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…service are driving demand for delivery robots. While some robotics developers are focusing on indoor deliveries and others on outdoor operations, Ottonomy Inc. is testing robots for retail and food delivery in both environments. Santa Monica, Calif.-based Ottonomy said its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) use proprietary contextual navigation software that enables them to navigate both indoors and outdoors. The robots…
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…market opportunity for Amazon in delivery, freight forwarding, and contract logistics. All of this serves as a backdrop for what may or may not happen next. And it was spelled out to a degree in a Wall Street Journal report published last week, which explained how Amazon is “laying the groundwork for its own shipping business in a brazen challenge…
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…to begin its first commercial deliveries in the U.S. under a trial program, using the high-tech devices it unveiled for that purpose last year. Amazon and its competitors must still clear some imposing regulatory and technical hurdles before small packages holding the likes of cat food or toothpaste can routinely be dropped at people’s homes. But the action shows that…
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…warehouse trucks, a purpose-built direct-store delivery offering and advanced automation technologies that Yale said will help warehouses address the limited supply of experienced lift truck operators. “Every day, we hear from our customers that they’re struggling to meet demand for high volumes, manage more SKUs and deliver orders ever faster, in large part due to a longstanding labor shortage,” said…
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…robot designed to provide safe delivery services in hospitality and healthcare settings. Featuring a four-door design with interior storage space, the new CLOi ServeBot (model LDLIM31) can perform simple and repetitive delivery tasks to reduce the burden on busy staff. At MODEX 2024 in Atlanta in March, LG announced the launch of its CLOi CarryBot family of AMRs. ServeBot debuted…
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…asset intelligence, micro fulfillment, efficient last mile delivery and dynamic demand and supply synchronization are some of the major benefits of a digital supply chain. According to the report, the proliferation of technologies and opportunities around the digital supply chain means companies need to look seriously at outsourcing these functions. This is going to be a major shift towards a…
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…induction and sorting solution for middle-mile operations. This collaboration between two industry leaders advances ecommerce and logistics operations through cutting-edge automation and emerging technologies, the companies said. Following the deployment of the AmbiSort A-Series small parcel sortation systems for last-mile operations, Pitney Bowes and Ambi Robotics partnered to develop and deploy the AmbiSort B-Series solution in Pitney Bowes ecommerce hubs…
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…to elevating the importance of final-mile delivery and returns processes—and everything in between. To respond, logistics professionals now need to leverage diverse systems and new ways of thinking in an effort to improve carrier partnerships and increase speed and efficiency. With that in mind, the editorial staff of LM has put together a collection of features to help readers push…
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…Air’s technology within the company’s middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sortation locations. The companies plan to begin test flighting by 2023, after receiving the proper certifications. Elroy Air unveiled its pre-production Chaparral autonomous aircraft in January 2022. The company said the eVTOL cargo system can autonomously pick up 300 to 500 lb. of cargo and deliver it by air…
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…parcel induction and sorting in middle-mile operations. “Today’s e-commerce demands must be met with speed, and as such, technological solutions must be scaled quickly,” stated Stephanie Cannon, senior vice president of operations excellence and collaborative innovation at Pitney Bowes. “At Pitney Bowes, we are partnering with some of the most innovative companies in the industry to make B2C [business-to-consumer] e-commerce…
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…transformative capabilities for warehouse and last-mile operations. Small footprint, high turnover Freespace Robotics’ system utilizes advanced robotics to deliver high-turnover, small-footprint, high-rise Automated Storage and Retrieval System 〈AS/RS〉 technologies. The system incorporates traditionally external conveyor functions - such as sortation, sequencing, each-picking, order buffering and pre-staging - into an end-to-end operation. Combined with Matthews’ software suite and dashboard - which…
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…for corporate, fleet, first-responder, agriculture, last-mile delivery, and construction applications. Perrone TONY in production Electric vehicle innovations have disrupted the transportation and transit space, said Perrone Robotics. The Crozet, Calif.-based company's TONY (short for “TO Navigate You”) is a vehicle-independent retrofit kit for the autonomous transit of people and goods in geofenced and localized operations. Perrone said its patented, full-stack…
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…is upping the ante, with delivery playing out as one of the major battlegrounds. A full 50% of customers admit that delivery factors, like delays or costs, are enough to tank a purchase. As a result, two day, same day and then two hour delivery have gradually rolled out across the ecosystem, first as a benefit and increasingly as a…
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…efficiencies, from warehouse management to last-mile delivery. They need to cater to the soaring demand for e-commerce products, seasonal peaks, and consumers’ heightened expectations for fast delivery, it said. The global warehouse automation market will reach $51 billion by 2030, projected McKinsey & Co. By 2025, more than 4 million commercial robots will be installed at more than 50,000 warehouses,…
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…to the corresponding trucks for delivery to their final destinations, explained Yuchuan Wang, a company spokesperson. JD.com noted that the CTU system helped increase the number of storage units from 10,000 to 35,000 by making full use of the height of the warehouse. The robots also improved operating efficiency by 300%, it said. In addition to warehousing, JD Logistics United…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
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