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OK, I was a skeptic. Boy, was I wrong! I arrived in Atlanta last week with memories of MODEX 2020 dancing in my head. As anyone who was there remembers, attendance was sparse on the busiest of days. Having attended one event this past January with light traffic, and reading accounts of other events that have struggled to get people…
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Okay, I was a skeptic and boy, was I wrong! I arrived in Atlanta last Sunday with memories of Modex 2020 dancing in my head. As anyone who was there remembers, attendance was sparse on the busiest of days. Having attended one event this past January with light traffic, and reading accounts of other events that have struggled to get…
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…modern commerce. Samay Kohli, co-foundera and CEO of GreyOrange, spoke about micro-fulfillment at MODEX 2022 in Atlanta this week.
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ATLANTA—Among the themes emerging from MODEX 2022 here this week is the need for supply chain operators to orchestrate both people and robots. Conveyco Technologies Inc. said its RightFIT analytics and Go-Fer Bot can make order fulfillment more agile. “With RightFIT's seven-step methodology, we can look at labor and order-picking processes,” said Ed Romaine, vice president of marketing and business…
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RightHand Robotics Inc. yesterday announced at MODEX 2022 that it has partnered with Vanderlande to deploy piece-picking robots to meet the demands of general merchandise warehouses and distribution centers on a global scale. Vanderlande has added RightHand's RightPick item-handling system to its Smart Item Robotics, or SIR, portfolio of technologies. “The market wants integrated robotics that work, so we’ve tested…
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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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GXO Logistics Inc., which claims to be “the world's largest pure-play contract logistics provider,” has picked Locus Robotics Corp. as the primary supplier of mobile robots to support high-volume order fulfillment for a large sports-fashion retailer in the U.K. and the Netherlands. “This partnership reflects our ongoing commitment to deploy innovative logistics solutions that use advanced technology to address increasingly…
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…8 m (26.2 ft.) tall micro-fulfillment RoboShuttle. “Our approach has been to study our goods-to-person installations worldwide and conduct in-depth discussions with customers to further innovate in the space and develop the products that can fit their more complex needs,” Liu added. “Goods-to-person is just the tip of the iceberg for what AMRs can provide to warehouse logistics.” More storage…
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MHS (Booth B7255), a provider of materials handling automation and software solutions, unveiled an integrated, robotic order fulfillment solution developed in tandem with Mujin and HAI Robotics. The goods-to-robot solution, which is managed by MHS’s Helix warehouse execution system 〈WES〉, boasts operational efficiency gains of up to 400%. A zero-pressure accumulation conveyor from MHS feeds totes to and from the…
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Honeywell (Booth B7619a) recently announced a strategic collaboration with Clearpath Robotics, giving warehouses and distribution centers the ability to easily automate operations and increase supply chain productivity through autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). This partnership gives Honeywell an additional solution to ensure customers can meet and exceed operational demands. “AMR capability will enable customized workflows and provide an interface to our…
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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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Locus Robotics Corp. today announced that it has added the Locus Vector and Locus Max to its line of autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs. These new models join the Locus Origin robot to address a broad range of warehouse use cases, said the Wilmington, Mass.-based company. The new AMRs address e-commerce, case-picking, and pallet-picking applications, as well as supply chain…
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In advance of the MODEX 2022 supply chain trade show, two companies addressed the challenge of automated bagging. Berkshire Grey Inc. and OSARO Inc. last week both announced new products that they plan to show in Atlanta. “Warehouse and logistics operations globally are wrestling with an acceleration of consumer demand and a shortage of labor,” stated Derik Pridmore, CEO of…
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Kindred Inc. this week announced it will bring to market an AI-powered robotic system designed to automate the small parcel induction process. Built on Kindred’s proprietary CORE/AutoGrasp artificial intelligence platform, the INDUCT robotic system is a high-speed workcell that identifies items and determines how to handle them, a process known as induction. The San Francisco-based company said the system accurately…
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Labor shortages and the COVID-19 pandemic have posed serious challenges for warehouses and distribution centers. Honeywell International Inc. yesterday announced a strategic collaboration with OTTO Motors to provide automation throughout North America for help with labor-intensive tasks, such as moving carts, pallets, or totes. Honeywell said the partnership enables its customers to increase efficiency, reduce errors, and improve safety by…
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Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
Safety, communication and motion control components enable smooth operation
North America’s largest robotics and automation event winds down
