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Petra Inc. yesterday said that it has raised $30 million in Series A funding and successfully completed a 20-ft. demonstration tunnel “through the hardest rock on earth.” The San Francisco-based company claimed to be the first one capable of inexpensively placing critical utilities underground through hard geologies. “In the past, there have only been a handful of costly and inefficient…
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Chinese humanoid and quadruped robot developer Unitree recently released its Dex5-1 dexterous robotic hand. The company said its hand has novel advanced capabilities and is poised to open up new possibilities for what tasks robotic hands can achieve as end-of-arm tooling (EOAT). Unitree also recently released a video of its G1 humanoid robots participating in a humanoid robot combat tournament.…
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Berkshire Grey Inc. yesterday announced the launch of its Robotic Shuttle Put Wall, or RSPW, system for e-commerce order fulfillment. The RSPW is an automated put wall that uses artificial intelligence and can increases capacity and throughput, said the Bedford, Mass.-based company. This is more important than ever because of currently heightened customer expectations for fast and efficient fulfillment, as…
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Pivotree Inc., a provider of order management and warehouse management system 〈WMS〉 software, and GreyOrange Inc., a leader in automated robotic fulfillment and optimization software, today announced a new partnership to offer comprehensive fulfillment capabilities within warehouses and distribution centers. This joint offering from Pivotree and GreyOrange will deliver a competitive edge for customers increasing visibility, accuracy, and cost efficiency,…
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Amazon Robotic Fulfillment Center, North Haven, Connecticut Opened: June 2019 Size: 855,000 square feet Dock doors: 62 SKUs: 1 million + Throughput: 1 million + orders per day during peak Shifts: 2 10-hour shifts per day, with downtime for maintenance between shifts Employees: 2,500 full time associates, each working 4 shifts per week Primary material handling equipment: Goods-to-person picking on…
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6 River Systems LLC announced yesterday its new Mobile Fulfillment app designed to help its customers pick items even when not using a Chuck mobile robot. The app is currently being tested by a select group of customers, and the Waltham, Mass.-based company said it expects it to be commercially available in the third quarter of 2023. The Mobile Fulfillment…
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Brightpick, a provider of warehouse automation solutions for order fulfillment, today announced the successful completion of a nine-month pilot of its robotic solution in the Prague fulfillment center of Rohlik Group, one of the largest e-grocers in Europe. Rohlik now plans to roll out the Brightpick solution across multiple warehouses in 2023 and 2024, starting with Munich in July 2023…
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Why Use a Warehouse Shuttle System? Shuttle systems often provide the right balance of flexibility, throughput and storage density for general merchandise retailers seeking to automate store replenishment and direct-to-consumer fulfillment processes. One of the benefits of shuttle systems is that they can use the full height of the warehouse for storage, enabling excellent density in higher-ceiling buildings. In fact,…
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AutoStore and systems integrator Bastian Solutions have once again partnered with global sports brand PUMA. The companies recently announced an expansion of their strategic collaboration by implementing the AutoStore system at a new distribution center in Phoenix, Ariz. With this new facility, PUMA aims to increase daily order fulfillment from 100,000 to 200,000, enhancing speed, efficiency, and accuracy across the…
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Global order fulfillment technology company AutoStore announced it has surpassed 300 installations across North America. The 300th system, located at Medline’s new site installation in Aurora, Colo., represents a full-circle moment for AutoStore. Implemented in collaboration with Swisslog, AutoStore said this latest installation builds on a relationship that began more than a decade ago. Fulfillment built for a world that…
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Using automation to solve the challenges of retail, e-commerce and omni-channel fulfillment Managing e-commerce and omni-channel fulfillment is more labor intensive than other warehouse processes and, in many areas, labor is becoming harder to find and more expensive. This issue can be exacerbated when retailers rely on temporary labor to manage peaks in demand. When that labor isn’t available, costs…
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…added. They added that their micro-fulfillment solution can match the productivity of an automated storage and retrieval system 〈ASRS〉 with faster startup and less infrastructure. “This partnership demonstrates that Tompkins Robotics and GreyOrange are expanding to deliver the leadership and expertise their clients need to transform their businesses for the future,” said Mike Futch, president and CEO of Tompkins Robotics.…
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HDS Global, or Home Delivery Service, yesterday claimed that it is “the first e-commerce company in the world to debut a fully automated robotic fulfillment center” at its new Technology Center in Indianapolis. The company said it built the HDS Global Technology Center from the ground up to demonstrate its solutions to “problems inherent in existing e-commerce systems.” “There is…
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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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…and large-sized fulfillment warehouses, to micro-fulfillment centers, to new fulfillment concepts such “dark” stores. Companies can start small, then scale rapidly as e-Commerce demand grows or market conditions dictate. Modex 2018 is scheduled to be held April 9-12 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The tradeshow will showcase the latest manufacturing, distribution and supply chain solutions in the…
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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
