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…labor shortage that predated the COVID-19 pandemic has led to improvements in working conditions, according to a study by Zebra Technologies Corp. The global “Warehouse Vision Study” found that companies are investing in ways to better fulfill the needs of both customers and workers. “We’re seeing a positive shift occurring in the supply chain and, specifically, within warehouses,” stated Mark…
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…impacts Recent events like the Covid-19 pandemic and recessionary conditions altered many equipment purchasing plans for 2020, and lift trucks were no exception. According to the Modern survey, 29% of respondents say the economy impacts their lift trucks to a great extent, up from 22% last year. Thirty-eight percent of respondents say the economy does impact their purchasing to some…
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…to implement.” “Public perception is changing—COVID-19 drove a lot of that with job shortages,” he added. “Robotics is key to the future of productivity; there is no future of work without robots.” Founded in 2016, Apptronik spun out of the University of Texas at Austin. The Austin-based company is developing exoskeletons and the Astro humanoid robot. Cardenas spoke with Robotics…
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…grown because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, persistent labor shortages, spiking e-commerce orders, and ever-evolving consumer preferences. The exhibition hall at the recent MODEX trade show, one of the leading materials handling events in the world, brought the current state of warehouse robotics into clear focus, all under one roof. There, hundreds of vendors from all over the world were…
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…supply chain disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, many e-commerce and logistics providers have described an acceleration of demand. Increases that were predicted for five years coincided first with staffing shortages and then the need for social distancing. “A lot has changed in the past year,” acknowledged Prather. “The pandemic may have brought attention to end users on how to do…
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…walked on the moon. The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unexpected reduction in the budgets allocated by many countries for space programs in 2021, but the reduction wasn’t very significant for any of them. Click on image to enlarge. Source: Euroconsult Still, the opportunities for space robotics to grow are huge. In fact, the market for space robotics could grow…
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…supply chain problems and the COVID-19 pandemic, e-commerce growth has continued, forcing distribution centers (DCs) to scramble. This has led to both more spending on both workforce development and automation. This two-pronged approach is enabling retailers to keep up with fulfillment volumes. In which areas will you be investing over the next 12 months? Source: Peerless Research “It’s the new…
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…2022. “This summer, because of COVID-19, we're planning to arrange online streams from the field in different languages to show how our robots actually work,” said Emelyanov. A vision of future farming Not only is technology changing how farmers manage crops; it's also changing the nature of the business, according to Emelyanov. “The farmer used to own his land and…
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…upward trend pre-pandemic. But when COVID-19 hit, this highly popular method of shopping accelerated—and by all forecasts will continue its hefty climb. Consequently, e-commerce continues to present new opportunities for third-party logistics (3PLs) providers and remains a strong growth driver for the industry. Despite the fact that the e-commerce logistics market shrank 5.2% year-over-year in 2022, according to Transport Intelligence…
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…ProMat, dominated first by the COVID-19 pandemic and then followed by the war in Ukraine and rising geopolitical instability. Since last spring, rising inflation and interest rates have been on consumers' and businesses' minds. As a result, companies aren’t just out to automate select tasks; they are also after greater operational agility and real-time analytics to help contain costs while…
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…not down,” Koffarnus said. “The [COVID-19] pandemic, if anything, increased demand to a new level. We still need to move the same amount of goods with less labor, and you have to rely on technology to be able to do that. There’s no other way to do it.” Augmenting labor top of mind for food and bev The food and…
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…bigger investments in robotics. Then COVID-19 hit, and for a while, there was a break in the action, but that all quickly changed. “The pandemic put the brakes on a lot of stuff early in 2020, but by the end of the year, it was rocketing back. The pandemic accelerated companies' decisions. They were looking at how to automate beforehand.”…
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…even conventional television broadcasting. The COVID-19 pandemic gave a new meaning to disruption given the scale and scope of the global shutdown of supply chains. Previous supply chain disruptions were typically regionalized and time-limited: When a hurricane threatens to hit the Atlantic coast, manufacturers and distributors in the Carolinas may not be able to predict the storm damage, but they…
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…with the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing labor and supply shortages, and a never-ending string of disruptions. These challenges will pass. Other changes, like the exponential increase in e-commerce sales and direct-to-consumer deliveries, are permanent, and automation can play a role. Distribution centers (DCs) are handling more items than ever, while having to do it accurately and with greater…
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…vehicle. “In this time of Covid-19 challenges, checklists can be updated to reinforce and remind operators of the importance of following sanitation or protective mask standards, while with access control have digital control and traceability over who is using each vehicle,” says Paramore. In this era of social distancing, the pre-shift digital checklist function is definitely being tweaked to add…
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