Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.66
…gain enhanced flexibility in their operations.” About DB Schenker USA DB Schenker is one of the largest integrated logistics service providers in the United States with more than 7,000 employees in 39 branches and 55 logistics centers providing over 21 million square feet of distribution operations to its clients. DB Schenker offers land transport, air and ocean freight, as well as comprehensive logistics solutions and global supply chain management services from a single source. Click here for more information. About IAM Robotics IAM Robotics provides fully operational intelligent, autonomous material handling solutions built for e-Commerce order fulfillment and material handling…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.59
…and artificial intelligence for warehouse opeations. The company's headquarters, manufacturing, and research and development facilities are in India, with subsidiaries in the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Australia. The more than 100 current customers of Addverb include Reliance, Unilever, Flipkart, Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Johnson & Johnson, and PAR Pharmaceutical. Medius designed for fast, dense storage and retrieval Addverb Technologies said Medius' design is based on goods-to-person principles, automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), and carton shuttles. It claimed that Medius will “enable agile, ergonomic order-fulfillment processes” by providing “warehouses and distribution centers with alternatives to carton shuttles and crane-based systems for balanced…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.57
…Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and the University of Alabama (USA) set a new land speed world record of 192.2 mph at the historic Kennedy Space Center in April. That prompted the adoption of refreshed technology on all IAC racecars moving forward. More on Ciso’s technologies Cisco powers the in-vehicle networking and connectivity to and from the vehicles for race safety, telemetry data offload, and GPS timing alignment. The connectivity infrastructure includes Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul for highly reliable mobile connectivity and Cisco Catalyst Industrial Ethernet switches to connect in-vehicle sensors and on-board compute. The same Cisco technologies powering the IAC…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.54
…by 100 times. The company, which recently opened GITAI USA Inc. headquarters in Los Angeles, plans to provide robots to help build and maintain satellites, lunar bases, and even cities on Mars. GITAI preps S2 for extra-vehicular demo In the upcoming technical demonstration, GITAI's “S2,” a 1.5 m (4.9 ft.)-long, dual-arm robotic system, will autonomously execute in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing in the vacuum of space. The arm was delivered last August via a SpaceX capsule. The company tested this same model in the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) 8 m (26.2 ft.)-class thermal vacuum chamber in February. The robot…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.49
…“We are facing a looming skills gap in the manufacturing industry that we need to bridge by all means possible. Facilitating knowledge creation and access to our cobots is an important step in that direction.” Stefan Stubgaard, Head of Global Competence Center at Universal Robots, adds that the Academy modules have received positive feedback from users around the world: “This learning resource is now also reaching small and medium-sized manufacturers that up until now regarded robotics as costly and complex,” says Stefan Stubgaard. “By simply logging into the Academy they experience first-hand how simple the setup can be and they…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.48
…behind. We see major investments in robotics in the USA and China, but there are no considerable players yet here in Europe,” claimed Albert Maas, founder and CEO of Avular. “We have so much to offer: the best technology, data security, and product quality in the world.” “With the move to our new HQ, we can continue to grow and get ready to become Europe’s frontrunner in the world of mobile robotics,” he added. The Eindhoven region includes a mix of cutting-edge system design and high-tech production, driven by the university's expertise in robotics, leading academies in design, and technology…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.48
…company. Beyond Festo's booth, Festo Didactic will have Robotic Manufacturing Production System (MPS) training stations at AUBO Robotics USA, Booth 4413, and SICK Inc., Booth 1332. The MPS is used to teach the core competencies of robotic material handling and vision. The MPS stations will be outfitted with a 360-degree Safety Awareness package that consists of two area scanners tightly integrated through a safety PLC. To facilitate training, Festo and SICK said they developed a training curriculum covering the basics of robot safety and risk mitigation using an easy-to-follow six-step method. Festo presents at conference At 10:00 a.m. EST on…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.45
…chain management (SCM). The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, USA. HighJump has additional operations in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and China. HighJump serves over 4,000 customers across the retail, consumer products, automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical, and food/beverage industries. HighJump has developed a cloud-ready underlying technology platform called the “HighJump One Platform” which is consistently recognized for being one of the industry’s most flexible and adaptable supply chain software platforms. On top of this technology platform, the company offers globally leading software applications that provide customers with an integrated view of their entire supply chain: from warehouse management and intralogistics to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.43
…says Simon Fried, co-founder and president of Nano Dimension USA. “It prints both the conductive material and the dielectric material, and so allows for a part to be built up with the two materials placed in X, Y and Z in accordance with the designer’s goals, starting from the bottom and building up in layers.” Nano Dimension’s systems use two families of inks. Optimized for a range of applications—from radio frequency identification components to antennas—the AgCite family of nanoparticle inks promises good conductivity, adhesion and flexibility. Unlike regular metal powders that require high sintering temperatures, these inks can achieve a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.41
…of use has become a differentiator for robots in manufacturing. READY Robotics Corp. today announced the launch of Forge/OS 5, which it described as “the first open, cross-brand operating system for industrial automation.” The Columbus, Ohio-based company said that its offering will enable machine builders and software developers to create applications that scale across robot and automation brands. “For robotics to reach the scale we need as a society, we must make it easier for end users, and we must make it easier for developers,” stated Benjamin Gibbs, co-founder and CEO of READY Robotics. “As we’ve seen before with Windows…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.26
…gained only one spot as a result, Murata (Muratec USA) posted the highest annual growth rate, increasing revenues by 34% to tie Honeywell Intelligrated in the fourth spot with $1.8 billion. A spokesperson says the Japanese market was extremely active this year in the logistics automation market and especially with respect to a large number of manufacturing automation projects. In sixth place, Vanderlande’s revenues climbed 10.5% to $1.7 billion. Shortly before publication of the 2017 Top 20 list, Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) acquired the company. Following TICO’s 2017 acquisition of the then 16th place Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande became the second…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.25
…wars are all pushing companies to reexamine their global manufacturing and sourcing strategies. Some of them are bringing their operations back to the U.S. through a process known as “reshoring.” This session finds Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute, walking attendees through the offshoring timeline and showing why reshoring may be a good choice for organizations now and in the aftermath of the global pandemic. “In the 1990s and 2000s, offshoring to China was the economic strategy for many U.S. manufacturers,” Coates says. “Fast forward to 2020, and companies are looking to move away from China and back…