Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.04
…industries critical to the future of logistics, from trucking telematics to shipping to semiconductors.” Kodiak plans to use SK's products, components, and technology for its autonomous system, including artificial intelligence microprocessors and advanced emergency braking systems. In addition, Asia represents a $1.5 trillion freight market, making the partnership a key opportunity for Kodiak to grow its international operations. “SK has an impressive list of companies that enables and fastracks our Asian expansion,” stated Don Burnette, co-founder and CEO of Kodiak. “Our technology paired with SK's deep relationships with Asia's leading logistics and technology partners offers Kodiak a unique opportunity to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 49.44
…yesterday said it will be reselling PowerFleet Inc.'s enterprise telematic system to customers across North America. The integrated PowerFleet product will allow customers to monitor lift truck utilization, impacts, and company safety compliance quickly and accurately, while also optimizing their fleet’s performance, said the partners. Woodcliff Lake, N.J.-based PowerFleet provides subscription-based wireless Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) systems for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets such as industrial trucks, tractor trailers, containers, cargo, and vehicles and truck fleets. Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas and its group companies offer materials handling equipment, automation, and fleet support. The Houston-based company's…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.05
…and productive in today's competitive landscape. From forklifts and telematics to operator-assist technologies and energy system, the Greene, N.Y.-based company said it is a single source for innovative products, best-in-class service, and software-based, data-powered solutions. “Our total-solutions approach empowers all facets of an operation to succeed by providing complete facility visibility through smarter, more connected and more efficient processes and technologies,” stated Michael Field, president and CEO of Raymond. “We're excited to demonstrate that Raymond is much more than a forklift company by showcasing our capabilities as a single-source provider for end-to-endless intralogistics solutions.” Raymond tailors 'end-to-endless' offerings for customers…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.43
…human-operated asset is inherently flexible, and technologies such as telematics can provide data-driven insights on their use to help with the need for increased efficiency.” Automation for workforce, 'Amazon effect' challenges Before the pandemic, factors like record-low unemployment and rising wage rates had already made robotic lift trucks attractive to some operations, said Kevin Paramore, emerging technology commercialization manager at Yale Materials Handling Corp. The labor situation is different now, but due to social distancing measures and health and safety policies requiring workers who are feeling ill to stay home, distribution centers may still have difficulty maintaining their workforce. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.85
…in this market, but it's a fragmented industry, including telematics,” he noted. “In automotive and trucking, autonomy is huge, but in offroad or industrial mobility, it's just starting to grow.” “Since we came out of stealth, our revenue has more than doubled quarter over quarter,” added Agarwal. “Our team has grown to 20 people, and we expect it to double again in the next 12 to 18 months. We're growing the engineering team and adding to our customer support and success teams.” “SIERA.AI also works in meat packing, food production, and fashion,” he said. “We've just added this quarter mining,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.75
…components to communicate with any supplier's steering, braking, throttle, telematics, power, chassis, and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning). At the center of the interface package is the Embark Gateway, an automotive-grade ECU protocol developed to enable application programming interface (API) communication between its technology and any OEM platform. The Embark Gateway is an automotive-grade ECU designed to enable API communication between Embark's autonomy technology and any OEM platform. The company said its long-term vision is for truck OEMs to integrate its technology with their platforms, which they will then sell with the maintenance and warranty support that carriers require.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.38
…and intelligent intralogistics solutions. Built on principles of innovation and continuous improvement for over 95 years, Raymond’s integrated automation, telematics, virtual reality, and advanced energy solutions provide ways to optimize operations and bring warehouse and distribution operations to a new level of performance. Raymond said its electric forklift trucks are engineered to achieve increased productivity and efficiency and are designed to provide ecological and economic benefits. Raymond delivers systems to material handling and logistics markets in North America and globally.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.73
…Tive Data Cloud, they said, and FourKites’ connectivity to telematics and GPS providers, coupled with its market-leading machine learning-based ETA engine provides a true depiction of when freight will arrive. “Although both FourKites and Tive provide visibility for in-transit freight, they are complementary in their offerings and value,” explained Nimesh Patel, VP of Global Business Development at FourKites. “Tive provides real-time data of the product inside the trailer, which includes location, temperature, impact and light exposure, through their proprietary multi-sensor trackers, while FourKites provides end-to-end predictive visibility and market-leading ETAs using machine-learning algorithms, which are then integrated into its yard…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.39
…human-operated asset is inherently flexible, and technologies such as telematics can provide data-driven insights on their use to help with the need for increased efficiency.” Before the pandemic, factors like record low unemployment and rising wage rates had already made robotic lift trucks attractive to some operations, says Kevin Paramore, emerging technology commercialization manager for Yale Materials Handling Corp. Now as the economy and the materials handling world deals with pandemic effects like higher unemployment, the labor situation is different, but due to health and safety policies put in place that keep workers who are feeling ill at home, it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.80
…the winners. Just a few include autonomous lift trucks, telematics and fleet software, virtual reality (VR) software, and digital cameras that integrate with truck forks. One thing all these technologies have in common is the ability to improve labor efficiency. As a result, one can assess value by how much efficiency a technology can bring to an operation relative to its cost. Think of it as a sliding scale for lift truck technologies. Few distribution centers are ready to acquire an entire fleet of autonomous trucks, but many can benefit from smaller investments like adding cameras or telematics to conventional…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.21
…mature. One reason, says John Rosenberger, director of global telematics for The Raymond Corp., is that some earlier variants of automated lift trucks required guidance infrastructure such as reflectors or tags embedded in the floor. Such installations go against the grain of the as-a-service concept, he adds. “With an ‘as a service’ model, or a subscription model, it implies that you can pay for a service and easily turn it on, or turn it off, at will,” says Rosenberger. “If you’re going to put automation under that model, you have to somehow either fund any infrastructure change needed upfront or…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.40
…autonomous car makers will amass a vast about of telematics (telecommunications and vehicular data), rich with insights revealing driver behavior, accident frequency, and other info. These, Lucero pointed out, are of immense value to insurance carriers, repair service vendors, and smart city developers, setting up a fertile ground for data commerce. “Doing in in compliance with privacy regulations is the key,” Lucero said. But even that may not necessarily put the skittish consumers at ease. Inevitably, there'll be a tug-of-war between the consumers who want to stay below the radar (so to speak) and the data merchants hungry for more.…