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Discrete order picking of peaches is a labor-intensive process with limited throughput and capacity. Automated storage and retrieval systems can be costly and hard to derive immediate value from. Industries like retail, eCommerce, and grocery must manage complex supply chain operations involving storage, picking, packing, sorting, and order consolidation that drives operating costs up while labor shortages continue to be…
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Discrete order picking of peaches is a labor-intensive process with limited throughput and capacity. Automated storage and retrieval systems can be costly and hard to derive immediate value from. Industries like retail, eCommerce, and grocery must manage complex supply chain operations involving storage, picking, packing, sorting, and order consolidation that drives operating costs up while labor shortages continue to be…
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Attabotics yesterday announced it has raised $71 million in Series C-1 funding, which it said it will use to further accelerate the commercialization of its 3D robotics warehousing solution in the wake of growing post-COVID-19 demand. The Calgary, Alberta-based company said it replaces the rows and aisles of traditional fulfillment centers with a patented storage structure and robotics shuttles that…
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AutoStore AS yesterday announced its new Unify Analytics cloud-based service and data platform. The technology enables businesses using AutoStore's automated storage and retrieval system, or ASRS, to gain access to data-led insights and identify the cause of operational issues, said the company. Unify Analytics is available in two versions, a Web application where businesses can view real-time statistics and analytics,…
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Attabotics, which offers a 3D robotics automated storage and fulfillment solution, today announced it has raised $71.7 million in Series C-1 funding led by Export Development Canada (EDC) with participation from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) through Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG). The round brings Attabotics’ total funding to $165.1M USD to date and will be used to further…
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…legacy within the storage and micro fulfillment industry. We are looking to learn from their experience and work together to offer creative solutions to their customers.” The strategic partnership will focus on providing Addverb’s robots, including Multi-Pro (Mother-Child Pallet Shuttle), Zippy (Guided Sortation Robot), Quadron (Carton Shuttle), and Dynamo (Autonomous Mobile Robot) to deliver streamlined and cost-effective automation systems to…
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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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…legacy within the storage and micro-fulfillment industry. We are looking to learn from their experience and work together to offer creative solutions to their customers.” Addverb said it provides smart end-to-end warehouse and industrial automation and intralogistics solutions. The company said its extensive portfolio includes robots, material handling technologies, and software. It added that its fixed and flexible automation can…
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More automation doesn’t necessarily mean better automation. That’s why a deployment with an impressive number of autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, in a mobile robot fleet isn’t necessarily more effective than one with just a handful. While it’s common for mobile robot deployments to start small and get bigger, success with AMRs takes more than growing the fleet. You need…
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During its “Delivering the Future” event at its robotics manufacturing facility yesterday in Westborough, Mass., Amazon.com Inc. announced Sparrow, its new robotic arm designed to complete product-handling tasks. “Sparrow is the first robotic system in our warehouses that can detect, select, and handle individual products in our inventory,” the company said in a blog post. “Sparrow represents a major advancement…
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Environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity can affect additive manufacturing, so process monitoring can help standardize production. Handddle and Markforged yesterday said they are integrating Handddle's “micro-factories” platform and other management tools with the Markforged Digital Forge software. “Handddle is thrilled to collaborate with Markforged to extend API integrations for Handddle and Markforged users looking to achieve industrial efficiencies…
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Element Logic AS last week said it will integrate Addverb Technologies' systems for autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, into its existing portfolio alongside a fleet management platform. The companies said this will enable customers to decrease operational costs and increase profits. Element Logic and Addverb said they can jointly offer customers flexible systems for material transport, consolidation, and sequencing—buffers before…
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GreyOrange announced it has begun working with supply chain services company Piviotree Inc. and will pair its robotic fulfillment orchestration platform, GreyMatter, with Pivotree’s warehouse management system, or WMS. GreyMatter is robot agnostic, according to Roswell, Ga.-based GreyOrange, and uses real-time data and machine learning to orchestrate fulfillment operations for the efficient movement of automated systems. Toronto-based Pivotree said its…
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AutoStore yesterday launched PickUpPort its first public-facing port that lets consumers shop online and pick up their orders directly from the AutoStore System. “It’s important for us to help retailers stay ahead in an ever-changing industry,” stated Carlos Fernández, chief product officer at AutoStore. “With the new PickUpPort, retailers can offer a hassle-free pick-up option in-store, and customers can see…
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Growth is a good thing for distributors, though it can strain the limits of existing distribution center automation and supporting manual processes. This was the case for Waytek, a distributor of automotive electrical components. The company found itself facing growing pains in its fulfillment center systems before implementing a solution based on the flexibility of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). The…
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Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse robots and software that will be on…
