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It is still early days for widespread use of technologies like mobile robots and artificial intelligence (AI) in warehousing, but robots and AI seem to be everywhere in industry announcements. Plenty of attention is also on startups that offer these technologies, and the significant amount of funding they’re attracting. The reasons for all this buzz goes beyond the visual “wow”…
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In some ways, 2020’s “Annual Warehouse and Distribution Center (DC) Equipment Survey” points to a bit of a plateau in spending on equipment and systems. However, that plateau comes after years of healthy investments in DCs. Budgets aren’t skyrocketing, but respondents are well aware of the need to continue to invest to be able to address pressures like tighter cycle…
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Today, Locus Robotics, a market leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, and RightHand Robotics (RHR), a leader in providing integrated robotic piece-picking solutions, announced a partnership to deliver cross-platform robotics solutions for warehouse fulfillment operators. Locus and RHR will give a preview of their multi-stage fulfillment solution at Manhattan Associates’ Momentum Conference 2019 from May 20 -23rd…
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As warehouses and distribution centers adopt more automation, suppliers and integrators are partnering to improve access to the technology and ease adoption. VARGO, which provides material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software, and equipment for fulfillment and distribution centers, said yesterday that it has signed a distribution agreement with OPEX Corp., a producer of warehouse automation systems. For nearly five decades,…
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Berkshire Grey Inc. today announced the general availability of its Robotic Shuttle Product Sortation, or RSPS, system for order fulfillment. The Bedford, Mass.-based company said RSPS supports the filling of e-commerce orders through stores and in-person shopping by automating store replenishment, allocation order processing, split-case cross docking, sortation, and packing. E-commerce sales are increasingly being fulfilled by brick-and-mortar stores, noted…
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As supply chains struggle with shifting consumer behavior and widespread labor shortages, robotics providers must demonstrate the value of their offerings. Berkshire Grey Inc. and Swisslog Holding AG today announced that they are partnering to help customers with automation, with an initial focus on the Americas. “Swisslog is excited to partner with Berkshire Grey,” stated Markus Schmidt, president of Swisslog…
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E-commerce expectations have increased demand for automation, not just during the holiday rush, but also year-round. Berkshire Grey Inc. today introduced the next generation of its Robotic Product Sortation system for order fulfillment. The Bedford, Mass.-based company said the latest version of BG RPS includes new features such as a dual-wing design that can increase automated picking, sorting, and packing…
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Nimble Robotics Inc. this week said that its robots have picked and packed hundreds of thousands of customer orders on a daily basis. The San Francisco-based startup claimed that its robots use artificial intelligence to “pick, pack, and fulfill online orders to enable the fastest, most affordable, and most sustainable on-demand e-commerce fulfillment.” “E-commerce continues to grow rapidly, but the…
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Call it flexible automation or warehouse robotics, but by almost any measure, the highest growth categories in the materials handling world are autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and smart pick-and-place robotics that make use of artificial intelligence (AI). But that doesn’t mean they’re the only solutions to consider. The many robotic variants include AMRs that do assistive picking, AMRs that do…
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Call it flexible automation or warehouse robotics, but by almost any measure, the highest growth categories in the materials handling world are autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and smart pick-and-place robotics that make use of artificial intelligence (AI). But that doesn’t mean they’re the only solutions to consider. The many robotic variants include AMRs that do assistive picking, AMRs that do…
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Brightpick, a provider of warehouse automation solutions for order fulfillment, today announced the successful completion of a nine-month pilot of its robotic solution in the Prague fulfillment center of Rohlik Group, one of the largest e-grocers in Europe. Rohlik now plans to roll out the Brightpick solution across multiple warehouses in 2023 and 2024, starting with Munich in July 2023…
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No one questions whether warehousing and distribution is in the midst of an automation boom. The last decade or so witnessed the introduction of goods-to-person picking technologies like shuttles; autonomous mobile robots for robots-to-goods picking; and now technologies for autonomous lift trucks and robotic trailer unloading. Then you have piece-picking robots, which hold the promise of automating the most labor-intensive…
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Caja Robotics, a leader in robotic goods-to-person solutions for order fulfillment, announced today its partnership with Ranpak, a global leader of environmentally sustainable, paper-based packaging solutions for e-commerce and industrial supply chains, to extend the companies’ joint product offerings to customers in the logistics industry. Together, the companies will provide a broader solution that will optimize fulfillment processes starting when…
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Locus Robotics, a leading provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, today announced that it has acquired Waypoint Robotics, a leading provider of autonomous, omnidirectional mobile robots which can move and handle larger payloads. “Locus is the proven leader in the development of highly productive and innovative AMR technology that efficiently solves our customers’ needs for total warehouse…
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Everything runs faster at Boscov’s DC in Reading, Pa., now that its conveyor and sortation systems have been replaced and revamped with new hardware, controls and software. Combine this complete automation overhaul with a new order processing area that eliminates the need to store some goods in trailers in the yard, and the outcome is a step-change improvement in order…
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Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
Safety, communication and motion control components enable smooth operation
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