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What is Hyperlocal Fulfillment? Inner-city congestion and rising delivery costs. Increasing demand for instant fulfillment. Skyrocketing prices for conventional distribution center real estate. The Rise of Ecommerce The four horsemen of the retail apocalypse have come together to give logistics managers a real nightmare. How do you fulfill customer orders in this environment while still maintaining an acceptable profit margin?…
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3D Systems unveiled Figure 4 Production Black 10 (PRO-BLK 10)—a production material for additive manufacturing applications that enables manufacturers to directly produce end-use plastic parts without tooling. This results in parts produced the same day versus weeks required with conventional tool-based approaches. Figure 4 PRO-BLK 10 is 3D Systems’ photopolymer for additive manufacturing that exhibits thermoplastic behaviors, providing a combination…
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Keysight Technologies, Inc. announces the first automated test solution for automotive Ethernet receivers (Rx) at 1G speeds, enabling Tier 1, OEM, chipset vendors and other automotive suppliers in the ecosystem, to improve time to market and achieve IEEE and OPEN Alliance compliance. Keysight has developed a new automotive Ethernet Rx test software that verifies that information is received as intended.…
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Altair announces the addition of the CellMod Virtual Battery by Sendyne to the Altair Partner Alliance (APA). CellMod is a lithium-ion virtual battery capable of predicting cell and pack behavior, including thermal behavior, with an accuracy of better than 97% under a wide range of test conditions. Utilizing an electrochemical model, CellMod is packaged as a functional mock-up unit (FMU),…
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The international technology group Körber strengthens its Business Area Logistics Systems by acquiring a majority stake in Cohesio Group Ltd. The Australian-based company is a leading integrator of voice-directed and autonomous mobile robotics (AMR) solutions for logistics. The acquisition was completed effective September 20, 2019. The Cohesio Group, headquartered in Melbourne, within just a few years established itself as one…
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The TCT Show in Birmingham, UK, will be the first time EnvisionTEC GmbH will welcome Henkel Loctite to Booth E92 as a material partner. As announced earlier in 2019, to further drive the adoption of 3D printing technologies beyond prototyping to final parts production, the companies have signed an agreement to combine Henkel´s materials expertise with EnvisionTEC´s printer and application…
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Markforged reports that Inconel 625 is now available with the Markforged Metal X system. The new material is said to be resistant to corrosion and high temperatures, and is used for applications that are exposed to harsh environments seen in the chemical processing, offshore and aerospace industries. 3D printing Inconel 625 helps reduce lead times and part costs, according to…
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The inaugural CAASE19 virtual conference was held on Oct. 8. If you missed the live event, the keynote and individual conference sessions are still available on-demand via our registration page. With many automotive and aerospace manufacturers turning to additive manufacturing (AM) in their lightweighting projects, the die casting discipline begins to feel its glory days are fading. Some…
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Last year marked the fourth-straight year lift truck sales increased, with more than a quarter million units sold, according to the Industrial Truck Association. Meanwhile, the pace of fulfillment work continues to quicken, with multiple surveys showing pressure is being felt around shorter cycle times and increased customer demands. As a result of these trends, distribution center managers have more…
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Self-Driving Vehicles and Related Technologies Across all transportation-reliant industries, we see more experimentation with self-driving vehicles and related technologies. Focused on lessening their reliance on human drivers in the midst of a significant truck driver shortage and leveraging the capabilities of modern technology, these companies are leading a charge that one day could give autonomous vehicles a real presence on…
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Creaform has added the ACADEMIA 50 3D scanner to its ACADEMIA educational solution suite. This professional-grade, portable 3D scanner is a solution for teachers looking to show students the benefit of handheld 3D scanners and their use in real-life applications, such as reverse engineering, industrial design and quality control. Easy to set up and use by teachers and students of…
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Columbia/Okura LLC has announced a strategic alliance with Universal Robots that will allow Columbia/Okura to deliver a more extensive range of robotic palletizing solutions, including collaborative palletizing applications. Columbia/Okura has been working on the development of miniPALTM a mobile, collaborative palletizing product integrating Universal Robot’s UR10e for some time. Columbia/Okura intends to launch this new product range of palletizing “cobots”…
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A new report from Deloitte and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) suggests smart factory initiatives could potentially ignite stalled labor productivity growth, predicting a threefold improvement in labor productivity over the next decade. In the spring of 2019, Deloitte and MAPI surveyed more than 600 executives at manufacturing companies with headquarters in the United States and a…
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With the new release of ANSYS Autonomy, part of ANSYS 2019 R3, ANSYS enables engineers to develop safer autonomous vehicles (AVs) through advanced closed-loop scenario simulation; automated driving and control software development; functional safety analysis; and sensor, camera, lidar and radar simulation. “In ANSYS 2019 R3, ANSYS Autonomy integrates ANSYS flagship products into a comprehensive virtual testing and development environment…
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Stratasys Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Xaar plc to purchase shares of Xaar 3D Ltd. that will increase Stratasys’ stake in Xaar 3D from 15% to 45%, with Xaar plc, through its fully owned subsidiary, Xaar 3D Holdings, having the remaining 55%. In addition, the agreement includes an option for Stratasys to acquire the remaining shares of Xaar…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
