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Employing Automation Technology for a More Efficient Digital Yard Management Process

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…a single location YARD & SHUTTLE TRUCKS - Create tasks, automate moves, see live location data, and increase moves per hour METRICS - Standard, customizable and scheduled reports, alerts, dashboards & KPIs RTLS - Gain real-time location information to all yard activities Advanced Yard Management System: Sensor Platform Extensible Real-Time Location System 〈RTLS〉 to enable inventory accuracy and automated yard…


Transportation Technologies: First Autonomous Yard Spotters, Then Autonomous Over-the-Road Trucks

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…trucks, buses, and yard and shuttle trucks. In my opinion, these autonomous vehicles which operate in controlled environments, such as ports, manufacturing plants, and distribution center yards will be the first to go mainstream. Already, companies have made fully autonomous beer deliveries and struck alliances to operate autonomous trucks (ATs) jointly. The rigs these companies are using are typically new…


System Report: Network design and robots at Rakuten Super Logistics

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…conventional automation, such as a shuttle system, in its smaller footprint facilities. With regard to the latter, Manzione was sold on two things. One was the cultural fit between RSL and its robotics supplier. “Sitting across the table from them, we felt they understood our operations and our needs,” he says. The other was the robotics-as-a-service model. “Robotics-as-a-service allows us…


Solving the Palletizing Puzzle

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…machine, which could be a shuttle, mini-load or Autostore. The automated forward pick system selects individual singulated case items and sequences them so they can be ergonomically or automatically palletized. Khodl says this adds another level of complexity on the software side; it has to manage individual sequences for all orders, keep replenishment triggers working properly for the work-in-process automated…


Annual Warehouse and Distribution Center Automation Survey: More automation, please

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…mobile collaborative robots, 47% in shuttle systems/mobile robotic storage, and 47% in robotics that are used for palletizing. Choosing wisely Of the companies that are planning to evaluate or buy automated materials handling equipment, technology or software in the next two years, most are looking to fill orders faster to meet customer service level agreements and expectations. Other investments are…


Self-Driving Cars are Leveling Up in Autonomy

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…in Paris, NAVYA offers autonomous shuttle (Autonom Shuttle) and autonomous cabs (Autonom Cab). Some of its vehicles are in service in Singapore, Perth, Australia); Christchurch Airport in New Zealand; and Curtin University in Australia. Such conditional autonomy with the condition being the restricted zone will fall under Level 4 as defined by the SAE. The Pesky Level For Level 0…


Sensors Smarten Up the Edge

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…This precludes the need to shuttle data between memory and processor, saving time and reducing energy consumption by as much as 90%. In-memory computing can cache large amounts of data, greatly speed response times and store session data, which helps to optimize performance. “We need to evolve to a new type of computing platform, where we lose less power in…


ProMat C-Suite Interview: Greg Conner, VP of Global Sales at Bastian Solutions

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…expand from traditional carousels and shuttles to include new, proprietary bin picking technologies with robots actually on the shuttle. In addition, AGVs are top of our list,too. In the past 16 months, we’ve quadrupled the sales of AGVs from our parent Toyota. There’s strong demand out there,and we’re here to meet it. It’s also worth noting that Bastian Solutions is…


Geek+ brings autonomous mobile robots to warehousing, order fulfillment applications worldwide

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…new C200 series, a robot shuttle system that can be deployed on either single- or double-layer rack,” she said. Each unit handles a bin measuring 23.6 x 15.7 x 13.8 inches (600 x 400 x 350 millimeters) at a maximum payload of 88 pounds (40 kilograms). It travels through storage aisles, selecting required order totes and replacing them once the…


Knapp announces new mobile robot, partnerships

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…S1231) showcased its new OSR Shuttle Evo+, a flexible, scalable and reliable autonomous mobile robotics solution. Knapp’s redPILOT software technology is a finalist for MHI’s Top IT Innovation Award. As a control tower for warehousing and distribution, redPILOT plans and optimizes warehouse and distribution resources for senior supply chain managers and their operations teams. By managing Big Data, predictive modeling…


U.S. Department of Energy recognizes REI distribution center for energy efficiency

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…distribution center by using robotic shuttles to move products. In partnership with Bonneville Environmental Foundation and The Nature Conservancy of Arizona, REI has supported modernization of irrigation infrastructure to conserve water and enhance flows for recreation and wildlife, protect farmland and limit development and water extraction in sensitive areas, as well as removal of invasive plants to restore river habitat.…


NVIDIA GTC 2019: Data Science Workstation, Purchase of an Interconnect Vendor, Safety Force Field in Autonomous Driving, and More

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…long black buses that would shuttle them to the site of the keynote. The 15-min ride from the convention center took them to the San Jose State University's sunny campus. It was still more than an hour before the scheduled keynote, but the queue was already snaking through the grass fields, all the way to the student union building that…


Single Source of Truth with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems

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…high-end warehouse automation such as shuttles or complex conveyor/sortation, the trend is to have an on-site technician for critical systems. “Most of our biggest clients do not use vendors for maintenance for the very complex automation systems,” Sedlak says. “They hold that in-house and only call the vendors for the more major issues that aren’t solveable for the in-house team.”…


Maintenance Repair and Operation Technician Spotlight: Nikolai Ouchakov, OPEX Corp.

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…machine learning to the next shuttle to Mars. I’ve always been into science fiction books, and now it feels like the stuff we invent is straight out of those books. MHMRO: What technologies have helped you become more effective? Ouchakov: We have phones, tablets, and laptops to help us with troubleshooting quickly and successfully. We are a quick phone call…


Warehousing and Logistics Robot Shipments to Approach 1M Units Annually by 2022, Predicts Tractica

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According to a new report from Tractica, a market intelligence firm that focuses on human interaction with technology, the demand for robots is at a tipping point that could lead to widespread adoption of robots in warehouses and logistics operations to assist and displace human workers. The report indicates a growing number of warehousing and logistics companies are incorporating robots…


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