Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.91
…resupply the mothership with more inventory and fuel, and shuttle workers to the flying factory. Amazon's patent filing for an airborne fulfillment center utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles for item delivery Due to the aerial deployment, drones would be able to have a much wider delivery range while consuming less power as they descend to deliver packages. “I just unearthed the Death Star of ecommerce via @cbinsights”Zoe Leavitt, analyst for CB Insights And the mobile nature of the warehouses would allow Amazon greater flexibility in managing inventory in the face of changing demand. For example, the patent offers a hypothetical case…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.24
…Automation Systems (PAS), the world-wide market leader in pallet shuttle AS/RS. Hyster-Yale Group and Balyo sign agreement to market lift truck robotics Balyo specializes in autonomous driving forklifts based on standard trucks that navigate without external infrastructure. Fluke announces acquisition of eMaint Enterprises Provider of electronic test tools and software acquires SaaS CMMS developer. Heico Companies acquires Ancra Systems automatic truck loading and unloading systems. Duravant acquires Arpac Engineered equipment provider expands secondary packaging equipment and integration capabilities in North America. Box On Demand partners with Sealed Air Partnership to create right-sized packages for combinations of SKUs. Research and markets…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.50
…space utilization, inventory management and order fulfillment. But, between shuttles, putwalls, pocket sorters, robotics and software, we’re seeing new and ingenious uses of equipment and technology to solve those problems. What does it look like at KION and Dematic? To find out, I had a chance to talk to Riske and John Baysore, who is now Dematic’s president and CEO, right before PackExpo. Here’s what they had to say. Dematic and KION part of growing industry Why Dematic? Lift trucks are obviously a major component of our industry. In fact, to some degree the industry dwarfs the rest of the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.17
…in Devens, Mass. There, some 200 orange Kiva robots shuttle 5,000 shelving units from a storage area to picking stations where order selectors fill orders. As one of the early adopters of mobile robotics for e-commerce fulfillment, Quiet has been using Kiva since 2009. And while the leading edge is called the bleeding edge for a reason, Bruce Welty, Quiet’s co-founder and CEO, says that getting out front with robots was a conscious decision he made with his partner Mike Johnson, Quiet’s president. “No one had really used mobile robotics like this before,” says Welty. “Mike and I felt that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.12
…That said, I’m reminded that I saw the first shuttle at a show some five to seven years ago. While shuttles are becoming more common, I still see more piece-picking mezzanines and put walls than shuttles. Two quotes about robotics from experienced materials handling pros stuck with me after the show. One old hand said, “No one wants to be first,” when I asked what did he see as the biggest impediment to the adoption of the robotic piece picking solution his company was demonstrating. Another recalled the frenzy over RFID and offered this piece of advice: “The biggest mistake…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 38.00
…picking robot at Intelligrated’s booth – working with a shuttle – I noticed the AutoStore has a large presence at the show and, maybe it’s my imagination, but there seemed to be more AGVs and mobile robots than ever. Shuttles galore: With the explosion of piece picking, it’s no surprise that shuttles to enable goods-to-person piece picking were on prominent display. I noted shuttles at the booths for Dematic, Intelligrated, viastore, Schaefer, OPEX and Knapp to name a few. At the same time, based on the number of pick-and-put-to-light displays I saw, picking mezzanines and putwalls appear to be alive…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.12
…Servus Intralogistics to distribute and integrate the company’s robotic shuttle system in North America. “The Servus technology offers our customers a flexible and affordable solution for goods-to-person order fulfillment,” stated Aaron Jones, president of Bastian Solutions. “Whether in a distribution or manufacturing environment, Servus’ unique design can not only handle storage of products but also provide a complete solution for transporting product throughout a facility, something no other shuttle system is currently offering.” Servus offers a material handling solution in which all processes run seamlessly from incoming goods to small parts storage, picking, production, assembly, office and eventually to the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.29
With all the trade media coverage of goods-to-person, shuttle-based case handling systems in e-commerce and parcel shipping order fulfillment applications recently, you might think that automated pallet storage with a unit load automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) is no longer a popular solution. That’s not the case with viastore’s customers, however. Multiple companies, including Americold, the leading global third-party logistics (3PL) provider of temperature-controlled warehousing, and Ukrainian food processing company Myronivsky Hliboproduct have implemented automated pallet storage as a means to handle slow- to medium-moving products. These crane-based systems are ideal for reserve storage of items destined to replenish…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.80
…are familiar with goods-to-person systems, including high-density AS/RS and shuttle systems, autonomous carts, or conveyor and sortation systems. Preiss sees opportunities for goods-to-robot systems, which capitalize on the established performance of goods-to-person solutions and stationary robots. Preiss describes one customer’s system of piece-picking robots stationed at a pocket sorter. Surprisingly, the robots are fed by manual processes in this case, but whatever the upstream mechanism for presenting goods to the robot, it can handle the retrieval and depositing of as much as 90% of the customer’s SKUs. “Many customers also want to reserve the right to manually put to the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.44
…based on iBOT technology—intelligent, wireless vehicles that have 100% access to the inventory in a single aisle. Unlike other shuttle systems that must rely on lifts, conveyors or transfers, said Hedges, iBOTs travel around inside the storage rack at industry-leading rates, picking and stocking inventory simultaneously. They are capable of delivering totes or trays directly to the picking station located at one or both ends of the aisle. A single-aisle system can be easily expanded by adding modules or more aisles. Additionally, iBOTs can be introduced or removed from the system in minutes to quickly adapt throughput rates. Download: Perfect…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 28.01
For over 40 years, viastore systems has been a leading international provider of automated material handling solutions including AS/RS (automated storage and retrieval systems), conveyor, and shuttle systems, warehouse management systems software, material flow and process controls, and integrated SAP logistics solutions.
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 28.26
KUKA Systems Corporation North America designs, manufactures, and delivers assembly and welding systems, and related machinery to automobile, truck, and manufacturing industries in North America. It offers online robotic measuring, welding/cutting, shuttle, resistance and arc welding, and laser cutting systems.