelligent Machines Inc. is presenting a seminar, “Getting Started with Robots as a Service: Robotic Workcells to immediately Increase Productivity and Supplement Labor.” Mandy Dwight, vice president of business development, and Dr. Clinton Smith, co-founder and chief technology officer, will present RIOS's session on robotics-as-a-service (RaaS). Facilities and operations can gain insights on how to maximize…
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Next week at the MODEX 2022 supply chain trade show, Universal Robots ApS will have several live demonstrations highlighting how its customers are using its collaborative robots. Odense, Denmark-based Universal Robots (UR) is the market leader in the cobot space, with a 44% to 47% market share. Cobots go to work depalletizing At Universal Robots' booth B2805, visitors will learn…
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KPI Solutions (KPI), a leading supply chain consulting, software, systems integration, and warehouse automation supplier today announced the retirement of Larry Strayhorn and appointment of Michael Cavanaugh as Chief Executive Officer. Strayhorn serves the material handling industry with a position on the MHI Board of Governors and was a key figure in the 2021 formation of KPI Solutions. His 40-plus…
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Exotec, a provider of an automated storage & retrieval solution based on warehouse robotics technology, has announced that BlueStar, a leading global distributor of solutions-based digital identification, mobility, point-of-sale, and RFID technologies, is rolling the Exotec Skypod system at DCs in Europe and the United States. Via this partnership, BlueStar aims to increase performance, flexibility, safety, and efficiency in its…
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Automated storage systems automate the process of storing and retrieving pallets, use rotating shelves to deliver products to an operator to reduce walking around times, and provide high-density storage for everything from small parts to large components. These systems also transport products throughout the warehouse or DC—from receiving to shipping—using conveyor systems, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and other equipment. And,…
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MassRobotics and Chewy have unveiled the CHAMP (Chewy Autonomous Mobile Picking) Challenge, a robotics competition aimed at improving warehouse automation. The challenge invites developers to design systems capable of efficiently handling heavy and awkwardly shaped items in confined warehouse spaces. The challenge focuses on automating the grasping, lifting, and placement of large, bulky items like dog food bags and cat…
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Integrated Systems Design (ISD), a leading material handling solution provider, announced today an alliance with URBX, which offers high-density robotic automation. Under the allliance, ISD is now authorized to design, implement, and support URBX's automated vertical goods-to-person AS/RS solution. The URBX system, has the ability to reach heights of 125 feet and accommodate 75 levels of double-deep tote storage, giving…
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GXO Logistics, a pure-play contract logistics provider, has announced a new agreement with Reflex Robotics, a general-purpose humanoid startup, to pilot Reflex’s robotics solution for deployment into live operations. This is GXO’s second Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) agreement for a humanoid robotic solution, following the first one earlier this year with Agility Robotics. GXO's announcement called the Reflex Robot an 'out-of-the-box solution'…
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Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), including Toyota Material Handling Group and Toyota Automated Logistics Group, providers of material handling solutions, and Gideon, have signed an investment agreement with immediate effect. Gideon develops and offers technologies for autonomous mobile mobotics (AMR) behaviors, and an application stack for automating specific processes in warehouse and manufacturing environments, TICO explained. The amount of the investment…
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