Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.09
…'23, special,” said Demaitre. “This will get a leading apparel brand, an integrator and software provider, and a mobile robot supplier together to share their requirements, challenges, and solutions.” End-user speakers in other sessions will represent diverse organizations including CCU, the Mayo Clinic, and nioform, plus major robotics suppliers such as Dexterity, Cyngn, inVia Robotics, and Vanderlande. Innovative software and component providers like Brightpick, inOrbit, and Microsoft are also slated to participate. The panels will examine a range of topics and use cases: Order fulfillment Goods-to-person systems and robot operations Piece picking Collaborative robots plus vision provide precision for more…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.11
…and unloading effortless for third-party logistics (3PL) providers, retailers, apparel manufacturers, and other material handlers,” claimed Dexterity. The company said its software release includes the following new features to expand warehouse operators' ability to automate their pallet operations: Print and apply integration—PDP 3.0 enables 3PLs to automate their case-in, case-out labeling processes. Dexterity automates Amazon FNSKU case-labeling process and other case relabeling value-added services. Pallet stacking—By enabling picking from up to five pallets stacked on one another, PDP 3.0 unlocks the utilization of work cells by minimizing the time for pallet swapping. Rolling cart loading adapter —Moving beyond pallets, PDP…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.51
…This is happening across a range of industries, including apparel, general merchandise, health and beauty, and pharmaceutical distributors. “Given the current economic climate, the push to further automate manual put walls is happening more prominently within projects that improve the efficiency and throughput of brownfield sites,” explained Fry. “Rather than building net-new facilities from the ground up, companies are looking to retrofit their current manual order sortation or put wall footprint with new robotic solutions to gain efficiency and cut costs.” With automated put walls, a robot arm picks up a single item from multi-SKU totes and then scans and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.20
…has recently been highlighted as the 2024 problem.” “We will collaborate with PAL, which owns many popular brands of apparel and convenience goods, and acca international, which manages PAL’s warehousing and shipping operations, to create an innovative logistics system that will help increase the corporate value of both companies,” Tatewaki added.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.13
…that uses a smart strong pinch grip to prevent apparel from swaying to safely produce high pick and place rates How does it work? Pairing the Zivid 2+ 3D camera with Fizyr’s deep learning computer vision software provides unparalleled robustness for handling transparent objects, the companies claimed. Fizyr identifies each item with segmentation, shape detection and material detection, and its algorithms prioritize the actions to be taken with cascading considerations that identify which items are on top of others, the location and makeup of each item’s surfaces, whether the robot’s gripper will have adequate room to move, where it must…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.90
…operations at Ariat, described how labor scarcity drove the apparel retailer toward robotics. However, the transition from manual processes to software and data-driven automation requires effort, patience, and teamwork, observed Drew Bailey, vice president of design engineering at 3PL GEODIS. Companies considering automation should make their requirements clear to robotics suppliers and integrators, he said. Girton and Bailey cited challenges such as changing how they measure a floor's grade before implementing Skypod. Both noted that they were ultimately pleased with the results of their deployments, including significant increases in throughput. Integrators can help assess a customer's processes and collaborate to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.73
…trays, cardboard cartons, and a variety of containers and materials, said Hai. Warehouses, distribution centers, and factories in the apparel, retail, e-commerce, and 3PL industries can use its systems to improve operational efficiency, the company added.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.06
…better system for us.” Avenue Shops is a full-service apparel sourcing, storage, and distribution facility that supports thousands of women’s fashion boutiques around North America. It purchased a pilot system at the end of 2022 that reduced its storage footprint to 30% the original space, increased storage height by 4x, and improves operator order fulfillment speed by three to four times. As Avenue Shops' business continues to grow, the system is designed to expand, said Hai Robotics. Companies that take the time when markets are slower to implement pilot systems can lay a foundation for larger-scale automation, Hai Robotics noted.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.77
…depalletization. It said its robots can autonomously pick virtually any SKU or item on Day 1 in industries spanning apparel, health and beauty, pharmaceuticals, logistics, and general merchandise.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.61
…fit.” OSARO tackles kitting challenge Retailers of everything from apparel and food and beverage to toys and pet products have embraced subscription kits because they can grow recurring revenue and increase sales of slow-moving items, noted OSARO. The kits can also make inventory management more predictable for both retailers and fulfillment operators, it said. In addition, consolidation of products in kits can reduce packaging and shipping costs, said the San Francisco-based company. While warehouses may have automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) and fleets of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), increasingly scarce human workers typically put multiple items into single boxes…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.72
…an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) for hanging apparel with smart robots for picking, helping operations overcome labor market challenges and seasonal scalability. “Because of the lack of systems to capably automate garment-on-hanger storage on the market, we designed GOH Hive to help distribution centers meet today’s demands,” Girod said. “Most DCs are still working with traditional, one-level racking systems while trying to handle millions of garments.” “The ideal user is likely processing 100,000 to 150,000 units per day over three shifts,” he added. “In these environments, automating the process uses space more efficiently and requires less labor.” Planiform…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.07
…they are collaborating to help consumers obtain footwear and apparel through the use of autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs. The companies said their modernization efforts at CEVA's warehouse in Grobbendonk, Belgium, in the Antwerp province, demonstrate the benefits of AMRs. They include delivering a more ergonomic working environment and improving efficiency, all while maintaining accuracy. Marseille, France-based CEVA Logistics has its U.S. headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. The third-party logistics provider (3PL) offers a range of customized systems and air, ocean, ground, and finished vehicle transport in 170 countries and has 110,000 employees at more than 1,300 facilities. With pro forma…