Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.68
…customer and the technology provider,” Jentoft says. The automated putwall: Call it a lack of imagination, but I’d never thought about automating a putwall until I spoke to Vargo about a project they did with Kindred, a robotics startup with offices in San Francisco and Toronto. In it, a robot works side-by-side with associates to assemble orders. While neither Vargo nor Kindred were at liberty to identify the end user, Fortune has reported that the Gap is using Kindred’s putwall technology, and included a video of the solution at work in its story. “We believe this is the first commercial…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.00
…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 industry.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.19
…number of pick-and-put-to-light displays I saw, picking mezzanines and putwalls appear to be alive and well. Software is more important than ever: For proof, I note that both Dematic and Intelligrated are sponsoring separate booths just for their software offerings. I also noted that systems integrators like Vargo were touting their software chops. Pallets and packaging: As many people know, I grew up in the pallet industry. I wear my bias on my sleeve. Still, there appear to be more pallet and alternative pallet offerings than in the past. What’s more, I counted at least two box on demand solutions.…