Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.88
…robotics has revolutionized the way we store and transport goods, transforming the sprawling warehouses of today into hubs of high-tech innovation. In 2021, Amazon had around 350,000 automated mobile drive units in its warehouses. Over the coming years, most warehouses will have high levels of automation. It is already a significant market, representing over $10 billion in annual global spending, bound to grow to $51 billion by 2030, according to Acumen Research & Consulting. The message is clear: Don't get left behind, so use automation to improve your warehouse operations. Warehouse managers increasingly rely on automation to respond to the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.89
…a Series C round, bringing its total funding to $191 million. Outrider works with customers in industries, such as consumer packaged goods, retail and eCommerce, package shipping, manufacturing, and intermodal rail. Outrider was recognized in Fast Company’s prestigious 2022 World’s Most Innovative Companies list, placing in the top 10 in the logistics category. With its customers representing over 20 percent of all yard trucks operating in North America, Outrider is a private company backed by NEA, 8VC, Koch Disruptive Technologies, FM Capital, and other top-tier investors.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.95
…booths worth seeing, and we saw prospects from major consumer packaged goods, third-party logistics providers (3PLs), and the world’s largest e-commerce retailers on the show floor. Robots could be seen throughout the 562,000-sq.-ft. exhibition space, from autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) to truck-unloading robots and automated lift trucks. Customers in warehousing are increasingly turning to automation, and the companies that showcased at ProMat this year demonstrated they are aiming to capitalize on that demand. Whether you were part of the crowd or are catching up from afar, see to the right (below on mobile)…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.51
…a variety of end-markets, including the automotive, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, aerospace, industrial and nuclear sectors. “Small payload robots are commonly found in larger industrial manufacturing facilities, but the low-cost entry into robotic automation has recently resulted in significant growth in their use across small, light industrial, and commercial shops,” said Gary Labadie, global product director at Destaco. “Small-payload robots are now a focus and a solution for both large and small facilities coping with the economic climate.” Destaco said the tooling solutions are compatible with cobots that have an ISO 9409-1-50-4-M6 end-of-arm mounting pattern. The company added that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.84
…eligible customers across suburban America, delivering food and retail goods from dozens of partnering restaurant chains and retailers. Flytrex listed the following highlights in “ultrafast” drone delivery: Flytrex delivered more than 85,000 items by uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) across 21,350 orders. The average time from takeoff to delivery was 3:32 minutes. The fastest time from order to delivery was 12:13 minutes. On Oct. 14, Flytrex had a record high volume of one order every 5 minutes. Flytrex had over 4,000 unique users in 2022, a 765% increase from 2021. Flytrex’s biggest fan placed a total of 532 orders last year.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.77
…and integrators can't meet, he noted. “For example, a consumer packaged goods customer may want to replicate a workcell around the world,” explained Bubnikovich. “For that, we might go direct to provide more value than just the robot.” ABB is “building competence” in the EV space, but there are also opportunities in electronics, pharmaceuticals, and general industry, he said. “We see a ton of opportunities for SMEs with collaborative applications,” Bubnikovich added. “It's all about the ease of integration, not people handing parts to a welding robot, and there's a huge shortage of skilled labor like welders.” “Modern applications incorporate…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.62
…said its MP1000R autonomous mobile robot (AMR) can move goods to target locations without human intervention. It uses laser simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology to note paths and traffic lanes. The MP1000R's navigation software enables it to change its map and improve over time as the user’s needs warrant. In Bosch Rexroth's booth, the AMR simulated the transport of assembled materials at the end of line from a workstation to a custom pallet rack. Both were assembled with various components from the company’s aluminum framing portfolio. In addition, the Bosch Rexroth ctrlX AUTOMATION Cube showcased the company’s ctrlX CORE…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.10
…broad range of corner cases autonomously.” RIOS caters to consumer-packaged goods customers Consumer packaged goods are the sweet spot for these systems, he added. RIOS has built a lot of software-defined infrastructure for sorting, precision handling, quality checking, and packaging of items. Furthermore, RIOS, not the end user, covers the risk to keep the system operating as needed, even 24/7. “This is revolutionary,” Casse said. “This approach to robotic palletizing is a real inflection point for packaging automation going forward.” Only time will tell, but there do appear to be several new angles on the established capex model that make…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.46
…or shifts per day,” Allen added. “Locus robots are good for higher SKU count for CPG [consumer packaged goods], while autonomous forklifts are a better option for moving pallets.” “We serve automotive, aerospace, healthcare, food, retail, and oil and gas,” he said. “About 20% of our 400 warehouses have some automation, and we manage a total of 50 million to 60 million sq. ft. We've developed our own modeling tools based on automation category.” Ryder acquired omnichannel provider Whiplash last year and is developing its own integrated warehouse systems so that it has control over the data it sends customers.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.59
…executives said they need robots in warehouses to move goods to customers. During the [COVID-19] pandemic, there were acute shortages, and labor costs went up. They haven't continued to rise at the same rate, but they haven't gone down. The Walmarts of the world don't have problems with capital, but smaller players haven't traditionally used automation. Berkshire Grey offers robotics as a service [RaaS], which takes the capital burden off of companies and makes it easier for some operators to adopt robots. While e-commerce continued to grow in the second half of 2022, isn't there also a shift toward omnichannel?…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.52
…Outrider's customers are in the package shipping, retail, e-commerce, consumer packaged goods, grocery, manufacturing, and intermodal industries. They have been conducting joint product testing and pilot operations since 2019. Outrider System adapts to enterprise operations Trucking moves over 20 billion tons of freight each year, and almost all of it passes through distribution hubs, said Outrider. These yards are difficult to staff and create bottlenecks in the supply chain, it noted. By automating yard operations, enterprises can increase the time freight spends moving down the highway, address labor shortages, and allow more people to work in safer environments, claimed the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.06
…such as Carrefour, Decathlon, Gap, and Uniqlo trust its goods-to-person robots to profitably navigate rapid shifts in business models and customer experiences. It said it combines hardware and software to drive operational efficiency, add resilience, and improve working conditions for warehouse operators. Exotec last year raised $335 million in Series D funding and last month marked the manufacture of its 4,000th robot. Exotec adds to Skypod road map “Since the beginning of Exotec, people wanted solutions—they're not buying robots; they want ways to improve productivity,” said Arthur Bellamy, chief revenue officer at Exotec. “That's our value proposition, and we had…