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Gap Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its newest Customer Experience Center in Longview, Texas earlier this month. The 850,000 square feet facility is outfitted with robotics systems and automation technology that transforms employees’ approach to work and gets products into the hands of loyal customers with speed and efficiency, the omnichannel retailer stated. “Peak season is now, and we…
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Berkshire Grey Inc., a leader in AI-enabled robotic solutions that automate supply chain processes, today announced that ABB, a leading global technology company, has joined Berkshire Grey’s Technology Alliance Program to provide more customers with AI-enabled robotic solutions that improve e-commerce fulfillment throughput and warehouse efficiency while driving down operational costs. ABB’s expertise in providing automation solutions to global e-commerce…
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OSARO, a provider of advanced robotics for e-commerce, has partnered with Zenni, the online eyewear retail leader, to automate the ‘last meter’ of Zenni’s fulfillment center in Novato, California, OSARO announced. Three OSARO Robotic Bagging Systems will take on the responsibility of readying eyewear orders for shipment to U.S. customers. According to OSARO, this is the first time a robot…
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The optimization, integration, automation and management of material goods and data within the four walls of a warehouse or distribution center (DC), intralogistics has been getting a lot of attention lately due to the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, the growing labor shortage, the uptick in e-commerce orders and ever-evolving consumer preferences. The exhibition hall at the recent Modex trade…
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Plus One Robotics, a leading manufacturer of 3D and AI-powered vision software, has announced a partnership with Tompkins Robotics, a global leader focused on robotic automation of distribution and fulfillment operations. The two companies are teaming up to offer an automated picking solution combining Plus One Robotics 3D and AI software with Tompkins Robotics tSort system. The partnership will allow…
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RightHand Robotics (Booth B8622), a leader in data-driven, autonomous robotic picking solutions for order fulfillment, announces today that Vanderlande (Booth B5406), a global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation in the warehousing, airports, and parcel sectors, has partnered to deploy piece-picking robots to meet the demands of general merchandise warehouses and distribution centers on a global scale. In doing…
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Covariant, a leading artificial intelligence (AI)-based robotics company, surveyed over 300 logistics professionals on their current fulfillment challenges, technology investment priorities, and perception of AI Robotics. Notable findings from the survey reveal a record-level interest in AI Robotics and planned investment across material handling operations such as sortation, induction, good-to-person order picking, and depalletization. The survey was released ahead of…
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Robotics are a hot item in warehouses right now, with strong double-digit growth projected by most analysts over the next few years. There’s a big difference, however, between knowing that robotics has market momentum, and knowing how to properly scope a robotics solution. The dilemma with scoping robotics for a DC is that plenty of “it depends” are engrained in…
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Multiple motive power technologies are vying for the attention of lift truck fleet operators today, including lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and charging systems, hydrogen fuel cells and thin plate pure lead (TPPL) systems. Each has its own strengths, and there are plenty of technical details to learn about—factors like energy density or fast charging characteristics—as part of making a choice for…
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On the surface, narrow aisle (NA) and very narrow aisle (VNA) trucks appear to be specialty solutions for inventory management and order fulfillment. In reality, they’re closer to a Swiss army knife, able to address a range of new and evolving challenges in warehousing and distribution today. Here’s why. While the specifics of the two differ, the core of their…
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Smarter storage, faster throughput, empowered employees. In a behind-the-scenes look at their rapidly growing fulfillment operation, Avenue Shops co-founders Glen and Adam Womble share the most transformative impacts they've seen from implementing goods-to-person automation, including: • 2.5x storage capacity in a 60% smaller footprint • 65% more orders shipped per day • 80% fewer employees required per shift The Lindon,…
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When it comes to the wine and spirits industry, unless you’re a supply chain geek, you probably don’t think a lot about what it takes to get your favorite bottle of wine or bourbon onto the store shelves. As it turns out, it’s a lot. For one, the industry is governed by 50 different sets of regulations in 50 different…
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The promise of the IIoT Distribution and fulfillment centers need to maximize the uptime of their material handling equipment and systems to meet growing customer demands. In recent years, distribution centers have been looking to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) with optimism as a way to solve many of their complex challenges. According to the Material Handling Institute’s annual…
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Locus Robotics, a provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for warehouse automation, has announced that its AMR solutions have now picked more than two billion units, which the company says reinforces its position as the premier robotics provider for the warehouse and logistics industry. This new milestone comes just 11 months after reaching the industry-first landmark of 1 billion picks…
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Locus Robotics (Booth B8811) is taking warehouse fulfillment and supply chain management to the next level with the introduction of its new, fully integrated, intelligent fleet of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). The new Locus fleet of purpose-built AMRs, consisting of Locus Origin, Locus Vector and Locus Max, are designed to double and triple productivity in all types of dynamic fulfillment…
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Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
Safety, communication and motion control components enable smooth operation
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