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CHICAGO—Last week’s ProMat was a welcome return to the excitement of the last live edition of the event, back in 2019. In 2021, MHI ran the virtual ProMat DX. First off, this year's materials handling trade show was packed and informative. Registration set a record with 50,924 industry professionals across more than 1,000 exhibitor booths in two large halls. Things…
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Drone deliveries are advancing, according to Flytrex Inc. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company today released its 2022 Yardstick report detailing customer trends across its drone delivery service in North Carolina and Texas. The Yardstick is based on 2022 data from Flytrex’s operations and highlights its achievements, from volume and types of items delivered to fastest time from order to delivery.…
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CHICAGO—At ProMat 2023 here last week, Plus One Robotics Inc. demonstrated its parcel-handling robots for warehouses, as well as an opportunity for attendees to “race the robot” in a pick-and-place process in virtual reality. The materials handling conference came after an eventful time for technology startups like Plus One, with layoffs and the failure of Silicon Valley Bank. Robotics 24/7…
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Transportation logistics company Gatik earlier this month announced a multi-year commercial collaboration to transport customer orders within Kroger’s Dallas distribution network. Under the collaboration, Gatik’s medium-duty autonomous box trucks will transport fresh, customer-favorite products from a Kroger Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC) in Dallas, Texas, to multiple retail locations. Gatik said its delivers goods safely and efficiently using its fleet of…
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At ProMat in Chicago last week, numerous companies touted their technologies as solutions to supply chain problems. Less visible than robots but no less important were the integrators and consultancies that help deploy and manage robots in warehouses and other facilities. Among those Robotics 24/7 spoke with was enVista LLC, which offers to help leading brands with robotics integration. “The…
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Fabric earlier this month shared the news that it has partnered with another systems integrator to sell its micro-fulfillment automation technology. Based in Franklin, Tenn. Synergy Design & Integration said it has more than 100 years of combined experience designing and building custom, turnkey material handling systems for industries including retail, e-commerce, health and beauty, parcel, apparel and more. Synergy…
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As warehouses worldwide continue to automate, a company in the Netherlands has ambitions to take the lead in providing mobile robots. Avular Holding BV last week said it is preparing new headquarters as it aims to challenge existing vendors by putting more than 1 million robots in the field by 2030. Later this year, Avular plans to move into its…
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Robotics and automation is triggering massive shifts across the vast world of production. The food industry in particular is seeing extensive changes as more business benefit from innovative technologies, according to Key Technology. While automotive manufacturing has been the biggest user of robotics for decades, other industries are catching up. In 2020, non-automotive orders surpassed automotive ones for the first…
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Celera Motion, a business unit of Novanta Inc., today announced the launch of Summit Designer, a new tool that delivers standard market-ready printed circuit board designs, or PCBs, for robotic applications. Celera Motion, headquartered in Bedford, Mass., is a provider of motion-control components and subsystems for OEMs serving a variety of medical and advanced industrial markets. Celera Motion said it…
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How Mobile Robots Can Collaborate With Humans
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CHICAGO—As part of Combilift’s 25th anniversary celebration, the Monaghan, Ireland-based materials handling company announced the donation of its 75,000th truck—an Aisle Master articulated forklift—to Convoy of Hope, a nonprofit humanitarian and disaster relief organization. Combilift made the the announcement at a gala dinner during the ProMat 2023 trade show this week. “The work that Convoy of Hope does is invaluable…
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On Thursday, MHI announced the winners of its MHI Innovation and Startup Awards at ProMat 2023 in Chicago. Here is a breakdown of the companies that were recognized. MHI reviewed more than 140 submissions for awards The MHI Innovation Award serves to educate and provide valuable insights on the latest manufacturing and supply chain products and services to ProMat attendees,…
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The International Federation of Robotics has released a new report noting that the automotive industry has the largest number of robots working in factories around the world. Operational stock hit a new record of about a million units in 2021, according to IFR. “The automotive industry effectively invented automated manufacturing,” said Marina Bill, president of the IFR. “Today, robots are…
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Industrial standards organization ASTM International has put out a call for presentations for its International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing, or ICAM 2023. The event will be from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3 at the Hyatt Regency – Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The organization's Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) is hosting the conference, which is supported by more…
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Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp. yesterday shared that it is working with manufacturing solutions provider Jabil Inc. to help it manufacturer its product line. Under the terms of the agreement, Sarcos will leverage Jabil’s broad manufacturing services to produce a variety of leading-edge robotic systems and sub-systems. Sarcos also will be able to take advantage of Jabil’s global footprint, strategic…
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