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The industrial automation sector was not in a great place before COVID-19 struck, having been slowed by flat capital expenditure and declining industrial production, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The virus has since closed factory after factory worldwide with workers sent home. The reality, according to GlobalData, is that despite much hype over the years, advanced factory…
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Limit Unplanned Downtime Sortation system downtime can cost an operation more than $10,000 per hour. When you consider the costs of overtime, reallocated and idle workers, shipping and truck expenses, they all quickly add up. And while the clock is ticking, your cost per case shipped continues to rise and your hard-earned consumer loyalty is also on the line. Take…
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened a funding opportunity for rapid, high-impact projects that support the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using funds appropriated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, NIST will award the grants through the NIST Manufacturing USA National Emergency Assistance Program with no requirements…
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The current COVID-19 crisis has brought to light a critical problem in the medical supply chain in the U.S. With many supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE) coming from overseas, healthcare providers face shortages of masks, gloves, face shields, and other supplies. In addition, the current supply of ventilators was woefully low even before the pandemic. With its rapid…
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Students at Camdenton High School are using 3D printers to help produce hundreds of face shields for healthcare workers at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, MO. The printers were provided by nearby Camdenton Middle School, which received them as part of a $16 million grant from the MU College of Education’s eMINTS National Center. “To see the face shields…
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EMA Design Automation, a full-service provider and innovator of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) solutions, announced it has entered into a partnership with Dassault Systèmes that is committed to driving disruptive business transformation for electronic product development. This partnership will work towards the joint mission of connecting teams across a common data model for unified product development and collaboration. “Our main…
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With several years of practice under its belt, the lift truck community has settled on some general best practices for the adoption and refinement of fleet management technologies. All the same, the process remains a deeply unique one for each fleet, requiring an integration of technology and culture. Collin Rush, general manager of InfoLink customer support for Crown Equipment, recommends…
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Integrating easily into existing warehouse infrastructure, the Swift autonomous mobile picking robot navigates multiple aisles to pick items at or above human-level speeds. Its integrated 3D item scanner scans products to create a uniform item database, while also teaching the robot to recognize the products it retrieves. The system includes SwiftLink fleet management software as a single point interface to…
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In an ever-changing marketplace, retailers are always looking for the ‘next best thing’ to keep up with customer demands. As the leading North American AutoStore integrator, Bastian Solutions is excited to begin a new global chapter with AutoStore. With our ability to integrate entire systems to meet client needs, Bastian Solutions has seen repeated success with AutoStore installations in North…
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Berkshire Grey, a robotics and AI company delivering retail, e-commerce, and logistics fulfillment automation to global companies, is now offering Robots as a Service (RaaS) implementation options for its solutions. Many retailers are understandably freezing CapEx due to circumstances beyond their control, and RaaS implementation models allow them to continue to lean forward with innovative technology that will serve their…
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In some ways, 2020’s “Annual Warehouse and Distribution Center (DC) Equipment Survey” points to a bit of a plateau in spending on equipment and systems. However, that plateau comes after years of healthy investments in DCs. Budgets aren’t skyrocketing, but respondents are well aware of the need to continue to invest to be able to address pressures like tighter cycle…
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Razorleaf Corporation, a product lifecycle management (PLM) software and service provider, has released its Manufacturing Suite for the Aras Innovator platform. The suite offers Aras’ users standalone business applications to extend PLM capabilities and automate critical business processes and workflows common to manufacturers. These modules accelerate manufacturers’ time to market with functionality designed to improve the management of engineering, training,…
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Hospitals are in need of mechanical ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients. In response to this shortage, Materialise has developed the Materialise NIP Connector, a device to convert standard equipment available in most hospitals, into a mask to facilitate breathing for patients by creating positive pressure in the lungs. These assembled masks allow clinicians to reduce the time patients need access…
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Manufacturing ecosystem Fictiv announced that hospitals and healthcare providers can begin ordering the protective face shields in batches of up to 10,000 per order at cost for shipment as fast as one day. The company is leveraging its global manufacturing network and a newly designed tool to produce millions of face shields available in the fight against COVID-19. Fictiv has…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
North America’s largest automation and robotics event takes place June 22-25
