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This year, global e-commerce sales are on track to surpass $6.3 trillion. That’s an almost 9% jump over last year’s numbers, and online sales are expected to climb even higher in the coming years. Consumers like the convenience of mobile shopping, platforms like Instagram continue to promote the “social shopping” experience, and the world as a whole is moving in…
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Dusty shelves, misplaced inventory and manual labor are quickly giving way to more dynamic and productive warehousing environments. In fact, the industry as a whole is in the middle of a technology and automation revolution that’s been a long time coming—and nudged even further along by the global pandemic, ensuing supply chain disruptions and a persistent labor shortage. Combined, these…
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GreyOrange, a company focused on AI-driven fulfillment automation, recently announced a significant expansion of the company’s Intralogistics and Case Pick Ranger Portfolio. In response to the growing need for advanced automation offerings, GreyOrange has introduced new autonomous forklifts with the capability to handle closed pallets and manage multiple pallets or trolleys concurrently. These capabilities, according to the company, will significantly…
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This year, global e-commerce sales are on track to surpass $6.3 trillion. That’s an almost 9% jump over last year’s numbers, and online sales are expected to climb even higher in the coming years. Consumers like the convenience of mobile shopping, platforms like Instagram continue to promote the “social shopping” experience, and the world as a whole is moving in…
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Tompkins Robotics announced the launch of its tSortPost, the company’s newest Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) for parcel sortation. The robot underwent rigorous rounds of development and testing, according to the company, and serves as the newest member of the tSort product family. Tompkins hopes that it will offer its clients more options in accomplishing their dynamic and comprehensive requirements for…
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Warehouse management system 〈WMS〉 provider Softeon recently announced that it has been named a Visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for WMS for the 13th time in a row. A Gartner Magic Quadrant is a culmination of research in a specific market, which gives readers a wide-angle view of the relative positions of the market’s competitors. Softeon said it is…
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Roboteon, a provider of a software platform for successfully enabling warehouse robotics, announced that will benefit SAP EWM customers considering robots and other automation in their operations. The Roboteon Fulfillment Platform has been integrated to SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) via Warehouse Control Units Interfaces (WCU). Roboteon has also achieved SAP certification as part of the RISE with on SAP…
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RGo Robotics, a provider of AI-powered, location-aware artificial perception platforms, announced that its Perception Engine will power the Pyxis robot from Onward Robotics. This partnership enables humans and robots to interact in fulfillment and distribution centers, providing breakthrough throughput and rapid return on investment. Perception Engine and Pyxis partnership RGo's vision and AI offering for localization, obstacle detection and scene…
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ForwardX Robotics, a provider of “assisted picking” autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), announced its partnership with Voyatzoglou as the official distributor in Greece and EuroFit in Romania. This strategic alliance serves as a further expansion of ForwardX offerings in the European marketplace. Voyatzoglou a Greece-based company that has developed solutions for retail stores, warehouses and distribution centers since 1992, brings its…
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Whirring machinery and humming conveyor belts are no longer the only mechanical sounds heard throughout the modern warehouse or DC operation, where the rise of robotics is transforming the industry and helping companies improve efficiency, accuracy and productivity. And because automatic guided vehicles (AGVs), articulated robots and collaborative robots (cobots) work tirelessly—in some cases even around the clock—they’re also helping…
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GXO Logistics, Inc., a leading contract logistics provider, and Agility Robotics, creator of the bipedal Mobile Manipulation Robot (MMR) Digit, have signed a multi-year agreement to begin deploying Digit in GXO’s logistics operations. The agreement, which follows a proof-of-concept pilot in late 2023 at a GXO site near Atlanta that provides fulfillment services for women's apparel brand SPANX, is both…
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Agility Robotics, creator of the Digit bipedal humanoid mobile manipulation robot (MMR), and pure-play contract logistics provider GXO Logistics, Inc. announced today that they have signed a multi-year agreement to begin deploying Digit in GXO’s logistics operations. The companies claim their agreement is both the industry’s first formal commercial deployment of humanoid robots and first robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) deployment of humanoid…
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Toronto, Canada-based robotics sensor and edge AI provider Forcen recently announced it closed a $8.35 million Canadian dollars - or approximately $6.12 million United States dollars - funding round. The round was co-led by Brightspark Ventures and BDC Capital’s Deep Tech Venture Fund with participation by Garage Capital and MaRS IAF, and returning investors including EmergingVC. Forcen said it will…
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Global modular warehouse storage automation company AutoStore recently relocated its United States headquarters to an expanded facility in Salem, N.H. The company said its U.S. headquarters relocation will bring over 100 jobs to the greater Boston region and will support the company’s continued growth and investment in the North American automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) market. At over 40,000…
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“When Locus Robotics started, getting 10 robots to work together on the floor - work well together - was a big, big challenge. Now, we have customers running nearly 1,000 robots over a million square feet.” Neil Bentley, senior director of product management at Locus Robotics, succinctly described the history of the Wilmington, Mass. company. Locus recently surpassed the 3…
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