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The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute this week announced that two of its initiatives are among 13 pandemic-response projects to receive funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The ARM Institute will lead one project and participate in another led by partner institute Advanced Functional Fabrics of America Inc. “The ARM Institute’s leadership and involvement on…
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Beewise, the climatech precision robotics company on a mission to save bees, today announced an $80 Million Series C funding round. This brings the company's total funding to over $120 million. Using 24/7 monitoring and smart technology that increases pollination capacity and honey production, Beewise said its proprietary robotic beehive, the Beehome, automatically detects threats to a honeybee colony such…
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As “March Madness” draws to a close, college basketball fans can dine on robot-assembled pizza. Sodexo Live! today announced specialty menu options for this weekend's championship festivities at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Picnic Works Inc.'s automated pizza station will be among the options for the more than 100,000 spectators expected at the games. “Our team, made up of employees…
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Cleanroom Hygiene
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The rapid rise of e-commerce, the adoption of tote to person mobile robots, and the proliferation of artificial intelligence were the few topics discussed in a recent white paper Geekplus Technology Co. published in partnership with market research firm Interact Analysis. Beijing-based Geek+ said the 19-page paper, titled “The Future of Warehouse Robotics,” examines where the warehouse industry is at…
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PickNik Inc. yesterday said it is working with Sierra Space Corp. to explore the implementation of autonomous robots and controls for maintaining space habitats. The companies said they expect to develop systems that will improve support for low-Earth orbit, lunar, and deep-space missions. PickNik Robotics said its expertise in robotic manipulation with Sierra Space's LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) product…
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The Less is More Approach to Robotic Cable Management
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Murata Machinery USA Inc. has expanded its automated guided vehicles product offering and is partnering with AGVE AB. The company has added seven standard A-Series models to its Muratec Premex Series. The automated guided vehicle (AGV) models are customizable for a wide range of load capacities, lift heights, navigation methods, temperature ratings, and software applications, the company said. Murata partners…
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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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Why focus on driverless forklifts for Forklift Safety Day? It’s simple: automated forklift systems are safer than manual forklifts. Forklifts (and pallet transporters and pallet jacks) are large and potentially dangerous vehicles. Manual forklift accidents account for 10% of injuries in warehousing and factories. And many of these incidents are avoidable: in the US, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration…
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Plus One Robotics, a manufacturer of 3D and AI-powered vision software, this week announced a partnership with Tompkins Robotics, an autonomous mobile robot maker focused on sortation. By working together, the companies said they will provide more options for sorting and classifying different types of packages. This in turn, will boost throughput rates with less downtime, they claim. Addressing labor…
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Rite-Hite is leading the way when it comes to warehouse and loading dock technology. From controls and sensors on smart equipment to data and analytics, our warehouse software solutions help facility managers make data-driven decisions to improve safety, productivity, and communication at the loading dock and inside the plant. “In today’s logistics landscape, it is critical for management to glean…
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Partnering with Anantak, ePicker (Booth C7294b), a robotics company, has developed an autonomous pallet mover and is introducing it during Modex. Using 3D cameras, lasers and vehicle telemetry, along with a proprietary self-driving software package, the pallet mover can accompany users’ existing workflows, rather than replacing them. Additionally, the pallet mover enables quick adoption—distinct from traditional mobile robotics that generally…
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FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., is working with aviation company Elroy Air to deliver packages via autonomous drones. San Francisco-based Elroy Air claims to be building the first end-to-end, autonomous electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aerial cargo system, the Chapparal. It has been working with FedEx since 2020. FedEx Express said it plans to test Elroy Air’s…
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During MODEX 2022, Oceaneering International announced that BlueBotics SA will provide the navigation technology for its line of industrial mobile robots. Founded in 1964, Oceaneering International said it has deployed more than 1,700 autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) worldwide, with over 30 million miles accumulated. The Houston-based company has offices in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Its products include…
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