Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.98
…to market, BALYO has entered into global partnerships with Hyster-Yale Group and KION, whose brands include Linde and Fenwick. They have developed robots for warehousing applications including tractors, palletizers, stackers, reach, and very narrow aisle (VNA) systems. Frankfurt, Germany-based KION said its portfolio includes lift trucks, supply chain automation, integrated software, and services. The company's systems are designed to help optimize the flow of material and information within factories, warehouses, and distribution centers. At the end of 2021, customers of various sizes and in numerous industries used more than 1.6 million of the KION Group’s industrial trucks and more than…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.53
…DARPA challenge-winning team from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT founded RightHand Robotics in 2015. Their stated goal was to apply grasping intelligence powered by computer vision and applied machine learning to real-world problems. The Somerville, Mass.-based company said its data-driven picking platform provides flexible and scalable automation for predictable order fulfillment. It raised $66 million in Series E funding last month. RightHand said it will be at the following events: MODEX 2022: The RightHand Robotics team is at Booth B8622, and the Vanderlande team is at at Booth B5406 from March 28 to 31 in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.49
…(AFLs) from JBT, and electronic pallet trucks (EPTs) from Hyster-Yale. The company also used voice- and light-directed picking, which was later augmented by vision-directed picking technology from Ox Technology. An automation road map CJ Logistics expected AMRs to reduce the amount of walking required of associates in case picking. They could remain in a zone while the robots traveled from pick location to pick location. Kevin Coleman, co-CEO of CJ Logistics America, and Laura Adams, VP of TES at CJ Logistics. AFLs would pick up pallets in receiving and then automatically put them away in storage locations. The automated lift…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.94
…a DARPA challenge-winning team from Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT founded RightHand Robotics in 2015. The Somerville, Mass.-based company applies computer vision and machine learning for its RightPick piece-picking system. RightHand raised $66 million in Series C funding last month. Partnership program intended to ease robotics adoption RightHand Robotics said its Partner Integrator program will make it easier for end customers to adopt robotic picking by working with their preferred automation suppliers. “The Partner Integrator program aligns business goals of system integrators, OEM technology providers, certified robot integrator partners, and other related sales alliance members,” said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.93
…the needs of warehouse operators worldwide.” Harvard Biorobotics Lab, Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT researchers Tenzer, Leif Jentoft, and Lael Odhner founded RightHand Robotics in 2015 after winning a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) manipulation challenge. They focused on solving the “holy grail” of warehouse automation—piece picking for supply chain and e-commerce fulfillment, said the Somerville, Mass.-based company. RightPick deals with complex picking RightHand Robotics launched its autonomous piece-picking product in 2017. The modular, data-driven RightPick platform uses artificial intelligence, edge computing, machine vision, grippers, and collaborative robot arms. Its workflows can quickly adapt to new SKUs for streamlined…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.16
…said Jim Hess, director of warehouse business development at Yale. Operators can then more confidently focus on value-added tasks, since the machines will automatically adjust to minimize risks. Newer-generation trucks with object detection can also sense when other smart equipment is nearby, or the presence of people wearing proximity badges. Such technology can make an operator’s job easier, safer, and more productive, said Hess. “We can set speed limits for these trucks in front of break rooms, or the door to the office area, so trucks are automatically slowed down,” he said. “Or, if there is an obstruction in the…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 61.08
Yale Lift Truck Technologies leverages over a century of material handling experience and substantial investment in innovation to bring the most advanced technology-driven lift truck solutions to market. The company offers a full line of award-winning lift trucks, including reach trucks, order pickers, turret trucks, pallet jacks and trucks, pallet stackers, tow tractors and counterbalanced forklifts, as well as powerful operator assist solutions, proven robotics and a wide range of power sources to help customers adapt to today’s demanding supply chain. Yale and its independent dealer network support these solutions with comprehensive after-sales service, parts, financing and training.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.00
…€21.7 million ($25.7 million) in 2020. BALYO has also partnered with KION (the parent company of Linde Material Handling), Hyster-Yale Group, and most recently Körber AG.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.18
…parent company of Linde Material Handling, as well as Hyster-Yale Group Inc. It reported €21.7 million ($26.46 million U.S.) in sales revenue in 2020. Minneapolis-based Körber Supply Chain said it provides a range of supply chain systems for any business size, strategy, or appetite for growth. Körber's supply chain business unit not only delivers software, but also robots, voice technology, and materials handling expertise. BALYO bridges gap beetween MHE, AMRs “Humans around the world deserve enriching, creative jobs,” said BALYO. “We believe that pallet movements in DC [distribution centers] and manufacturing sites should be left to fully autonomous robots.” The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.12
…DARPA challenge-winning team from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT. The company is intended to bring grasping intelligence powered by computer vision and applied machine learning to bear on real-world problems. Source: RightHand Robotics PickCenter gives European users hands-on opportunities At the PickCenter, prospective customers will have the opportunity to experience RightHand's item-handling system firsthand to assess performance and suitability for their business needs. The center will also services such as initial item-set evaluation, pre-service process and workflow audit, project scoping and management, and training. “We’ve very excited to open our new demo center in the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.22
…BALYO has also entered into partnerships with KION and Hyster-Yale Group and offers warehousing robots for palletizing, stacking, reach, and very narrow aisle (VNA) applications. It reported €21.7 million ($26.5 million U.S.) in revenue in 2020. By switching to Ouster’s 3D digital lidar, BALYO plans to further improve its autonomous forklifts so they can safely and efficiently operate anytime, anywhere with minimal human oversight. “BALYO epitomizes a trend we see across our customer base, in which a company that started using 2D lidar for basic automation upgrades to 3D digital lidar to add more sophisticated automation features, providing a powerful…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.74
…operations, said Kevin Paramore, emerging technology commercialization manager at Yale Materials Handling Corp. The labor situation is different now, but due to social distancing measures and health and safety policies requiring workers who are feeling ill to stay home, distribution centers may still have difficulty maintaining their workforce. The end effect is that more operations will see automation as part of the answer to labor shortages. “When you consider all the factors like the high turnover rate in warehouses, and rising labor rates as part of what some call the 'Amazon effect,' that makes the return on investment timeframe shorter…