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Back in 2013, Medline worked with Swisslog to become the first company in the United States to implement a robotic goods-to-person solution from AutoStore. The original site was a 600,000-square-foot distribution center north of Chicago in Libertyville, Ill. That first implementation, featured in the June 2015 issue of Modern, sported 43 bots in a relatively small area plus four goods-to-person…
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Tompkins Solutions, a supply chain consulting and material handling integration firm, will begin offering products made by Loko AI, an artificial intelligence company that develops risk management services using computer vision and data. Tompkins Solutions is a subsidiary of Tompkins International. The Raleigh, N.C.-based company said it has been helping customers develop “unique supply chain consulting and material handling integration…
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At its booth at Manifest this week in Las Vegas, Mujin Corp. is showcasing an exhibit that combines Geekplus Co.’s mobile robots with a robotic picking system. The companies said they designed the booth to “demonstrate a total order fulfillment solution featuring pick and place robots seamlessly integrating with mobile robots.” “This solution automates the process of creating mixed orders…
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DHL Supply Chain, a global contract logistics provider and part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, announced today that it has become the first company to achieve commercial application of Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robot developed for carton unloading of trucks. The successful deployment of the robot at a DHL Supply Chain site comes just one year after DHL Supply Chain announced…
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Today, stow Robotics, the warehouse automation business unit within stow Group, and Phononic, a global leader in solid-state cooling technology, announced a strategic alliance to provide cold chain fulfillment solutions that serve the retail grocery industry across North America and Europe. Combining stow Robotics’ automation expertise with Phononic’s sustainable active cooling technology, the two companies are collaborating to design, develop…
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Warehouse automation is expanding to cold storage. stow Robotics and Phononic today announced a strategic alliance to provide cold-chain fulfillment systems that serve the retail grocery industry in North America and Europe. The companies said they will combine stow Robotics' automation expertise with Phononic's solid-state active cooling technology to design, develop, and scale systems, particularly for grocery automated fulfillment centers.…
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…as part of “The Automated Micro Fulfillment & Autonomous Routing” panel. Other experts on the panel will include executives from Davinci Micro, Koch Disruptive Technologies, and Wise Systems. The session will “discuss trends in autonomous micro-fulfillment and autonomous routing,” Addverb said. Addverb invests in U.S. market Addverb has spent the past year expanding its presence in the U.S. after Reliance…
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Plus One Robotics Inc. yesterday said that it will demonstrate its parcel-handling robots for warehouses and distribution centers at ProMat 2023 in Chicago in March. The company said its exhibit will enable visitors to use a virtual reality headset to “race against the robot” in a pick-and-place process. Founded in 2016, Plus One Robotics said it combines computer vision, artificial…
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Autonomous shuttles and mobile robots can move items in a factory or distribution center, but fast and accurate picking is necessary to fulfill growing volumes of orders. RightHand Robotics Inc. has combined its RightPick 3 picking system, machine learning, and RightCare service to address that need. The New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA) this month named Somerville, Mass.-based RightHand the…
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Kindred, part of Ocado Group, has released the results of an 18-month beta test of its INDUCT AI-powered robotic induction system. INDUCT automated the induction of more than one million items at 95% accuracy in a fast-paced global logistics center where the beta trial was held. “This was the most intense and demanding real-world scenario we could test in, and…
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Warehouse automation isn't just for e-commerce; food and beverage is another sector that can benefit from high-density storage and robotics, according to Westfalia Technologies Inc. The York, Pa.-based company cited the example of Sargento Foods Inc. that was anything but cheesy. There's a reason cheeseheads live in Wisconsin, a state with a long history in the cheese industry dating back…
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Berkshire Grey, a leader in AI-enabled robotic solutions that automate supply chain processes, and Locus Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Mobile Robotics (AMR) for logistics and distribution warehouses, have announced their formal partnership with the unveiling of their combined solution that integrates the Berkshire Grey Robotic Shuttle Put Wall (BG RSPWi) with Locus Origin and Locus Vector bots. This…
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Berkshire Grey Inc. and Locus Robotics Corp. yesterday announced that they have integrated Berkshire Grey's Robotic Shuttle Put Wall, or BG RSPWi, with the Locus Origin and Vector mobile robots. The companies said their “end-to-end” automation will help retail and e-commerce customers maximize supply chain productivity and throughput and address growing labor challenges. “Partnering with Berkshire Grey allows our customers…
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AutoStore has issued a new benchmark report with insights from over 300 C-level business leaders in warehouse management and fulfillment. Survey participants identified the top three current challenges facing organizations as: rising energy costs (32%), increasing labor costs (27%), and supply chain and shipping constraints (26%). “There is a need to operate more efficiently, which is perhaps why nearly 9…
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…smaller footprint. We're investing in micro-fulfillment, bringing automation closer to consumers—not only in grocery, but also in other verticals.” “Another focus area is high-throughput, mega facilities with several million bins or SKUs served on a daily basis,” he said. “These installations are handling much higher volumes that in previous years, based on our omnichannel Router software. How can we reduce…
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