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Optimizing operations: Darwynn’s automated storage and retrieval 〈AS/RS〉 success story

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…automated storage and retrieval system 〈shuttle AS/RS〉 technology, including a 24-cart multi-level shuttle system with 10,368 storage locations and six goods lifts. Storage is configured as three double-deep aisles and eight levels for the efficient parallel operation of multiple shuttle carts. The goods-to-person system helped Darwynn increase its throughput to 2,400 bins/hour and manage more than 20,000 individual SKUs. With…


Reverse Logistics Begins to Benefit From Automation

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…the list includes: pouch systems, shuttles, sortation systems and mobile robots. If you expect any of them to look alike or operate similarly, don’t. But do expect them to offer that needed control and discipline. Automation examples Pouch systems, such as the ones from Dematic and SDI, are a system of large pouches able to handle as much as 20…


Three Key Questions: How to know if you’re ready for goods-to-person technology

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…to consider. Autonomous mobile robots, shuttle systems and cube-based storage systems all support goods-to-person picking and each has strengths and weaknesses that should be considered in the technology selection process. Mobile robots that deliver shelves or totes to stationary pickers, for example, don’t offer the storage density of other approaches, but can typically be implemented faster than those systems and…


Attabotics Introduces Re-engineered Attabot 2022 Robot to Increase Warehouse Efficiency

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…version of its proprietary robot shuttle for dense storage and retrieval. The Calgary, Alberta-based company said Attabot 2022 is stronger and smarter than previous models. Attabotics added that the robot has a simplified mechatronic design to reduce operational costs and increase the efficiency of automated picking and packing of goods. “Despite supply chain constraints and chip shortages, we’ve been agile…


Local Motors, Developer of Olli Autonomous Shuttle, Shuts Down

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…was developing the Olli autonomous shuttle, reportedly shut down today. Founded in 2007, Local Motors had originally focused on autonomous vehicles for racing, with the Rally Fighter in 2009. It then pivoted to passenger transportation, with a crowdfunding campaign in 2013. The Chandler, Ariz.-based company said it used a “microfactory” model to manufacture vehicles based on open-source designs. It had…


Sensible 4 Receives European Investment Bank Funding to Develop Sustainable Self-Driving Transport

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…Lab on an electric, autonomous shuttle bus. The company is also working with MOOVE GmbH to bring a self-driving shuttle to the European market by 2023. In February 2022, Mobility Forus began operating Toyota Poaces vehicles north of the Arctic Circle using Holo's data and supervision platform and Sensible 4's software. In addition, Sensible 4 supported a successful self-driving shuttle


Inside Mount Adams Fruit: Bringing automation to fresh fruit distribution

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…up by an automatic pallet shuttle, or rover. The shuttles can move in all directions on a given level. Pallets that are stored on the floor level are delivered to a storage location that is tracked in the warehouse management system. Pallets that will be stored on one of the six upper levels are delivered to one of three vertical…


Automation Continues to Play a Key Role in Helping Businesses Build Resilient Supply Chains

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…made up of Attabots, small shuttle robots that can move bins up 16 in. in height and 100 lb. in payload capacity. “Attabotics’ scalable micro-fulfillment system condenses traditional warehouse aisles into a single, vertical storage structure,” the company said in a recent release announcing the newest version of its Attabot. “Inside the structure, robotic shuttles move in three-dimensional space to…


Geek+ to Debut New Picking, Sorting, and Storage Systems at ProMat 2023

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…Wall, and the high-density Four-Way Shuttle storage system. “I’m very excited to be part of the Geek+ delegation that will be making a return to ProMat this year,” said Yong Zheng, founder and CEO of Geek+. “We’re bringing a host of automation solutions with us that showcase how our advanced technology can take on any challenge found in warehouses today.”…


Attabotics Files Patent Infringment Suit Against Urbx Over Robot Shuttles

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…patented storage structure and robotic shuttles that use both horizontal and vertical space. Attabotics said its automated storage and retrieval system 〈ASRS〉 can reducing a company’s warehouse needs by 85%. The company, which raised $50 million in August 2020, has entered partnerships to add software and robotics capabilities to grocery fulfillment. By enabling retailers to place fulfillment centers near high-density…


A new Texas facility fills a gap in Gap Inc.‘s e-commerce strategy

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…Inc.’s stack, including mini-loads and shuttles for automated storage; Kindred.ai robotic putwalls used to aggregate multi-line orders; and robotic storage and retrieval from Exotec to optimize returns handling. Gap Inc.‘s Texas facility builds on processes the retailer has honed across its network. He added that the retailer recently completed a pilot with Boston Dynamic’s Stretch robot for automated trailer unloading…


Pan Pacific Pet to Use Attabotics Automated Storage and Retrieval to Modernize Fulfillment

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…patented storage structure and robotics shuttles that use both horizontal and vertical space. This can reduce a customer's warehouse needs by as much as 85%, it said. By empowering retailers to place fulfillment centers close to high-density urban areas, Attabotics said it helps create jobs and decrease carbon emissions by closing the last-mile delivery gap. Major brands and retailers across…


Gap Inc. Includes Automation in New Texas Facility to Execute on E-Commerce Strategy

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…Inc.’s stack, including mini-loads and shuttles for automated storage, Kindred.ai robotic putwalls used to aggregate multi-line orders, and robotic storage and retrieval from Exotec to optimize returns handling. Kuntz added that the retailer recently completed a pilot with Boston Dynamics' Stretch robot for automated trailer unloading in Fishkill and has ordered its first two units to be deployed in Gallatin.…


Auve Tech launches MiCa 2.0 autonomous vehicle AI software

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…transform the capabilities of self-driving shuttles, and that it marks a major milestone in the evolution of safe, efficient, and intelligent unmanned urban transportation. Edge AI for decision making MiCa 2.0 is the intelligent core of Auve Tech’s autonomous vehicles, enabling smarter navigation, smoother interaction with complex traffic environments, and continuous learning through edge AI. Designed to adapt dynamically to…


Resilience and innovation at Gap Inc.

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…nine aisles of mini-load and shuttle technology for automatic case storage and handling; a warehouse execution system 〈WES〉 for balancing the workload through the facility; a split-tray sortation system; and automatic bagging and trailer-loading technologies. Inbound cartons are conveyorized (top) in the trailer or container and automatically delivered to storage. It’s a case study in risk management and resilience and…


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