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OSARO, which provides robots using machine learning, today announced that it has partnered with systems integrator Mission Design & Automation. The companies said they plan to develop and deploy a range of automated systems optimized for e-commerce fulfillment. “Our close partnership with OSARO allows us to deliver a strong integration of new technologies and ensure a happy end customer experience,”…
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Powermat Technologies last week announced its PMT350 600W wireless power platform, the next generation in its family of platforms based on the company’s SmartInductive hybrid inductive/resonance technology. Building on the company’s previous-generation 40W, 200W, and 300W platforms, Powermat’s new 600W platform is optimized for mid-power industrial, micro-mobility (e-bikes, e-scooters, golf carts), robotics, medical and telecom applications. The company demonstrated its…
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Depalletization is a popular application for robotics, and artificial intelligence and machine vision are enabling greater precision. Photoneo today introduced its AI-based Depalletization and Delayering tools for automated pallet unloading. The Bratislava, Slovakia-based company said they can increase efficiency, reliability, and safety, as well as order-fulfillment accuracy for logistics businesses. “We trained the AI algorithms on huge datasets of images…
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BOSTON—Robotics can transform the construction industry, but the companies serving it must clearly define the applications or tasks they offer to automate, said speakers at yesterday's Robotics in Construction event. Suffolk Technologies hosted more than 100 attendees at its headquarters with MassRobotics. “Construction is an industry ripe for adopting robotics,” observed Tom Ryden, executive director of MassRobotics, in his introductory…
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Brightpick, a provider of warehouse automation solutions for order fulfillment, today announced the successful completion of a nine-month pilot of its robotic solution in the Prague fulfillment center of Rohlik Group, one of the largest e-grocers in Europe. Rohlik now plans to roll out the Brightpick solution across multiple warehouses in 2023 and 2024, starting with Munich in July 2023…
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Brightpick, a provider of warehouse automation solutions for order fulfillment, today announced the successful completion of a nine-month pilot of its robotic solution in the Prague fulfillment center of Rohlik Group, one of the largest e-grocers in Europe. Rohlik now plans to roll out the Brightpick solution across multiple warehouses in 2023 and 2024, starting with Munich in July 2023…
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Last month, Pittsburgh-based IAM Robotics introduced a new autonomous mobile robot that takes a different approach to order fulfillment from other solutions on the market, and expands the weight capacity of most AMRs. You can watch a video of the solution here. I have been following IAM since 2015, when the company was little more than a PowerPoint on the…
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Swisslog last week announced that Northern Tool + Equipment will install a Swisslog Automation Solution in its Fort Mill, S.C., facility to support both online ordering and retail. Designed by Swisslog experts, the system will include an AutoStore system optimized by Swisslog’s SynQ software. The company said it expects the system to be operational by October 2023. “Northern Tool +…
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ATLANTA—Exotec SAS yesterday announced at its ExoDay event that it has been recognized as the “Overall Robotics Company of the Year” in the annual SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards program. Exotec builds high-density warehouse automation and has been expanding in North America. “Exotec is revolutionizing the way warehouses operate for the benefit of the entire field—from the people working on the warehouse…
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This webinar will delve into the benefits, technologies, and real-world applications of our PickPal AMR in today’s omnichannel warehouse environments. Discover how AMRs are optimizing order fulfillment processes, reducing labor cost, improving accuracy, and enhancing overall operational efficiencies. Gain valuable insight into the collaborative role that PickPal will play alongside human workers allowing for optimal flexibility and scalability with your…
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One challenge for autonomous systems has been the need to see in varied lighting conditions. Photoneo s.r.o. last week introduced the third generation of its Ambient Light Suppression technology in its 3D sensors. It brings “superior scanning performance under the most challenging lighting conditions,” claimed the Bratislava, Slovakia-based company. “Photoneo has been known as a brand of quality—a trusted developer…
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Lift trucks are still the work horses of materials handling. For all the attention on autonomous mobile robots and other forms of robotics, nearly every DC uses manually operated lift trucks to receive goods, crossdock, build pallets for retail store replenishment, or for truck loading, with other duties in between. Lift trucks also happen to be heavy pieces of equipment,…
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Users increasingly need robotic grippers that can function similarly to human hands. That’s particularly true in manufacturing and order-fulfillment facilities, where robots may grasp everything from fragile fruits to delicate decorations. Researchers from Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Austria’s Johannes Kepler University and the University of Colorado at Boulder in the United States recently made a fully biodegradable…
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Amazon's purchase of Kiva Systems in 2012 has had a ripple effect on the entire robotics industry. In the wake of the purchase, numerous robotics companies emerged, and interest and investment in warehouse robotics began to grow. Quiet Logistics, which had been a customer of Kiva's, decided to start making its own autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and would go on…
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OPLOG today announced that it has opened its first U.S. warehouse in Chicago. The new fulfillment center boasts 10,000 sq. m (107,639 sq. ft.) of floor space and uses the company's automation and warehouse management technologies. “The United States remains an immensely vital market for the e-commerce industry, and its significance continues to grow,” said Halit Develioğlu, CEO of OPLOG,…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
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Preview the manufacturing and warehouse robots and software that will be on…
