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Warehouses and distribution centers are looking to optimize efficiency while responding to labor shortages and the boom in e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic. New tools are helping to orchestrate people, robots, and critical software for greater productivity. Lucas Systems today said it is partnering with Fetch Robotics Inc. to offer tailored systems for harmonizing warehouse workers with Fetch's autonomous mobile…
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STORD Inc. today announced that it is building a warehouse and fulfillment center that will integrate technology from Locus Robotics. The Atlanta-based company said it expects the 386,000-sq.-ft. facility to provide additional logistics capacity for its customers and bring hundreds of jobs to the area over the next two years. Global e-commerce could reach $5 trillion this year, and business-to-business…
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Inceptio Technology Co., which is developing and operating autonomous trucks, today announced that it has closed $270 million (U.S.) in Series B equity financing. The Shanghai, China-based company said it plans to use the funding to accelerate the development of its Xuanyuan autonomous driving system and its deployment in electrification. “We will stick to full-stack independent development,” said Julian Ma,…
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Quanergy Systems Inc. today said that it has successfully demonstrated its S3 Series lidar, a solid-state sensor with 100-meter range. The comany partnered with Zero Electric Vehicles Inc. for the driving demonstration. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Quanergy claimed that it provides the only 100% solid-state complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) lidars built on optical phased array (OPA) technology to the automotive and Internet of…
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Help Reduce Operating Costs with Robotic Lift Trucks
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Seven Factors to Find the Right Power Source
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Getting The Most Out of Warehouse Labor
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Thanks to advances in kinesthetic haptic technology, cadavers in surgical training could be replaced by robotics, augmented reality, and virtual reality. FundamentalVR last week announced additions in its Fundamendal Surgery platform that it said provide “a credible complement and alternative to traditional medical education methods.” “We are proud to offer industry-leading technology proven to accelerate learning and transform traditional teaching…
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The end-to-end supply chain is a critical part of today's globally competitive enterprise. Shipments get sorted, packaged, and loaded for delivery, ultimately making their way to customers. Within these processes, there are many moving parts, and robots can improve the efficiency of many of these functions. Whether they work alongside people or relieve them to do other value-added tasks, tireless…
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Warehouses and distribution centers have been a hotbed for new technologies over the last few years, with everything from packing stations to picking equipment to materials handling equipment feeling the impact of these innovations. Not to be left out of the conversation, the loading dock was also ripe for improvement and, as such, is getting more intelligent and safer thanks…
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The Costs (and Cost Savings) of Robotic Lift Trucks
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Your Just-in-Time Operation is Efficient, but is it Resilient?
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Powering Improvement Through Robotic Lift Trucks
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Motional Inc. last week said it has chosen Ottopia Technologies Ltd. to support the deployment of its robotic taxicab fleets with remote vehicle assistance, or RVA, for the fully driverless vehicles. “As we prepare for mass deployments of Motional robotaxis, an RVA solution provides an added layer of support for when our vehicles encounter unique and challenging road scenarios,” said…
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Last week, I attended the Automate Forward 2021 virtual conference. Interestingly, many of the recurring themes that were discussed by colleagues in the robotics space were aligned with RIOS’ thesis on manufacturing and automation (i.e., our vision on how the world will evolve). Here are some of the themes that we’ve predicted and are now seeing unfolding: Small and medium-sized…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
