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Gap Inc. launches new customer experience center ahead of Holiday season

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…returns processing capabilities, additional residual shuttles, new automated storage retrieval systems, and more. Representatives from the cities of Longview and Tyler, Texas, the state of Texas, and the Texas House of Representatives joined Gap Inc. for a ribbon-cutting celebration this morning along with other local community and business leaders. Gap Inc., a collection of purpose-led lifestyle brands, is the largest…


A new perspective on lights out

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…No lights needed here with shuttles handling inventory in automated storage systems. Needless to say, the limited availability of labor is a huge driver. “How you rebalance your resources—whether labor or robotics—with software to execute perfect flow is the holy grail of lights out,” says Russ Meller, Fortna’s principal scientist. Robotic arms handle a wide range of products that come…


2022 Technology Roundtable: The future of software and automation is now

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…carousels. Since the early 2000s, multi-shuttles are compared to those solutions, and over the past 10 years autonomous mobile robotics [AMRs] are a part of every automation study. The modern AMR has seen advancements in technology, application, and there are multiple suppliers such as Locus, 6 Rivers, Fetch, Geek+, INVIA, among others. The other popular technologies we’re evaluating on a…


Is now the time for robotic lift trucks?

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…is lower cost than pallet shuttles or unit-load AS/RS solutions, but achieves similar efficiencies. Overall, he adds, the need is growing for operations of all sizes to automate the movement of pallets to overcome labor availability issues. “There are many operations that just can’t hire enough people and many others that struggle with high turnover,” says Sullivan. “Autonomous robots can…


Honeywell Intelligrated helps warehouse, DC operations to the next level

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…Intelligrated’s virtual demos will include robotic mixed-SKU depalletizing, mobile robotics, AS/RS shuttles, enterprise performance management, and other innovations. Key leaders from Honeywell Intelligrated will be presenting seminars on micro-fulfillment strategies and mobile robotics use cases and trends.


Experience Your DC NEXT at ProMatDX

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…Modern E-Commerce Demands With AS/RS Shuttles Wednesday, April 14 at 10:30 a.m. CT Maximize the utilization and storage density in your facility with scalable automated storage and retrieval 〈AS/RS〉 solutions. Our flexible hardware and intelligent software enable dynamic storage of containers and cartons of various sizes, widths and depths within a rack. Leverage these tools to achieve the throughput rates…


Single Source of Truth with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems

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…high-end warehouse automation such as shuttles or complex conveyor/sortation, the trend is to have an on-site technician for critical systems. “Most of our biggest clients do not use vendors for maintenance for the very complex automation systems,” Sedlak says. “They hold that in-house and only call the vendors for the more major issues that aren’t solveable for the in-house team.”…


Robot Block Party Held by MassRobotics Shows Off Massachusetts Innovations

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…how its software and robotic shuttles can provide dense storage for efficient fulfillment. Also from Wilmington, Analog Devices Inc. used small autonomous cars to show its semiconductor and communications technology can do. Vicarious Surgical Inc. had toy robot arms for children to assemble and continued its recruitment efforts from MassRobotics’ career fair the day before. The Waltham, Mass.-based company entered…


MESH Automation to Display Robotic Deburring Cell at the International Manufacturing Technology Show

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…one of the two fixtured shuttles in the MiniMAC, the robot and tool remove the unwanted materials from each part and the finished part is returned to the operator complete. Other features of the MiniMAC Grind System, include choices in robot model, part presentation techniques, and tooling used to remove excess materials. Each MiniMAC cell and the larger MAC and…


Geek+ Closes $100M Series E1 Funding With Strategic Investment From Intel

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…of its AMRs and four way-shuttles. It also recently released Matrix, a robotic software and hardware technology platform, and a robot management system 〈RMS〉 capable of scheduling large-scale robot clusters. With its growing product portfolio and global business network, Geek+ claimed that it provides reliable operations and maintenance services, while the scale of its robotics shipments enable it to offer…


Geek+ Expands South America Presence With Global Partner Körber Supply Chain

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…MODEX 2022. It also released Sky-Storage & Ground-Pick, which combines four-way shuttles for reserve pallet storage with Geek+'s P-series picking robots for forward picking.


Oxbotica Raises $140M Series C to Deploy Universal Autonomy Operating System Worldwide

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…launch in 2024 autonomous passenger shuttles and industry-specific vehicles in partnership with Applied EV, bp, NEVS, and ZF. Meanwhile, together with Wenco International Mining Systems Ltd., Oxbotica said it is bringing open autonomy to mining to improve safety and sustainability combined with lower operational costs. Applied EV and Ocado Group have partnred with Oxbotica for autonomous deliveries in the U.K.…


Indy Autonomous Challenge Returns to CES 2023 and Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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…p.m. PST on Jan. 7. Shuttles will depart from the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) West Hall beginning at 11:00 a.m., and there will be a rideshare pickup/drop off, as well as onsite parking. According to the competition rules, the race will consist of a single elimination tournament with multiple rounds of high-speed, head-to-head passing matches with AV-21 racecars, culminating…


HoloMatic Raises $100M in Series C to Bolster Autonomous Vehicle Development

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…gain further momentum as driverless shuttles have become publicly available, and China is potentially taking the lead in the global autonomous vehicle market,” the market research firm noted. It added that the Chinese government is pushing for the adoption for more autonomous vehicles and has set a goal to “integrate partial self-driving technology in 50% of all new-auto sales by…


Medline Expands Partnership With AutoStore for New Facility in Grayslake, Ill.

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…trucks from Vecna: One vehicle shuttles pallets from receiving to a drop zone for long distance pallet movements in the vast distribution center; the other is used to transport empty totes. As the technology improves, Medline expects to pilot autonomous reach trucks, especially for narrow aisle storage. While it may be some time before those technologies are fully deployed across…


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