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Late last month, Walmart Inc. announced the completion of renovations at its retrofitted regional distribution center (RDC) in Palestine, Texas. This multi-million-dollar investment to the 1.2 million sq. ft. facility is part of a broader initiative that the retailer announced last year to renovate all 42 regional distribution centers with automated technology. The company said the technology will help it…
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The need to move materials, clean surfaces, and collect data in factories, warehouses, and other facilities has only grown. Despite fears of robots replacing workers who are scarce in many industries, most of the automation spreading today is meant to improve efficiency and safety. Avidbots Corp. is an example of a robotics supplier rising to the challenge with multifunction systems.…
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From the growth of e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic to persistent labor shortages, there have been plenty of reasons for supply chains to adopt mobile robots. However, understanding the need to automate and getting a return on one's investment are two different things, noted GreyOrange's CEO. The key is whether robots are adding value as part of a holistic approach,…
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AMP Robotics Corp. has raised $91 million in corporate equity in a Series C financing round that it said it will use to scale its business operations while continuing its international expansion. The company said it will also use the funding to retrofit recycling operations with its robotic technology. It said the new capital will enhance manufacturing capacity to support…
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As digitization and automation become top priorities for businesses worldwide, they are partnering with experienced suppliers and integrators to implement robotics. DB Schenker, a global logistics service provider, today said it has partnered with Körber Supply Chain to automate operations at its new distribution center near Prague. The companies claimed that the installation of 100 autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) from…
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MassRobotics is now accepting applications for its Jumpstart Fellowship Program. The Boston nonprofit started the program to help give girls in high school the opportunity to gain hands-on technical skills and learn about the robotics industry. This is the third time MassRobotics is putting on the program. Jumpstart focuses on many technical areas, from programming to design and simulation, to…
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GreyOrange Inc. has continued its expansion in Latin America, offering robots for fulfillment and inventory optimization software. The Roswell, Ga.-based company today announced an agreement with Dafiti, a leading fashion e-commerce platform in the region, to enhance warehouse productivity for Dafiti’s operations in Chile with its GreyMatter software. “We chose GreyOrange to support our fulfillment operations because we want to…
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Picnic Works, a Seattle-based developer of kitchen automation technology, yesterday announced a partnership with ContekPro, a Portland, Ore.-based manufacturer of modular kitchens. The companies said they are working together to create factory-built pizza kitchens for commercial foodservice providers. ContekPro will manufacture kitchens with an integrated Picnic Pizza Station that uses robotic automation to assemble up to 100 pizzas per hour…
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Mobileye Global Inc. today announced, in connection with its previously announced initial public offering of 41 million shares of its Class A common stock, the full exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase 6,150,000 additional shares of Class A common stock at the public offering price of $21.00 per share less underwriting discounts and commissions. The issuance and…
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Brain Corp. this week announced the third generation of its AI platform for autonomous commercial robots. The San Diego-based company said the new version improves localization and navigation performance, enhances safety and reliability, and improves human and robot interactions. The company claims that over 20,000 mobile robots around the world operate using Brain OS to clean floors, move inventory and…
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Warehouses and distribution centers will soon be in the rush of the holiday season, working long hours to fulfill orders. While e-commerce sales aren’t at the all-time highs they were at last year and throughout 2020, the market still demands strong, flexible, and resilient operations to meet peak demand. Robots can help answer the call in response to labor shortages…
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OSARO, a global provider of AI-driven robotics for e-commerce, has launched a partner program that aims to streamline the deployment of robotic solutions for e-commerce and logistics businesses. The OSARO Partners Alliance program provides a range of collaboration and comarketing opportunities for vendors, integrators, distributors, resellers, third-party logistics companies (3PLs), and consultants, to deliver unified solutions, the company stated. The…
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In April, MHS Global, a materials handling automation provider and systems integrator, and Fortna Inc., a warehouse distribution software provider, announced their intention to merge. The combined entity today said it will be known henceforth as FORTNA. The former MHS and Fortna said they combine decades of experience in the design, development, and delivery of omnichannel and parcel distribution solutions.…
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Flying cars may not yet be commonplace, but investors are betting on Volocopter GmbH to bring its air taxi to market with $182 million (U.S.) in the second signing of its Series E funding round. The Bruschal, Germany-based company said the financing “will carry the company beyond the certification of its electric passenger aircraft, the VoloCity air taxi.” “Sustainable mobility…
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Long dismissed as too heavy-duty a task for collaborative robots, welding is now the fastest growing application segment for Universal Robots A/S. The company said the channel grew more than 80% in the first nine months of 2022 in comparison with last year, with over 1,200 cobots expected to ship in the welding vertical this year. Since the first cobot-powered…
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