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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…
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ArcelorMittal and Additive Industries joined forces to focus on 3D metal printing for the steel industry using a large 4-laser 3D metal printing system: the MetalFAB1. 3D printing of spare parts ioffers on-demand, on-location production; it also shortens the production cycle and enables flexibility to ArcelorMittal plants. Since the installation of the first metal 3D printer in ArcelorMittal R&D facilities,…
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In collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), America Makes launched the next phase of the COVID-19 Health Care Needs and Additive Manufacturing (AM) Capabilities Repository, where additive manufacturers can upload 3D print designs to be reviewed and placed on the NIH 3D Print Exchange. Designs…
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Massivit 3D Printing Technologies has announced its global contribution to the combat against the COVID-19 pandemic. By dedicating its resources and mobilizing its network of over 100 customers and distributors worldwide, ergonomic PPE Face Shields have been conceived and produced to address the demand by medical teams caring for the victims of the pandemic. Massivit 3D’s high-speed additive manufacturing technology…
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The Disruption of the Traditional Business Model The transport and logistics industry has a lot of suppliers who have had to change the model of their business in the last few years. Many of them have had to adapt and deploy innovative technologies, so, that shipping cab becomes more sustainable flexible and efficient as the growth of the industry continues.…
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During the 8th edition of the Additive World Conference, chairman of the Jury, Ultimaker’s Steven van de Staak, announced K3D and Younes Chahid as winners of the Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge 2020. All finalists, three in the student category and three professionals, pitched their designs in a video for the six-member jury. After deliberation they made a…
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Dealing With The Impacts of COVID-19 When the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) responded to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus in late-2019, the outbreak’s far-reaching consequences couldn’t have been predicted. Now here we are, dealing with the impacts of COVID-19 around the world. Whether they’ve sent their workforces home to work remotely, scaled back their…
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In response to the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers treating patients during the coronavirus pandemic, Florida International University (FIU) and Baptist Health South Florida are partnering to 3D-print reusable face shields. Face shields are part of the personal protective equipment that healthcare workers at Baptist Health wear when caring for patients who have or are suspected…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse robots and software that will be on…
