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Rise of Robots Will Change Future Jobs Reports

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Automation and robotics is already changing the US workplace, and by 2027, we could be looking at dramatically different numbers each month when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its non-farm payroll data. Forrester predicts 10 million jobs will be lost as a direct result of the robotic revolution. While the shift will come with a new wave of hiring…


DHL Supply Chain to Use Collaborative Robots for Innovative Order Fulfillment Trial

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DHL Supply Chain, an Americas' leader in contract logistics and part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, announced that it will begin a pilot test using a collaborative, autonomous robotics solution within the life sciences sector at a facility in Tennessee in the next two months. The robots, called LocusBots from Locus Robotics, are being tested as a picker companion for…


Locus Robotics

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Leveraging years of direct warehouse operations experience and deep firsthand knowledge of warehouse robotics, Locus Robotics Corporation has engineered a new approach to mission critical fulfillment operations. The Locus solution delivers greater throughput, reduced costs and unparalleled flexibility in moving inventory and orders through a fulfillment center. The efficiency and flexibility in turn allow operators to keep up with the…


RightHand Robotics unveils innovative piece-picking solution

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RightHand Robotics (Booth S1891) is demonstrating RightPick, a combined hardware and software solution that handles the key task of picking individual items or “piece-picking.” With RightPick, businesses can reduce the cost and improve the reliability of e-commerce order fulfillment for pharmaceuticals, electronics, grocery, apparel and countless other industries. As e-commerce continues to grow, the trend is away from bulk or…


Knapp integrates vision-guided robotic picking with pocket sorter

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…and a new partnership with Takeoff Technologies, a Boston-area startup building micro-fulfillment grocery e-commerce distribution centers that deploy sorting robots.


Toyota Industries Corporation to Acquire Vanderlande for 1.2 billion euros

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Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) has signed an agreement to acquire Vanderlande, a global market leader for value-added logistic process automation at airports, warehouses and the parcel market, from the company’s current owner NPM Capital. The acquisition has been fully approved and supported by Vanderlande’s Supervisory and Management Boards, and Works Council. Vanderlande will retain its name and corporate identity, as…


Intelligrated’s Matt Wicks elected to Robotic Industries Association board of directors

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Intelligrated, a leading North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, announces the election of Matt Wicks, vice president, product development, manufacturing systems, to the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) board of directors. Wicks’ two-year term began following the board’s January meeting. The RIA board is comprised of members across supplier, educator and researcher, integrator and user categories. Wicks was elected for…


FedEx Bets on Automation as it Prepares to Fend Off Uber and Amazon

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When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight, your FedEx package might someday be delivered by a robot. Rob Carter, FedEx’s chief information officer, says the shipping giant is considering small vehicles that could drive around neighborhoods and make deliveries without human drivers. Carter is responsible for setting the technology agenda across FedEx’s various operating companies, including its planes-and-trucks…


Analyze how your Warehouse can be Transformed with Automation

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With high consumer demands comes more product and increased sales, resulting in growth. Growth is great, but where do you put all of the new product being produced and how do you get it to your customers quickly? In a recent study conducted by Peerless Media, it was confirmed that most of the respondents are indeed experiencing growth in their…


AGVs Roll into a New Role

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As the dream of autonomous cars edges closer to reality, automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) are advancing into the warehouse in a very real way. As the likes of Google and Apple pour resources into the development of driverless technology, the decreased price and improved performance of the vehicles are benefiting the makers of driverless industrial vehicles. Already, Amazon is poised…


Learn How to Make Smart Sortation Automation Decisions

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Often, the number of orders that need to be fulfilled per day dictates the degree of automation required. Regardless of your DC's specific requirements and throughput rates, the right sortation automation solution helps enable the process efficiencies needed to meet rising service level agreements. From receiving and put-away to picking and packing, sortation technology plays a role in nearly every…


Amazon’s Drone Delivery from a Flying Warehouse

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Amazon has been working on getting a drone delivery program off the ground for a while now, but some new patents show the company isn't out of wild ideas. As TechCrunch reports, Zoe Leavitt, an analyst for CB Insights, has discovered a recent Amazon patent for an “airborne fulfillment center utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles for item delivery” - i.e., a…


Why the Tech Giants are Focusing on Trucks and Ships

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Business Insider’s scoop on Amazon creating an Uber for Trucking app isn’t a surprise. LogTech venture capital investments have been growing rapidly these past years, as recently reported by CB Insights. What’s more, Alibaba founder Jack Ma announced earlier this year that the Chinese giant would invest nearly $16 billion dollars in logistics over the 5 to 8 years, while…


From Click to Customer Delivery in 13 minutes, Amazon’s Prime Air Drone Trial Begins

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Amazon is pushing forward with its plans for a drone delivery fleet. Today it announced that it’s begun deliveries to two customers in the UK, and will be expanding that to dozens, possibly hundreds, in the coming months. The service is restricted to small items for now, focusing on delivering packages up to five pounds in 30 minutes or less.…


KION completes its acquisition of Dematic

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How does the old saying go—“It’s all over but the shouting!” Earlier this month, the KION Group AG announced that it had successfully completed the acquisition of Dematic. In the announcement, Gordon Riske, CEO of KION Group, said it marked the dawn of a new era for his company, Dematic, and their combined companies. “The transaction brings together the world’s…


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