Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.08
…original team that worked at Zoox, a self-driving company Amazon bought in 2020 for $1.2 billion. Kohen said he brought a lot of what he learned at Zoox with him to SparkAI, including using humans to handle the shortcomings of artificial intelligence. “Our unique take that was very contrarian at the time was that the last 5% is not something you can fill with more tech,” he said. “There's a cognitive gap that's going to take a few decades to build, so in the meantime, the only cognition that exists in the world is in our heads.” “Our job through…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.07
…fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) enterprises such as Unilever, Flipkart, Amazon, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, and Dabur. The company recently opened a Center of Excellence for Advanced Robotics Research and Development in Fremont, Calif. From left to right: Johnny Andersen, general manager of Addverb Europe; Pieter Feenstra, CEO of Addverb EMEA; Håvard Hallås, chief commercial officer of Element Logic; and Hans-Jörg Braumüller, group design and consulting director of Element Logic. Source: Element Logic AMRs maneuver to new markets Unlike automatic guided vehicles (AGVs), AMRs don't require predefined, fixed paths, instead defining their routes on the fly. If an obstacle is detected, the AMR…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.01
…the XPO Direct shared-space distribution network, voice integration with Amazon Echo and Google Home to track the last mile delivery of heavy goods, and the XPO Connect digital freight marketplace with multimodal infrastructure. As reported by FreightWaves, XPO has worked with 29 robotics companies and deployed 79 different types of robots across its warehouses. Other XPO robotics vendors include Massachusetts-based 6 River Systems, which has deployed more than 100 robots for XPO; and KUKA Group's Swisslog, which is said to be providing the robotics for the digital warehouse XPO is building in the U.K. for Nestle. It was unclear whether…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.00
…second half of 2023. Labrador Systems' investors include SOSV/HAX, Amazon’s Alexa Fund, iRobot Ventures, and Grep VC. It was awarded a National Science Foundation Phase I SBIR Grant in 2021. Engelberger grant to be presented at Automate The Engelberger Foundation will award its grant to Labrador Systems at a ceremony tonight at Automate 2022. Tickets to the award ceremony are available online. Mike Dooley, co-founder and CEO of Labrador, discussed advances in assistive robotics and demonstrated the company’s assistive robot earlier in the event. Joseph Engelberger is widely considered the “father of robotics” for inventing the first industrial robot in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.99
…and forecasting data, as well as overviews of some of the world’s leading e-commerce businesses, such as Alibaba and Amazon. Download Now! Precise Cross-Belt Sortation: Unlocking Efficient E-Commerce Distribution In the burgeoning e-commerce market, speedy delivery and diverse offerings are customer expectations, and the ability to deliver these via a seamless customer experience will increasingly separate leaders from laggards. Download Now! Five Ways to Optimize Your Distribution Center For E-Commerce Fulfillment Today’s challenge has now become how to manage fast-moving inventory with enough precision to meet the expectations for prompt shipment of multiple small orders. Download Now!
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.95
…that the lack of food storage is down to Amazon; industry observers claim they have bought up units for an imminent expansion of their grocery shopping service. Businesses who lack internal storage capacity are finding warehouse providers full, or raising the rates they charge for temporary storage. As a result, many are having to optimize their existing storage spaces to host more racking, or are installing entirely new storage systems. Modular, high-density racking is best suited to this kind of storage, with the capacity to host pallets as well as smaller or more awkwardly shaped items. For some businesses, this…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.92
…the scaling e-commerce market. “To compete with behemoths like Amazon, warehouse automation is critical for e-commerce companies; but the overhead cost of purchasing a fleet of robots is often beyond reach,” said Lior Elazary, founder and CEO of inVia Robotics. “We’re excited to have this funding to fuel the growth of our subscription-based RaaS technology to optimize warehouse performance and increase productivity for our customers.” The inVia Picker robot works collaboratively alongside human workers to completely eliminate the need for operators to walk around the warehouse. This allows human workers to concentrate on more complex tasks like picking and quality…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.89
…and governmental customers including Google, Nissan, Duke Energy, Newmont, Amazon, Chevron, and the U.S. Navy. RDI said Motion Amplification measures deflection, displacement, movement, and vibration not visible to the human eye. The technology turns every pixel in the camera's view into a sensor capable of measuring vibration or movement with high levels of accuracy, according to the company. Motion Amplification provides instant visual imagery of hard-to-detect faults such as misalignment, bending, soft foot, and separation, along with trending capability of vibration readings for monitoring of chronic or emergent issues, said RDI. Iris Explorer offers consistent condition monitoring Active condition monitoring…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.88
…was even more bullish, forecasting a CAGR of 69.4%, from $500 million in 2021 to $20.3 billion in 2028. Amazon's Zoox unit is operating autonomous shuttle buses in Las Vegas, and General Motors-backed Cruise has opened rides to the public in San Francisco. Aurora and Toyota are planning an autonomous van pilot for multiple U.S. cities, while China-based WeRide is testing driverless vehicles in San Jose, Calif. Alphabet unit Waymo recently sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles to keep details of its autonomous vehicle deployment permit, including some public-safety data, private. It and other developers are also testing autonomous…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.83
…its Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) to Aurora Innovation, and Amazon acquired Zoox after it laid off 120 contractors. Last year, Lyft sold its self-driving division to Toyota, and delivery robot firm Nuro acquired self-driving trucking firm Ike. Waymo, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet, and Cruise, which spun out of General Motors, have pumped billions of dollars into self-driving car research and development. Cruise acquired Voyage in March 2021. Also this week, Magna International acquired the employees and assets of Boston-based Optimus Ride Inc. Former Local Motors executives expressed optimism, however, about the industry's potential. “As with most adventures,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.81
…to automate their case-in, case-out labeling processes. Dexterity automates Amazon FNSKU case-labeling process and other case relabeling value-added services. Pallet stacking—By enabling picking from up to five pallets stacked on one another, PDP 3.0 unlocks the utilization of work cells by minimizing the time for pallet swapping. Rolling cart loading adapter —Moving beyond pallets, PDP 3.0 enables operators to load and unload rolling carts, handling both boxes and plastic tote bins. Fly-by barcode Scanning—With faster barcode reading, PDP 3.0 does not slow much in loading and unloading cases onto pallets, meaning higher throughput and faster integration into warehouse workflows. Sortation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.74
…what will happen next. He compared the transaction to Amazon purchasing Kiva Systems in 2012 and how much of that technology went in house and was no longer available to customers. “[Customers] are sitting there saying, 'I got my supply chain technology wrapped up in a Shopify/6 River Systems solution, and now this company Ocado owns it,'” he said. “'What are they going to do it. I don't know, and do I want to be held captive to it?'” In response to the sale of 6 River Systems, IAM Robotics has gotten some increased customer interest, Link said. The company…