Robot positioning motion control components provider Bell-Everman recently announced its latest generation of ServoBelt linear actuators feature a design enhancement that simplifies the assembly and installation of long-travel motion systems including gantry and linear robots. The company said its new design, which includes a lower static toothed belt, also strengthens ServoBelt’s ability to non-destructively withstand high-force events, such as carriage crashes. Design changes to simplify integration In earlier designs, the belt adhered to its aluminum carrier using 3M’s VHB adhesive tape. While strong, the VHB complicated the assembly and installation process, requiring integrators to accurately apply the adhesive tape on…
Gather AI, a Pittsburgh based provider of inventory intelligence drones and automation offerings, has announced a new customer, Bosma Enterprises, Indiana's largest employer of people who are blind or visually impaired. The announcement comes during National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Gather drones move autonomously through warehouses Bosma delivers business offerings including warehousing, contract packaging, light manufacturing, product assembly and more. Bosma also offers rehabilitation services, job training and employment programs to people experiencing vision loss. Labor research says that 70% of Americans who are blind or visually impaired are not employed. With a staff that is over 50% blind or…
WILMINGTON, Mass. – Locus Robotics held a ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 23 at its new global headquarters, inviting local business representatives, venture capitalists, and members of the media for a tour of its new facility. Guests got the opportunity to interact with robots in customer demonstration areas, learn more about the company’s history at the Locus Robotics museum, and explore the factory floor where robots are assembled, refurbished, tested, stored, and sent out to customers. Over the past nine years, Locus has grown from a small operation in the back of a 3PL warehouse to a global robotic systems vendor.…
Vecna Robotics, a developer in flexible material handling automation systems, introduced CaseFlow, an end-to-end offering for case picking operations that uses pallet-handling robots for up to 90% of warehouse travel and orchestrates workers with dynamic, directed zone picking, more than doubling site performance while improving worker satisfaction and safety. According to data from Logistics Management and Warehouse & Distribution Science, case picking comprises nearly half of all work in warehouse and distribution facilities, and up to 90% of that work can be made more efficient via automation, including travel time and paperwork. Vecna estimates that the current size of the…
Digital Engineering is gearing up to host the fourth annual Design & Simulation Summit on October 31. Speakers and topics are set for the virtual one-day event, which spans from hallucinating CFD to additive manufacturing’s 4th industrial to simulation-driven design. Digital Engineering is a sister publication of Robotics 24/7 and owned by Peerless Media. The summit welcomes guests to spend a couple hours learning beneficial insights from industry experts on use of artificial intelligence (AI) in simulation, how to optimize your designs for additive manufacturing, discovering real-world engineering use cases for digital twins and considering the business benefits of simulation.…
Johnson Electric, a provider of electric motors, actuators, motion subsystems and related electro-mechanical components, today announced an exclusive distribution agreement in partnership with Aegis Sortation. Under the agreement, Aegis will become the technology distributor for Johnson Electric TrueDrive and VersaSort products in North America. The decision to formulate the strategic partnership builds upon Aegis’ brand recognition in the material handing industry and Johnson Electric’s 65 years of expertise in motion system offerings, according to the companies. Conyeors, wheel table at heart of partnership “As e-commerce sales continue to grow in the United States, we’re thrilled to embark on this partnership…
With Halloween around the corner, you might soon see ghosts, monsters, and zombies rise from the grave to trick-or-treat at your doorstep. In the commercial robotics industry, one company also seems to have risen from the dead - although less like a zombie and more like a phoenix. Founded in 2008, Rethink Robotics was known for its Baxter and Sawyer cobots. But these collaborative robots with human-like eyes aren’t coming back to haunt warehouses this Halloween. Rethink has relaunched, rebranded, and overhauled its robot portfolio to meet the needs of manufacturing and supply chain companies, learning from over a decade…
Vanderlande, an organization that develops future-proof warehouse automation offerings, announced it will offer Hai Robotics’ Automated Case-Handling Mobile Robot (ACR) driven systems in its Tote AV portfolio in North America. ACRs are ground-based automated robots that operate in a secured, fully automated environment for case and tote handling in warehouses. Collaboration focuses on warehouse project delivery This collaboration enables warehouse leaders to leverage these technologies and the reliable project delivery of Vanderlande, according to the company. Hai’s portfolio complements Vanderlande’s shuttle-based ADAPTO automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS), which delivers exceptional storage density and throughput for high-performance fulfillment operations relied…
