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At Pack Expo in Las Vegas last month, Honeywell International Inc. announced its Smart Flexible Depalletizer. The system is designed to automate the process of unloading pallets, reduce the risk of injury, and mitigate the effects of labor shortages. Thomas Evans, chief technology officer at Honeywell, spoke with Robotics 24/7 about the Charlotte, N.C.-based company's latest technologies and its approach…
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Logistics provider GEODIS SA yesterday said it has partnered with integrator Bastian Solutions to deploy an AutoStore storage system at a new fulfillment site for a leading clothing retailer. The partners claimed that the $48 million material handling equipment deal will deliver the highest documented throughput for any AutoStore in the world. It will support the unnamed retailer's omnichannel capabilities,…
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Körber and long-time strategic partner Locus Robotics, a global provider of warehouse robotics, have joined together to deploy 49 autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) across Atlanta, Fresno, and Indianapolis for Integrated Supply Network (ISN). The solution was initially implemented in ISN’s Atlanta location in just 90 days. This has already shown exceptional results. Picking quality, accuracy, and speed were significantly improved…
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Automation is becoming part of the food chain, from farming and food processing to assembling online grocery orders and delivering them. Wayve yesterday announced a £10 million ($13.63 million U.S.) investment from Ocado Group PLC. The companies said they are partnering to accelerate the development of autonomous grocery deliveries in complex urban environments. “Ocado Group has been driving innovation in…
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Arbe Robotics Ltd. has announced that it will complete its business combination with Industrial Tech Acquisitions Inc., a publicly traded special-purpose acquisition company or SPAC. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company has developed 4D imaging radar chipsets for driver-assist systems and self-driving vehicles. It expects to begin trading its ordinary shares and warrants on Nasdaq tomorrow under the ticker symbols “ARBE”…
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Beaumont Machine this week announced that it is supplying a small-hole machine with robotic articulation to SpaceX. The Batavia, Ohio-based company has provided fast-hole and small-hole electrical discharge machines to the aerospace industry for more than 20 years. “As the needs in the industry are changing, we’ve made changes to keep pace,” said Ed Beaumont, president of Beaumont Machine. “For…
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Integrated Supply Network Inc., or ISN, is a leading independent wholesaler and private-brand owner of tools, equipment, and supplies in the automotive industry. The company has been expanding its distribution centers, dealing with staffing challenges, and responding to an increase in small package shipments from 50% of its volume to 80% during the COVID-19 pandemic. With 35 years of experience…
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OTTO Motors and Siemens Canada yesterday announced that they have partnered for Industry 4.0 technologies, including controls for collaborative autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and physical asset tracking using Siemens' Real Time Tracking Location Systems (RTLS). “Siemens’ global presence and breadth of product portfolio has been clear to us for as long as we’ve been in business,” said Ryan Gariepy, chief…
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Sensor maker Ouster Inc. yesterday said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sense Photonics, which has developed a digital solid-state lidar for automotive production. Upon closing the strategic all-stock acquisition, Ouster plans to establish Ouster Automotive, a new division focused on driving mass-market adoption of digital lidar in consumer and commercial vehicles. “Ouster and Sense are an ideal…
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Widespread labor shortages and the rapid growth of online retail have put enormous pressure on warehouse, logistics, and manufacturing facilities to do more with less. ROEQ yesterday announced that it has added payload capacity and lifting flexibility in two top modules for mobile robots. The Vissenbjerg, Denmark-based company said its new products will help end users achieve productivity goals and…
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Next week, the Association for Advancing Automation, or A3, will host the AMR & Logistics Conference in Memphis, Tenn. Among the sessions at the event will be a roundtable on interoperability for autonomous mobile robots. Many autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) entering warehouses and other environments are managed by vendor-provided software and connect with other enterprise systems. However, concerns about interoperability…
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Last week, FedEx Express, in collaboration with Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FCMI) Air, announced completion of its first scheduled last-mile aerial drone delivery in Ireland. The delivery marked the launch of a trial service delivering goods from FMCI based at Shannon Airport in County Clare, to Foynes Port in County Limerick, Ireland’s second-largest port operator and largest bulk port company.…
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Deploying an autonomous robot to a new environment can be a tough proposition. How can you gain confidence that the robot’s perception capabilities are robust enough so it performs safely and as planned? Trimble faced this challenge when it started building plans to deploy the Spot robot in a variety of indoor settings and construction environments. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble needed…
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Körber Supply Chain said it plans to share the latest developments to help businesses overcome supply chain complexity at Elevate Asia-Pacific (APAC) from Oct. 5 to 8, 2021. The Minneapolis-based company will also show its automation portfolio and integration services for supply chain and manufacturing operations at the first-ever global Automate! conference on Oct. 6. As supply chains grow more…
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Mobile Industrial Robots ApS today announced a partnership with CSi palletising, a Netherlands-based integrator that provides full end-of-line palletizing systems to some of the world’s largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies. The first offering from this collaboration includes CSi palletising’s high-level infeed layer palletizer integrated with the new MiR1350 autonomous mobile robots to help fully…
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