Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.30
…attendees began boarding the long black buses that would shuttle them to the site of the keynote. The 15-min ride from the convention center took them to the San Jose State University's sunny campus. It was still more than an hour before the scheduled keynote, but the queue was already snaking through the grass fields, all the way to the student union building that houses the canteen. “Hey, thanks for coming out this way! We got so packed in the old place we had to get you out here. I appreciate you making the trip,” said NVIDIA's cofounder and CEO…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.31
…intelligence and gripping with automated storage and retrieval system shuttle technology, vertical lifts and conveyor, the order picking process can be completely automated. The fully integrated system is ideal for e-commerce fulfillment operations in a challenging labor market and handling high volumes of smaller-size orders. It uses unique gripping technology to pick individual items of a range of sizes, shapes, fragility and weights. When paired with AI, the gripper enables the automation of highly unstructured tasks found in e-commerce distribution. Little to no human intervention is required for the system to provide consistent accuracy and high throughput to meet customer…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.10
…piece-picking robotic put walls; nine aisles of mini-load and shuttle technology for automatic case storage and handling; a warehouse execution system (WES) for balancing the workload through the facility; a split-tray sortation system; and automatic bagging and trailer-loading technologies. Inbound cartons are conveyorized (top) in the trailer or container and automatically delivered to storage. It’s a case study in risk management and resilience and an innovative approach to automation. “In the past, distribution was viewed as a cost center and now, because of innovation, it’s a competitive advantage for us,” says Kuntz. “If we can do our job quicker and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.18
…year. Analyst firm Interact Analysis forecasts the market for autonomous mobile robots (AMR) and smart automatic guided vehicles (AGV) for logistics will grow from $300 million in 2017 to $3 billion by 2022, or roughly a 10-fold increase. “We are seeing true exponential growth now,” says Ash Sharma, a research director for Interact Analysis. “While numerous companies have been doing pilot projects for the last two years in warehousing or manufacturing facilities, now they are looking to expand their use of robotics. They are automating more processes, rolling out robots to more sites, or more countries. We are past the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.29
…a long history with robotics. He built his first autonomous robot at 13 years old and has been pushing the boundaries ever since. His robots have won international competitions and one of his autonomous shuttles transported over 1,000 passengers in demonstrations across California. Rodrigues started Embark by recruiting talent from technology leaders including SpaceX, StanfordAI, and Audi's self-driving team. The team is backed by a multi-million dollar investment led by Maven Ventures. Maven’s previous investment in self-driving technology, Cruise Automation, sold to GM for $1B last year. Embark plans to quadruple its engineering team within the next year and aggressively…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.78
…Automation Systems (PAS), the world-wide market leader in pallet shuttle AS/RS. Hyster-Yale Group and Balyo sign agreement to market lift truck robotics Balyo specializes in autonomous driving forklifts based on standard trucks that navigate without external infrastructure. Fluke announces acquisition of eMaint Enterprises Provider of electronic test tools and software acquires SaaS CMMS developer. Heico Companies acquires Ancra Systems automatic truck loading and unloading systems. Duravant acquires Arpac Engineered equipment provider expands secondary packaging equipment and integration capabilities in North America. Box On Demand partners with Sealed Air Partnership to create right-sized packages for combinations of SKUs. Research and markets…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 29.53
…Servus Intralogistics to distribute and integrate the company’s robotic shuttle system in North America. “The Servus technology offers our customers a flexible and affordable solution for goods-to-person order fulfillment,” stated Aaron Jones, president of Bastian Solutions. “Whether in a distribution or manufacturing environment, Servus’ unique design can not only handle storage of products but also provide a complete solution for transporting product throughout a facility, something no other shuttle system is currently offering.” Servus offers a material handling solution in which all processes run seamlessly from incoming goods to small parts storage, picking, production, assembly, office and eventually to the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.96
…are familiar with goods-to-person systems, including high-density AS/RS and shuttle systems, autonomous carts, or conveyor and sortation systems. Preiss sees opportunities for goods-to-robot systems, which capitalize on the established performance of goods-to-person solutions and stationary robots. Preiss describes one customer’s system of piece-picking robots stationed at a pocket sorter. Surprisingly, the robots are fed by manual processes in this case, but whatever the upstream mechanism for presenting goods to the robot, it can handle the retrieval and depositing of as much as 90% of the customer’s SKUs. “Many customers also want to reserve the right to manually put to the…