Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.36
As more warehouses and distribution centers add robots to keep up with e-commerce demand and compensate for staffing turnover and shortages, new challenges have arisen. Who should manage them, how will they communicate with enterprise systems and one another, and what happens when people and robots from different vendors must collaborate? Many autonomous mobile robot (AMR) makers now offer software and remote operations centers to manage warehouse fleets. As robots become more specialized, the ability to effectively deploy them is becoming a greater differentiator than the hardware. “When people think about self-driving vehicles or robots moving something from Point A…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.28
The Richard King Mellon Foundation today announced that it has approved a $150 million grant to Carnegie Mellon University, the largest single grant in the foundation's 74-year history. The longtime partners said the investment will support the university's science and technology leadership, contribute to Pittsburgh's ongoing economic renaissance, and provide a more vibrant future for the Hazelwood neighborhood. The first $75 million of the grant is the lead gift for a new cutting-edge science building on the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The second $75 million will seed a new robotics innovation center and…