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Zebra Technologies Sees Accelerated Adoption of Automation, Acquires Matrox Imaging

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…a low capital expenditure or CapEx and a three-day installation, Waytek increased productivity, doubled throughput, and reclaimed up to 15% of its floor space, said Lawton. Robot deployments accelerate with demand “In many cases, people are skipping the proofs of concept or pilots and are moving straight into deployment of robots,” Lawton said. “They need to get systems in before…


Logistics Robots Have Arrived, Finds 2022 Robotics Survey

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…entire solution (i.e., a pure CapEx investment), 24% say they would rather use the RaaS option, and 22% say they would prefer to buy the robot hardware but subscribe to the software via a hybrid approach. Customer satisfaction guaranteed When investing in robotics solutions, more than half of respondents (53.8%) say payback is an “extremely important” factor in the decision.…


2022 Robotics Survey: The logistics robots have arrived

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…robotic solution (i.e., a pure Capex investment); 24% say they would rather use the RaaS option; and 22% say they would prefer to buy the robot hardware but subscribe to the software via a hybrid approach. Customer satisfaction guaranteed When investing in robotics solutions, more than half of respondents (53.8%) say payback is an “extremely important” factor in the decision,…


Fulfyld Picks inVia Robotics’ Automated Systems for Faster Order Fulfillment

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…allows us to avoid large CapEx [capital expenditures], which ultimately helps Fulfyld deliver better pricing to customers,” stated AJ Khanijow, CEO of Fulfyld. Fulfyld finds efficiencies “We’ve specifically designed our system to increase productivity in e-commerce operations where more labor is required to ship directly to consumers,” said Lior Elazary, co-founder and CEO of inVia Robotics. “As consumer demands for…


What’s holding back micro-fulfillment?

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…Scriven. “They had an inexpensive CapEx solution, but Instacart owned the data. Today, the story has transitioned 180 degrees. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that no grocer will want their own MFC, but, if Instcart is successful, the grocers will own their own data; Instacart will provide the order management platform, and Instacart can pool labor resources…


2022 Warehouse/DC Equipment Survey: It’s “go time” for investment

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…in pre-approved, annual capital expenditure (CapEx) budgets for materials handling solutions, with 39% reporting they had one, up from 36% the previous year. The average pre-approved budget climbed from $369,286 last year to $449,219 this year. When we asked about ranges, 31% reported a pre-approved budget of $1 million or more. Spend breakdown When asked what percentage of overall spending…


RIOS to Discuss RaaS Benefits, Demonstrate AI Powered Robot Workcell at MODEX 2022

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…RaaS, which eliminates the large capex purchase. RIOS to show active workcell at MODEX RIOS will unveil several new workcells in Booth C8290 in response to popular customer demand. On-floor demonstrations will showcase artificial intelligence-powered robotic workcells in active handling of goods with human-level dexterity at line speeds. Its digital twins are built on NVIDIA's recently updated Omniverse. The demonstration…


Warehouse and Distribution Center Managers Ready to Invest in Automation, Finds Survey

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…in pre-approved, annual capital expenditure (CapEx) budgets for materials handling solutions, with 39% reporting they had one, up from 36% the previous year. The average pre-approved budget climbed from $369,286 last year to $449,219 this year. When we asked about ranges, 31% reported a pre-approved budget of $1 million or more. Do you have a pre-approved annual capital expenditures budget…


2022 Warehouse/Distribution Center Equipment Survey: It’s “go time” for investment

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…in pre-approved, annual capital expenditure (CapEx) budgets for materials handling solutions, with 39% reporting they had one, up from 36% the previous year. The average pre-approved budget climbed from $369,286 last year to $449,219 this year. When we asked about ranges, 31% reported a pre-approved budget of $1 million or more. Spend breakdown When asked what percentage of overall spending…


Robotic Automation Can Create Efficiencies During Critical Peak Season

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…the way with RaaS through a subscription-based program, which eliminates a CapEx purchase. RIOS robotic workcells can help operations in three ways: production, quality control, and end-of-line packing. The company's systems offer viable opportunities for retail operations, fulfillment, and manufacturing facilities to revitalize their operations to meet customer demands with accuracy and speed, especially during peak season.


Hit Promotional Products Integrates Robotic Workcells for Packaging Automation

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…traditional capital equipment expenses, or capex, RaaS provides a monthly service platform as an alternative financing option. It provides operational value without the monetary burden of a large equipment expense at the initial phase of integration. Hit was able to deploy the personalized robots within 60 days, and it continues to package tens of thousands of items daily at peak…


HAI Robotics and Invar Partner to Expand Supply Chain Robotics Global Presence

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…Integration. “Their flexibility, scalability and low-capex [capital expense] appeal offers huge advantages over fixed solutions. HAI Robotics has a fantastic range of intelligent ACRs, wel-suited to the varied demands of fulfillment applications, and so we are delighted to include HAI Robotics' advanced ACRs in our fast-expanding solutions suite.” The strategic tie with Invar is HAI Robotics' second in Europe, following…


HAI ROBOTICS and Invar team to expand global presence

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…warehouse. Their flexibility, scalability and low-Capex appeal offers huge advantages over fixed solutions. HAI ROBOTICS has a fantastic range of intelligent ACRs, well suited to the varied demands of fulfillment applications, and so we are delighted to include HAI ROBOTICS’ advanced ACRs in our fast-expanding solutions suit.” The HAIPICK system has been implemented in e-commerce, 3PL, apparel, electronics, energy, manufacturing,…


Automating the ‘Last Mile’ in Factories with Dexterous AI-Powered Robots

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…requires substantial upfront capital costs (CapEx) — this has kept many smaller organizations from investing in robotics and prevented larger ones to take on more risks. The traditional business model has become even less appealing during the pandemic — as many businesses became cash-strapped. In a pandemic era, the return on investment (ROI) on heavy capital purchases has become fuzzy.…


Formic Offers Robotics as a Service and Financing to Manufacturers

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…automated? It's because of time, CAPEX [capital expenditures], lack of expertise, and production uncertainty. It's hard to justify robots if you don't know exactly what you'll be doing for the next few years. Companies prefer predictable OPEX [operating expenses] to the risk of unforeseen expenses. They don't have enough money or time to install new systems.” “Also, the automation industry…


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