Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.81
…Manufacturing (ARM) Institute Aaron Prather, senior technical advisor at FedEx Express Fergal Glynn, vice president of marketing at 6 River Systems Lior Elazary, founder and CEO of inVia Robotics This week, we start with looking back at some of the biggest robotics trends of 2021. Next week, we'll look at some predictions for 2022. Robotics achievements unlocked What was your organization's biggest accomplishment this past year? Bieller: IFR really achieved a lot in 2021, so it is hard to pick the most important achievement. We managed to keep the robotics community together, without any in-person meetings nor the chance to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.76
…with the Ohmni. Aaron Prather, senior technical advisor at FedEx, guided Jake through the 40,000-sq.-ft. facility, and he was able to interact with other attendees. “For this use case, we worked with eKAMI to help provide remote training and support for their efforts to reskill workers with robots,” Vu said. “Right now, they're using an off-the-shelf robot. Ohmni can also help with work-from-home situations, according to OhmniLabs. It can scale from a single robot to multiple robots, with staff support. “Our largest fleet was 100 robots [provided with TelcoDR] for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona—it was the first time…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.75
…and has planned to expand it on larger scale. FedEx collaborated with Pizza Hut to test FedEx’s SameDay Bot for pizza delivery. We can also see some similar trends related to delivery robots which are working towards last mile delivery issue and its solution. Driverless delivery start-up Nuro just got a $940 million in financing from Japan’s SoftBank Vision Fund and has partnered with Kroger to deliver the groceries and with Domino’s to deliver the pizzas. KiwiBot is providing similar services for the university campus. The University of California at Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles were two…
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…mixed environments. In addition, major robotics users such as FedEx are encouraging the development of standards and have joined organizations working on different aspects of the interoperability challenge. Robotics 24/7 spoke with several leading companies about increasing recognition of the need for interoperability, the growth of third-party solutions, and efforts to standardize how warehouse robots are managed. Awareness of the need Many users are just beginning to understand the concept of scaling robotic fleets, noted Florian Pestoni, CEO of robot operations service provider InOrbit. “It's a sign of where the industry is,” he said. “Few companies are thinking in terms…
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…named Joe Mirabile, a former executive at Seegrid and FedEx, vice president of technology operations. He has developed application, engineering, and implementation teams that delivered autonomous mobile robot (AMR) technology to more than 400 facilities globally, including those of Amazon, Walmart, General Motors, the U.S. Postal Service, United Parcel Service, Whirlpool, Jaguar Land Rover, and Caterpillar. Consumer goods are organized into sanitized totes to support a multiple gripper pick module that HDS Global said can achieve a 95% success rate. Source: Business Wire RoboFS taps talent for full automation To build the first fully automated fulfillment system and address fragmented…
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…operators and small airlines. Wing, with partners Walgreens and FedEx Corp., has been conducting limited drone deliveries under a similar FAA approval in Virginia since last year. UPS flies medical supplies within a hospital campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. Other smaller companies and startups are also seeking expanded FAA approvals. Amazon will begin its own delivery tests, it said, declining to say where and when they would occur. It operates several test sites in the U.S. Northwest and in the nearby Vancouver area. It previously performed experimental deliveries in the U.K. FAA Certification To receive FAA certification, the company had…
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…“end-to-end” commercial air cargo. It began flight testing with FedEx Express last year. The Chaparral is intended for aerial transport of up to 500 lb. (225 kg) of goods over a 300 nautical mile (555.6 km) range. This is enabled initially by a turbine-based, hybrid-electric powertrain with distributed electrical propulsion, as well as specially designed aerodynamic modular cargo pods. Applications include safe, efficient, and cost-effective aerial cargo transport for commercial logistics, disaster relief, firefighting, and humanitarian operations without risk to pilots, said Elroy Air. The company wrote that it has secured more than $2 billion in orders for more than…
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…electric autonomous tuggers. Motrec said its customers include GM, FedEx, Tesla, and Walmart. Cyngn is also collaborating with BYD to add Cyngn's artificial intelligence capabilities to BYD's electric lift trucks. Their goal is to address labor shortages and consistency challenges while simultaneously enhancing safety. Cyngn said it plans to launch the DriveMod Forklifts commercially starting in 2024. Innovative proprietary technology Cyngn released EAS 9.0, which comes with tools that customers can use to manage and monitor their fleets from any location. The latest version of EAS allows customers to manage more data from the field and includes mission-planning capabilities, mission…
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…vendors for basic functionality. It was first demonstrated at FedEx's DART center during the Association for Advancing Automation's (A3) AMR & Logistics Conference in October. “This allows companies that are developing robots to rely on a platform like InOrbit rather than building their own software stack,” said Pestoni. “That saves years of development work.” He cited Savioke as one company pursuing this strategy and added that deeper integrations between robotic and non-robotic systems such as ERP and WMS will continue to evolve. Another development that Pestoni expects to start taking hold in 2022 is the concept of robot operations, or…
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…River Systems, InOrbit, Mobile Industrial Robots, Vecna Robotics, and FedEx participated in MassRobotics' AMR Interoperability Working Group, said Saad. At the AMR and Logistics Conference held by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) in Memphis in October, the working group conducted the first demonstration of a standard for communications among mobile robots. The group plans to address batteries and power management next, Saad noted. He added that MassRobotics will address climate change and robotics in the coming year. “We have a lot of smart people and technologies, and we have a responsibility to sustainability,” said Saad. “Our ultimate vision is…
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…for rapid deployment and scaling. The commercial pilot with FedEx and PACCAR along a 400-mile freight corridor came after just a few weeks of refining the Aurora Driver in simulation and testing on a 30-mile section of the I-45 between Dallas and Houston. The beta release includes updates that allow autonomous trucks to navigate new commercial routes and transport goods for customers. Aurora said it includes improved hardware and autonomy systems capable of safely navigating highways and streets. Aurora this week also announced the launch of its industry advisory council, which will review the company’s product offerings and go-to-market and…
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…arrive the old-fashioned way from a UPS, USPS or FedEx driver. Which isn’t to say that drones don’t have a role in the supply chain. Two years ago, in an article in Supply Chain Management Review author Nick Vyas outlined real-life applications for drones in the healthcare industry, and predicted other use cases such as pipeline inspections or deliveries of parts and supplies in hard to access areas. He also noted that “PINC, a provider of yard management systems, has deployed a solution that utilizes drones to identify the location of trailers, shipping containers, and other assets in hard to…