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…combination of offerings from its group companies will strengthen its brand portfolio and meet the increasing demands of its customers. Sakichi Toyoda founded Toyota Industries Corp. in 1926 for the manufacture and sale of the Type G automatic loom that he had invented. The Japanese company later expanded to automotive-related fields such as engines and air-conditioning compressors. It also made…
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Robots are hot in warehouses right now, with strong double-digit growth projected by most analysts over the next few years. There’s a big difference, however, between knowing that robotics has market momentum, and knowing how to properly scope an automation solution. The dilemma with scoping robotics for a distribution center (DC) is that plenty of “it depends” are involved in…
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…Los Angeles-based company provides mobile robots and software driven by artificial intelligence to improve fulfillment center efficiency. The COVID-19 pandemic may have accelerated e-commerce demand, but scarce labor has persisted as a driver of automation, said Lior Elazary, co-founder and CEO of inVia Robotics, which promoted its software at ProMat DX this week. “The uptick started in May of last…
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…sales. Meanwhile, the Boston Consulting Group says sales in Europe and the United States “will not rebound to pre-Covid levels until 2023 at the earliest.” At the same time, the industry is making plans for future production of electric vehicles (EV) in large quantities. It’s clear that EVs require far fewer parts than internal combustion engine cars, and they can…
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…be demonstrating its latest mobile robots and orchestration software, which it claims can improve productivity across busy warehouses and factories for both humans and robots. “When you pair humans and technology, you have superhuman warehouse workers,” said Daniel Theobald, founder and CEO of Vecna Robotics. “Where you have dynamic environments, such as medical device manufacturers or big distributors, our systems…
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…Root AI, which is building robots for indoor farms. Morehead, Ky.-based AppHarvest said that its purchase of Root AI and its Virgo “universal harvester” will help it support more complex tasks and data collection. According to AppHarvest, its 60-acre facility is one of the largest indoor farms in the U.S. The company said it grows non-GMO (genetically modified organisms) produce…
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…forward quickly.” TR-301 wirelessly charges robots, drones The WiBotic systems that received CE Marks were its TR-301 transmitter with the OC-301 onboard charger (operating at 300 Watts) and the TR-301 transmitter with the OC-251 onboard charger (operating at 250 Watts). The TR-301 is WiBotic’s high-power transmitter for larger drones, mobile robots, and marine vehicles. It can be used in the…
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…systems, yesterday announced that SoftBank Group Corp. will spend $2.8 billion to acquire 40% of the company from funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. and EQT Private Equity, among other shareholders. AutoStore said the funding will enable it to accelerate its global expansion, “with particular emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region.” Nedre Vats, Norway-based AutoStore was founded in 1996…
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…Robotics, which makes autonomous case-handling robots, or ACRs, for logistics and industrial automation, this month announced a Series B+ funding round of nearly $15 million (U.S.) led by 5Y Capital, with participation from existing investors Source Code Capital and Walden International. According to the company, the capital will fuel its research and development, operational capabilities, and business expansion. Warehouse automation…
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Universal Robots A/S today announced that its collaborative robots will soon be part of Siemens' Totally Integrated Automation, or TIA, portal. This will enable systems integrators and machine builders to integrate cobot arms into complex manufacturing environments, it said. The UR cobots will become part of the Simatic Robot Library in the TIA environment through an interpreter interface expected to…
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…Dynamics today unveiled a new robot named Stretch, which it said is designed to meet the logistics industry's need for flexible automation. The Waltham, Mass.-based company said the prototype marks its official entrance into warehouse automation, a fast-growing market driven by accelerated demand in e-commerce. Stretch is Boston Dynamics’ first commercial robot specifically designed for warehouse facilities and distribution centers.…
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…serving developers, systems integrators, and operations managers across the robotics ecosystem. Its primary focus is on applications in the supply chain, logistics, and manufacturing sectors, with the goal of representing end users as much as technologists. “The more voices we have out there, the better,” said Aaron Prather, senior technical advisor and research and development evangelist at FedEx Express. Prather…
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…was that if a company’s operations were behind its own four walls—as in the case of warehouse management—then there was little need to use Cloud computing to “connect” to outside business partners, customers and more. With this in mind, many companies stuck to the on-premise software delivery approach when selecting WMS. Fast-forward to 2021, and WMS is now getting more…
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…and hardware to automate business operations in warehouses and logistics fulfillment centers. The company’s solutions help retailers and logistics companies meet the exponential growth of e-commerce and ever-increasing consumer demands. BG’s offerings bring together proprietary AI with differentiated hardware to create robotic picking systems and multiple types of robotic mobility systems, which are combined in an orchestrated fashion to drive…
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…a leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, this week announced $150 million in Series E funding, led by Tiger Global Management and BOND. The round builds on support from existing investors including Scale Venture Partners and Prologis Ventures, the venture capital arm of Prologis, a global leader in logistics real estate. “This new round of funding marks…
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