Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.18
…with A.S. Watson Group to deploy a fleet of Swift™ robots at its Benelux e-commerce fulfillment center in the Netherlands. We’re also opening a state-of-the-art headquarters and Showcase Innovation Center in Pittsburgh, where we’ll showcase our solutions and research. Q: Will robots ever take over the workplace? A: Not now and not in the foreseeable future. However, robots are playing an increasingly indispensable role in the supply chain to keep companies competitive, growing, and hiring. Robots can help increase productivity in distribution and fulfillment centers by automating mundane, repetitive tasks, freeing up human workers to focus on more advanced tasks.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.77
…winner of the professional category is K3D of The Netherlands, winning this contest the second year in the row. K3D CTO Jaap Bulsink presented the Laser Welding Head they developed for Hittech Bihca, supplier of precision components. Improved performance, functional integration, conformal cooling channels, light-weighting and optimized local porosities are all features of this application. An honorable mention went to Nina Uppenkamp from the SMS Group in Germany. Her redesigned Media Block design is a demonstration of a manifold that is optimized for metal additive manufacturing. The original part and the redesigned part were functionally tested and compared. All finalists…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.51
…customers. ERIKS equipped its production facilities in Alkmaar, The Netherlands, with multiple Ultimaker S5 Pro Bundles, to co-engineer with customers and offer them full support in identifying, designing and printing applications. A special Clean Manufacturing Facility offers EC1935/2004 manufacturing to customers of ERIKS in need for food-safe parts. ERIKS has 7,500 skilled people working at more than 300 locations worldwide, serving industrial customers in 22 industries. “We see enormous potential in 3D printing for industrial purposes,” says Sander Splinter, managing director at ERIKS Netherlands. “By combining our industry, product and application knowledge with the accessible and reliable 3D printing solutions…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.20
…deployed autonomous mobile robots from Locus at its Roosendaal, Netherlands location to handle online order fulfillment for their retail partner selling household and consumer goods. “At CEVA, we are committed to innovation for our business and our people,” said Bart Beeks, Managing Director of North Europe, CEVA. “The addition of Locus to our operation is helping us to quickly achieve that vision.” Since launching the LocusBots in January 2020, CEVA is already closing in on 1 million units picked. Locus has helped to dramatically increase worker productivity and improve the overall workplace quality, and underscoring CEVA’s vision as an industry…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.33
…(part of the bpost group), a leading provider of e-commerce fulfillment services for web businesses in Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.22
…year's winner of the Design Challenge, K3D from the Netherlands, together with Hitech Bihca, submitting a joint redesign of a laser welding head. By 3D printing the laser welding head, multiple issues in the production environment were solved. This results in lower downtime, better welds, no damage to the laser or products and a higher productivity. Other Finalists In the student category this year is a medical application by Younes Chahid from BiomimeticAM with the Hip Implant Stem Design, from the University of Huddersfield (UK). With this redesign of the hip implant stem, issues with implant revision surgeries and bone…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.13
…from the US, New Zealand, Italy, UK, Malta and Netherlands. Prior to the race, the teams will compete in multiple America’s Cup World Series regattas and the Prada Cup, the Challenger Finals. “The demands of sailing are very similar to the speed, loads and lightweight requirements mandated by aerospace. That’s why carbon fiber is such a natural choice for material,” said Pat Carey, senior vice president at Stratasys. “At Stratasys, we have decades of experience enabling leaders in aerospace and high-performance sports to transform their manufacturing processes through 3D printing. American Magic is a great example of innovative manufacturing leaders…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.65
…for the September Para-cycling World Championships 2019 in Emmen, Netherlands. “Florian is a two times French hand bike champion, so he certainly is a force to be reckoned with”, says Jacquelin. “We have all the reasons to believe with a right equipment he can aim for results that will qualify him to the next Paralympics”, he adds. While it seems like there is little time left to the championships, 3D printers employed for both rapid prototyping and manufacturing of the end product make meeting the deadline possible. “And we are going to take it even further. We are going to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.63
…the road TASS International’s genesis went back to the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). In 2013, after consolidating five divisions of TNO, TASS International was created. In September 2017, manufacturing titan Siemens acquired TASS International, in a bid to bolster its offerings to autonomous car developers. TASS International products and services are now part of Siemens’ Simcenter portfolio. TASS International’s products are: Simcenter Madymo, for restraint system design and occupant safety analysis; Simcenter Prescan, for virtual development and validation of automated driving systems; and Simcenter Tyre, for tire simulation and vehicle performance analysis. GPU maker NVIDIA’s DRIVE Constellation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.71
…a score of 5.9 on overall infrastructure quality—behind the Netherlands at 6.2, but ahead of Spain at 5.5. “Logistics providers should not expect a sweeping modernization of U.S. infrastructure,” say the authors of the State of Logistics. “Modest upgrades in road, rail and airport infrastructure are likely in the near or medium term. As improvement projects move forward, logistics providers would face delays on affected routes.” According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the United States needs to invest $4.6 trillion in roads, bridges, ports and other infrastructure to bring the system up to grade. President Donald J. Trump…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.85
…transporting roses and avocados traveling from Kenya to the Netherlands. The journey took 34 days – 10 of which were idle waiting for paperwork. A Maersk executive told Bloomberg Reporter Kyunghee Park, “The paperwork and processes vital to global trade are also one of its biggest burdens. The paper trail research that Maersk did uncover the extent of the burden that documents and processes inflict on trade and the consequences.” Maersk has commissioned IBM to monitor its cargo and documents in real-time, using blockchain. The litany of required customs documentation is costly and just plain burdensome. The good news is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.07
…Robotics, which is based in Best near Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The investment will create a focus on robotic technology development for logistic purposes, through a joint research and development (R&D) multi-year program, and commitment through co-ownership. Founded in 2015 as a spin-off of the Eindhoven University of Technology, Smart Robotics develops, sells and rents modular collaborative robots (or ‘cobots’) that can be configured for specific tasks. Its solutions are utilized for a variety of processes such as order picking and placing, (de)palletising, and kitting and bagging where human operators are involved. The company’s software platform is central to its solutions…