Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.76
…and offers warehousing robots for palletizing, stacking, reach, and very narrow aisle (VNA) applications. It reported €21.7 million ($26.5 million U.S.) in revenue in 2020. By switching to Ouster’s 3D digital lidar, BALYO plans to further improve its autonomous forklifts so they can safely and efficiently operate anytime, anywhere with minimal human oversight. “BALYO epitomizes a trend we see across our customer base, in which a company that started using 2D lidar for basic automation upgrades to 3D digital lidar to add more sophisticated automation features, providing a powerful return on investment,” said Angus Pacala, CEO of Ouster. “We are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.57
…up to eight cases at a time in tall, narrow storage aisles. This dense storage configuration can enable operations to reduce square-footage dedicated to storage, according to HAI Robotics. Once cases are retrieved, the robots work in a goods-to-person framework, moving inventory into position to fuel order fulfillment and other logistics processes. By using the HAIPICK system, customers can realize warehouse automation transformation in a week, increase storage density by 80% to 130%, and improve operational efficiency by three to four times, claimed HAI Robotics. HAI Robotics added that it is continuing to conduct research and development to perfect its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.52
…is how to operate those facilities going forward. A very narrow aisle could take on a whole new meaning. Our industry has always looked for solutions to operate in an efficient and cost-effective way; now, it will also struggle with new issues related to preventing the spread of a virus - either COVID-19 or whatever is around the bend. They will largely be on their own: As of this writing, the CDC guidelines for reopening businesses were polite suggestions, not prescriptions. What’s more, while we know lawsuits will be filed by employees who test positive for the virus after we…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.34
…design tweaks over the years, the basic design is very familiar. The telescopic handler represents something of a design revolution. The use of a telescopic forward reach boom provides more flexibility than a traditional forklift, and could improve your operational efficiency as a result. Telescopic forklifts can allow you to take advantage of and optimize outdoor and indoor storage space by allowing vehicles to load goods directly from one side of a curtainside trailer, shelving or stack. Not only does this require less space for loading and unloading, it also gives you more flexibility in how you store your products,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.46
…an industry focused on the movement of goods, until very recently, the materials handling industry had flourished using a fairly basic assortment of checkpoints and transactions. Aside from time elapsed, so much of what happened in the movement of goods went unmeasured. In its efforts to respond to unprecedented consumer demands, the industry has labored under operational holdovers from the days when folks allowed six to eight weeks for delivery. Despite incredible progress, compressing the transactions hasn’t increased visibility of the spaces in between. A new generation of location-based data analysis tools are working to collect information about the movement…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.37
…is produced in the United States,” Keppler says. “We’re very proud of the fact that we’re the only appliance company that never really left the United States.” In fact, Whirlpool operates five manufacturing plants and employs more than 10,000 people in Ohio, including three facilities with more than 2,000 employees. The Clyde plant plays a role in that strategy. Back in December 2013, Whirlpool announced that it was shifting the production of front-loading washing machines used by laundromats and some residential washers sold in Canada from Mexico to Clyde. At the time, the move was expected to add some 80…