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Although some exhibitors have moved online, announcements around autonomous vehicles, robots, and drones are still coming around the international Consumer Electronics Show, or CES 2022. Udelv today unveiled the Transporter, its cab-less, self-driving, electric vehicle for multi-stop deliveries. The system is driven by Mobileye's technology. “This is a historic day for the transportation and logistics industries,” said Daniel Laury, co-founder…
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The need for order-fulfillment automation is rising exponentially each year. The COVID-19 pandemic has just added urgency to this trend. Customers expect ultra-fast deliveries, while e-commerce retailers struggle with a serious lack of workforce and increasing labor costs. Machine vision, artificial intelligence, and mobile robots are among the technologies helping warehouses, “dark stores,” and distribution centers consolidate orders and quickly,…
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The term “material handling” refers to the controlling, moving, and protecting of products and materials from production to distribution. In some cases, in-between processes such as transportation and storage are included as well. Material handling equipment includes a wide range of automation technologies, with conveyor systems and mobile robots being some of the most common ones. As materials handling involves…
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While Boston Dynamics' Spot is arguably the best-known quadruped robot in the world, challengers are inevitable. Unitree Technology Co. today announced the launch of the robotic arm Z1, which it mounted on its AlienGo legged robot. “The robotic arm is currently in a stage of rapid development with the evolution and direction of technology,” stated Wang Xingxing, CEO of Unitree…
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Removing material from curved, round, or irregular surfaces creates many process challenges that need a special touch. Material removal applications such as gate grinding, filing, polishing, and others depend heavily on manual labor and take skill and experience to execute correctly. Because of their nuance and complexity, such material removal operations seem impossible to automate, according to ATI Industrial Automation.…
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From path planning to object recognition, artificial intelligence is essential to improving robotic piece picking, particularly in manufacturing and e-commerce. “The number of AI applications and providers using AI in robotic picking solutions continues to increase,” said Thomas Evans, chief technology officer at Honeywell Robotics. “In the past year, we’ve seen an increase in the demand for automation, particularly around…
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Although the past year was full of challenges for businesses of all kinds, it provided opportunities for robotics users and providers. Plus One Robotics Inc. has not only weathered COVID-19 disruptions; it has also responded to fast-growing demand for smart automation. “The first half of 2021 was full of continued uncertainty on a global scale,” wrote Erik Nieves, co-founder and…
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Warehouse operations around the world can benefit from the latest automation. FM Logistic has implemented systems from Mobile Industrial Robots ApS as part of a joint investment with client IKEA. The companies said the autonomous mobile robots will improve logistics at a warehouse in Jarosty, Poland. “This implementation for our client requires transport of significant amounts of empty wooden pallet…
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In 2021, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic aggravated labor shortages, increased the demand for social distancing, and changed consumer behavior. The restaurant industry was particularly hard hit, and several robotics developers rose to address these challenges. This past year, Miso Robotics Inc. announced partnerships with major chains, announced its Flippy 2 system, and closed on its latest equity crowdfunding round. The…
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TuSimple Holdings Inc. today claimed that it has successfully completed the world's first fully autonomous semi-truck run on open public roads. A semi-truck outfitted with TuSimple's autonomy system traveled more than 80 miles (128.7 km) from a railyard in Tucson, Ariz., on the night of Dec. 22, 2021, to a distribution center in the Phoenix metropolitan area. “By achieving this…
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As navigation, payload capacity, and artificial intelligence continue to improve for aerial drones, they can better serve precision agriculture. XAG Co. last week announced five new products at its annual conference in Guangzhou, China. They will be available for global sales in 2022. Over the past eight years, XAG said it has scaled up its agricultural systems across 42 countries…
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Last week, Velo3D Inc. announced the delivery of its first Sapphire XC metal 3D printer to an aerospace customer. The additive manufacturing system is designed for faster production and larger, mission-critical parts, according to Velo3D. “I believe that the Sapphire XC will quickly become the gold standard in advanced metal additive manufacturing,” stated Benny Buller, founder and CEO of Velo3D.…
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