Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.09
…integration and support of its automated systems. “With our telematics and labor management data, users can come up with unique KPIs [key performance indicators] for optimization,” claimed Martin Buena-Franco, automation products marketing manager at Raymond. Some companies, such as Vention, have gone in the opposite direction by developing their own actuators, controllers, and teach pendant. The company's MachineLogic platform is designed to facilitate programming of machine tending workcells. “Everything can be assembled with a 5 mm Allen wrench,” said Sophie Ducharme, marketing lead at Vention. “We're robot-agnostic and are bringing the e-commerce experience with pricing built into our CAD software.”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.83
…ideal for cold storage and freezer applications. Offering integrated telematics capabilities to increase efficiency, the vehicle also offers universal stance and an open-view mast for better visibility and ergonomics. For longer battery shift life, the vehicle is outfitted with an optimized displacement pump for more efficient motor operation. Operators are assured of proper fork and pallet placement with the Vantage Point camera and its high dynamic range image sensor that provides simultaneous low- and high-light performance. The Raymond Corp. Booth: S2003 Reduce fatigue in manual pallet loading, unloading with leveler The P4 Floor Height Load Leveler improves worker productivity and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.43
…3.) Scenario-based planning The IoT is great at using telematics, sensors and geo-positioning signals from devices to pinpoint location and condition of assets, but much of the IoT’s value will come using that awareness to make better decisions, says Joe Vernon, senior manager of North America supply chain technologies for Capgemini. “What’s different in this digital age is all the awareness that can be achieved from all of the different points of information coming in,” says Vernon. “In terms of benefitting from this awareness, one of the keys will be scenario-based contingency planning.” For example, says Vernon, if an IoT…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.43
…human-operated asset is inherently flexible, and technologies such as telematics can provide data-driven insights on their use to help with the need for increased efficiency.” Automation for workforce, 'Amazon effect' challenges Before the pandemic, factors like record-low unemployment and rising wage rates had already made robotic lift trucks attractive to some operations, said Kevin Paramore, emerging technology commercialization manager at Yale Materials Handling Corp. The labor situation is different now, but due to social distancing measures and health and safety policies requiring workers who are feeling ill to stay home, distribution centers may still have difficulty maintaining their workforce. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.39
…human-operated asset is inherently flexible, and technologies such as telematics can provide data-driven insights on their use to help with the need for increased efficiency.” Before the pandemic, factors like record low unemployment and rising wage rates had already made robotic lift trucks attractive to some operations, says Kevin Paramore, emerging technology commercialization manager for Yale Materials Handling Corp. Now as the economy and the materials handling world deals with pandemic effects like higher unemployment, the labor situation is different, but due to health and safety policies put in place that keep workers who are feeling ill at home, it…