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…AR and VR deployments from GE, Boeing, and Honeywell, among others, demonstrate this growing momentum, though the aforementioned challenges are hindering scalability. “The enormous benefits that wireless technologies can help achieve, including predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, big data analytics, more flexible workforces, efficiency improvements, safety enhancements, and many others will combine to produce increasing financial and production incentives that cannot…
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…mobile robots in manufacturing at GE Healthcare and Whirlpool; a piece picking robot in order fulfillment at Rochester Drug; a collaborative mobile robot from Locus Robotics at Quiet Logistics, and robotic distribution at Medline. In the March issue of Modern, we are featuring DHL Supply Chain’s strategy for mobile robots in order fulfillment purposes, including its use of Locus. In…
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…its new facility in Indiana. GE Healthcare: Lean repairs Self-driving mobile robots improve cycle times and reduce floor space at GE Healthcare’s new repair operations center in Wisconsin. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits: Designed to last On Long Island, the country’s premier distributor of wine and spirits turned to shuttle and case dispensing technology to add new life to an…
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…robots at Quiet Logistics and GE Healthcare. Many of those projects represent a first-time implementation of a technology or unique solutions by early adopters who were looking for an edge. Count Rochester Drug Cooperative in that category. Founded in 1905, RDC describes itself as “a marriage of a traditional drug distribution company, a buying cooperative and a private long-term investment…
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…Pad Startup Competition. Sponsored by GE, the competition provided eight innovative startup companies with an opportunity to generate awareness of their technology and find new sources of funding. Apellix offers a Platform-as-a-Service for industrial workers performing critical but dangerous tasks. The patent-pending Apellix Worker Bee robotics system physically interacts with and modifies its environment to move workers out of harm’s…
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…$10,000 cash award. Sponsored by GE and co-produced by Silicon Valley Robotics, the competition provides innovative startup companies with an opportunity to generate awareness of their technology and find new sources of funding. The eight finalists will compete for the top prize at Automate 2017 on April 5 at 3:00pm in a theater on the exhibition floor at McCormick Place…
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…scientists and journalists. The Automate Launch Pad Competition is sponsored by GE and the event is co-produced with Silicon Valley Robotics. The Automate Launch Pad Competition call for submissions and application form can be found on the Automate 2017 web site. The deadline for applications is February 17, 2017.
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…with participation from Caterpillar Ventures, GE Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, RRE Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. Clearpath will use the funding to grow the company’s industrial division, OTTO Motors. Clearpath launched OTTO Motors in 2015 to focus on self-driving vehicles for material transport inside manufacturing and warehouse operations. “Factories operate like small indoor cities, complete with roads, traffic, intersections and pedestrians,”…
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…the Americas CNC Business and GE FANUC Automation. “What really attracted me to Universal Robots is the clear value proposition their collaborative robots present to both end users and channel partners,” Peterson said. “The company is not only innovative, entrepreneurial and fast growing, it also has all the benefits of a larger corporation with the backing of its parent company,…
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