Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.91
April 07, 2023
…that, despite the doldrums in commercial real estate and Amazon taking a pause from building out its network, the market for warehouse, distribution, and manufacturing space remains strong. All those buildings are going to need lift trucks, racking, conveyors, sortation systems, and robots. ProMat 2023 reports record growth That brings us to ProMat 2023. Like last year’s MODEX in Atlanta and lift truck sales, this year’s show set records for attendance, exhibitors and exhibition space. MHI reported an overall registration count of 50,924 attendees from 178 countries – a 12% increase over ProMat 2019. It also said it had 1,051…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.55
March 30, 2023
…America. Attendees included leading global companies including Ahold Delhaize, Amazon, Cargill, Carrier, Fuji, Garmin, General Mills, HomeGoods, Johnson & Johnson, the Mayo Clinic, and Starbucks. In addition, Aaron Prather, director of the Robotics & Autonomous Systems Program at ASTM International, delivered the keynote address on optimizing warehouse operations with robots and AI. He was previously former senior advisor for technology research and planning at FedEx. This year’s event will highlight new developments in these applications and more. Robotics vendors are welcome to provide speakers as long as they also bring users. How to speak at the 2023 Robotics Applications Conference…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.08
March 29, 2023
…her time as the former COO and president of Amazon Robotics. “I am very excited to join the team,” said Villeneuve. “RGo’s technology creates disruptive change in the industry. It reduces cost and adds capabilities to mobile robots in logistics and enables completely new applications in emerging markets including last-mile delivery and service robotics.” LogiMAT 2023 & Robotics Summit & Expo RGo will exhibit its technology at LogiMAT 2023, Europe's biggest annual intralogistics tradeshow, from April 25-27, in Stuttgart, Germany at Booth 6F59. The company will also sponsor and host the panel session “Unlocking New Applications for Mobile Robots” at…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.92
March 28, 2023
…all about the application, product, and market. Does the “Amazon effect” still apply? Amazon helped create the mobile robot category with its purchase of Kiva Systems in 2012, and its picking challenges advanced the state of the art for that task. Nieves: In addition to supporting their own operations, Amazon's advances serve to describe to the broader industry the art of the possible. For example, with its Cardinal project, Amazon showed loading and unloading of roller carts, which are like pallets with three walls. We're seeing a lot of interest in truck unloading at this ProMat, with four or five…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.72
March 27, 2023
…variants. Stretar: Even if you're not competing directly with Amazon, we see pressure for speed to market and differentiation. We continue to see interest in some sectors, such as groceries. We have a couple of big retailers that are looking at G2P and AutoStore because trying to find land for new facilities is a long process. One electronics provider in the Columbus, Ohio, area wiped out 60% to 70% of a building for an automated storage and retrieval [ASRS] system, with a ton of success. Another client in Upstate New York, a sporting goods retailer, is looking at Brightpick. ROI…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.76
March 20, 2023
…D’Andrea also co-founded Kiva Systems, which was acquired by Amazon in 2012 and rebranded as Amazon Robotics. Founded in 2014, Verity said its drone inventory systems are trustoworthy in “environments where failure is not an option.” Warehouse operators can use the technology to gather valuable insights that enable greater operational efficiencies, said the Zurich-based company. Verity already serves warehouses Supply chain automation has become a top priority for third-party logistics providers (3PLs), retailers, and manufacturers to address business-critical logistics challenges, noted Verity. Inventory management is a prime use case for automation—manual inventory scanning is costly and laborious, and errors frequently…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.92
March 14, 2023
…on Omniverse. Public examples of Isaac Sim users include: Amazon Robotics uses NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise and Isaac Sim to simulate warehouse design, train robots with synthetic data generation (via Isaac Replicator), and gain operational efficiencies before physically implementing them in warehouses. This helps the e-commerce giant fulfill thousands of orders in a cost- and time-efficient manner [see video below]. Telexistence has deployed beverage restocking robots across 300 convenience stores in Japan. Deutsche Bahn is training AI models to handle very important but unexpected corner cases that happen rarely in the real world — like luggage falling on a train track,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.43
March 08, 2023
…and construction industry experience from companies such as Tesla, Amazon, Zoox, BAE Systems, and Topcon. Teleo is backed by UP.Partners, Trucks Venture Capital, F-Prime Capital, K9 Ventures, and YCombinator, among others. Later this year, the startup plans to launch semi-autonomous operations in addition to its remote operations offering. Contruction partners plan for more deployments Tomahawk Construction Fort Myers, Fla.-based Tomahawk Construction has partnered with Teleo to deploy its technology on 12 articulated dump trucks for land development of residential subdivisions, a retirement community, and commercial businesses. The remotely operated trucks will haul dirt across a job site, and the excavation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.52
March 01, 2023
…the bottom of this article, learn how SEQSENSE uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) for capabilities such as connectivity, remote operation, and fleet monitoring. Let's dive deep into the robot's architecture and challenges that SEQSENSE solved with services from AWS. The cloud poses challenges Developing an autonomous robot is a complex and time-consuming task, requiring a wide variety of technologies from the device to the cloud. For example, securely operating and monitoring robot fleets requires collecting telemetry and video data for real-time dashboards. Robot developers can improve a robot's software by analyzing the collected data and providing over-the-air (OTA) updates through…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.27
February 24, 2023
…However, it didn't take long for companies such as Amazon and Tesla to realize that “lights-out” facilities are not necessarily as good as those with the right people. That’s why some design innovation experts are now saying that, in order for real progress to take place, businesses and societies must embrace strategies that allow robots and humans to collaborate to build a more sustainable workplace for the future. While human and AI-driven robots have been working together for a while now, today's AI capabilities weren't even on the radar in the earliest days of computing. The sweet spot of optimal…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.79
February 10, 2023
…robot sales later last year. “You saw companies like Amazon put a pause on building new warehouses, which means they probably canceled or delayed purchases of new automation,” Burnstein told Reuters. However, the ongoing “labor shortage doesn't seem to be letting up,” he said. With U.S. unemployment still at historic lows, many companies are looking to automation to augment their workforces. “We look forward to seeing more unique and increasingly easy-to-use robots that all industries can benefit from at Automate 2023 in Detroit this May,” said Burnstein. Click on image to enlarge. Sources: A3, Reuters A3 prepares to host Automate…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.81
February 08, 2023
…and governmental customers including Google, Nissan, Duke Energy, Newmont, Amazon, Chevron, and the U.S. Navy. RDI said Motion Amplification measures deflection, displacement, movement, and vibration not visible to the human eye. The technology turns every pixel in the camera's view into a sensor capable of measuring vibration or movement with high levels of accuracy, according to the company. Motion Amplification provides instant visual imagery of hard-to-detect faults such as misalignment, bending, soft foot, and separation, along with trending capability of vibration readings for monitoring of chronic or emergent issues, said RDI. Iris Explorer offers consistent condition monitoring Active condition monitoring…
