Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.13
…open the new center in mid-2022. “For businesses and consumers alike, expectations regarding e-commerce and logistics have changed rapidly, spurred on by the impact of COVID-19,” said Ben Cardwell, president of Honeywell Intelligrated. “This means a growing reliance on cutting-edge technologies that can automate and accelerate distribution centers, warehouses, and other parts of the supply chain. The emerging technologies we are developing in Brno will help meet that demand head on.” Honeywell expands European capabilities Honeywell said the new facility will enable its hardware and software engineers to design, prototype, and test warehouse automation innovations. Logistics companies will then use…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.06
…end-of-line palletizing systems to some of the world’s largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies. The first offering from this collaboration includes CSi palletising’s high-level infeed layer palletizer integrated with the new MiR1350 autonomous mobile robots to help fully automate the transport of heavy pallets of materials within CPG/FMCG facilities. “Inflexible infrastructures, often including conveyors that are difficult to relocate when facility needs change, are truly a thing of the past, and for this reason, we had been seeking a more autonomous and flexible way of moving finished goods,” stated Jan de Bruijn, CEO of CSi…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.07
…of new capabilities, and we typically use cobots in goods-to-person picking.” “We use AMRs for things like tramming, the guided movement of products and bins,” he added. “When it comes to industrial automation, we also deploy automated lifts for the movement of pallets. For automated storage and retrieval systems [ASRS], it depends on the size, shape, density, and weight of the product. We'd deploy it in the right place.” Interoperability and customer service As production and logistics environments start to use multiple types of robots from different vendors, interoperability and management have become concerns. Is GXO monitoring efforts by organizations…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.87
…also looking at food and beverage, as well as consumer packaged goods,” he said. “The majority of our customers have no robots or were burned in the past. They don't have the expertise or margins for big investments.” “If the robot works really well, we’ll use it a lot,” Bob Albert told Reuters. His family owns Polar Hardware Manufacturing, a metal stamping factory in Chicago that uses Formic's services. “We're helping to make everything from incense to traffic cones,” Farid said. “We're starting in an area 200 to 300 miles around Chicago, plus South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia. We expect…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.68
…to more quickly fulfill customers' grocery orders, ranging from packaged goods, household essentials, and produce to deli items, frozen food, and alcohol. Once orders are carefully packed, shoppers will deliver orders to customers’ doors or place them in staging areas for curbside pickup. Instacart said it plans to kick off early-stage concept pilots in partnership with Fabric and grocery retail partners over the coming year and beyond. “Everything about our micro-fulfillment solution has been built for speed, efficiency, and elasticity to meet today’s on-demand requirements,” said Elram Goren, co-founder and CEO of Fabric. “Our software-led robotics and modular solution gives…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.37
…for our customers, as they adapt to the individualized consumer and seize opportunities presented by significant changes in consumer demand,” he added. Founded in 1982, Burgos, Spain-based ASTI and employs over 300 people in Spain, France, and Germany. The company is majority-owned by Veronica Pascual Boé, who is also CEO. Other shareholders include European growth buyout investor Keensight Capital. ASTI said it supports one of Europe’s largest installed fleets of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and has a broad customer base in automotive, logistics, food and beverage, and pharmaceuticals in 20 countries. Since 2015, the company has enjoyed close to 30%…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.42
…we incorporated Soft Robotics' technology and began automating bakery goods, fresh and frozen meats, snacks, fruits, naked or packaged.” “We saw so much potential,” he added. “This new technology by Soft Robotics has given AMP more opportunities to win business, and we are planning to double production in the next few years.” Soft Robotics works with integrators Soft Robotics designs and builds automated picking systems using proprietary soft robotic grippers, 3D machine vision, and its SoftAI artificial intelligence. The Bedford, Mass.-based company said its products can help solve the hardest piece-picking problems in industries such as food processing, consumer packaged…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.33
…accessory will be used in automotive manufacturing, logistics, and consumer packaged goods, said Charles. “Based on our experience with the MiR100 and 200, we expect quite a bit of interest in goods-to-person logistics—picking orders for fulfillment, putting them in a cart, and taking it back to the packing and shipping area,” he said. “Trash removal is a big application,” Charles added. “We've seen facilities where products come in, and workers need to take away plastic packing or broken-down cardboard boxes. Bins already have a bar that we could grab on to.” “With solid mechanical solutions ranging from 100 to 1,000…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.89
…more than 1,300 trucks for Fortune 500 and top consumer packaged goods brands. “The logistics industry needs to add supply chain resiliency and predictability,” said Adam Newsome, CEO of Lazer Spot. “Compounded by the pandemic, there is urgency in our industry to find solutions that help enhance our warehouse employees’ safety and wellness.” “By launching our pilot program with ISEE, we expect to gain the knowledge necessary to dramatically improve our throughput, avoid on-the-job accidents, and free up our skilled workforce to provide the management and oversight needed to increase effectiveness of our operations and maximize output,” he said.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.32
…problems in industries such as food and beverage processing, consumer packaged goods, and logistics. “As an industry leader in robotics automation for over 30 years, Applied Manufacturing Technologies provides the right solution to each and every application,” said Harley Green, director of business development at Soft Robotics. “Their knowledge, expertise, and dedication to their customers makes them a powerful and strategic partner for Soft Robotics.” AMT supports range of applications, industries Applied Manufacturing Technologies said it specializes in material handling projects with arbitrary object picking, packaging, and palletizing operations. The company offers systems integration and engineering services such as turnkey…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.67
…transport. Mobile robots are also widely used in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector, the pharmaceutical industry, and logistics, it said. MiR added that the global pandemic has propelled the development and growth of cleaning modules for its robots as they are deployed to disinfect offices, hospitals, and other public spaces. In addition, MiR attributed its sales growth to increased interest by technology manufacturers in integrating MiR robots with their products to make their automation mobile and flexible. For example, KEN Hygiene Systems has used MiR robots to automate the filling and emptying of washer disinfectors in sterile centers in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.75
…than 1 billion bottles, or 100 million pounds of post-consumer PET, per year. Evergreen is a subsidiary of Greenbridge Packaging, formerly Polychem, a maker of polyester and polypropylene products. The Sterling Group portfolio company has served the food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, and manufacturing industries since 1974. Mentor, Ohio-based Greenbridge also supplies and supports tools, parts, and integrated equipment. Evergreen applies AI, robotics to recycling Louisville, Colo.-based AMP Robotics provides artificial intelligence, robotics, and infrastructure for the waste industry. AMP Cortex automates the high-speed identification and sorting of recyclables from mixed material streams. The AMP Neuron AI platform continuously…