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During a Tuesday press conference at Modex, Fetch Robotics (Booth 9011) introduced and demoed its CartConnect500—an addition to the CartConnect lineup of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), which is the industry’s first (and so far only) autonomous cart transport solution for numerous payloads. Featuring the company’s Freight500 robot base, along with an attached lift module, the CartConnect500 can pick up a…
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Empire Group, Inc., a Massachusetts-based provider of end-to-end product development and production services, announced its strategic partnership with Mainspring Capital Partners, a Boston-based provider of growth capital to growing businesses. Empire Group is a full-service product development company that provides customized and advanced solutions to manufacturers on the East Coast, and across the U.S., within the consumer goods, defense, medical…
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Renishaw, is collaborating with Simufact to enhance the success of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) builds through accurate simulation and streamlined additive manufacturing (AM) build preparation. The collaboration includes the integration of Renishaw's QuantAM build preparation software into Simufact Additive 2020, announced at Formnext 2019. The two companies are also working together on improved simulation of the complex metallurgy of…
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At a joint press conference at Waypoint Robotics’ booth (Booth 9600), executives with Way-point and Numina detailed how they teamed up to create an automated batch order picking solution based on Waypoint’s autonomous mobile robot (AMR) and Numina’s voice-directed picking and Real-time Distribution Software (RDS) solution. The RDS software’s Batch Bot Voice Picking Application integrates with Waypoint’s Vector AMR and…
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At a press conference at Modex 2020, Knapp (Booth 5406) discussed its strong business growth over the last year, gave an overview of its latest products, and showed how a partnership with Covariant is helping it create AI-enabled robots for the fulfillment environment. Knapp’s executives gave the audience an update on the OSR Shuttle Evo, of which the company has…
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Fetch Robotics (Booth 9011), a leader in Cloud robotics, today announced a collaboration with Zebra Technologies Corporation, an innovator at the edge of the enterprise with solutions and partners that enable businesses to gain a performance edge, to optimize and automate warehouse picking processes through the integration of Fetch Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and Zebra FulfillmentEdge software. The solution optimizes…
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As a next-generation technology, virtual reality (VR) may seem kind of out there. You know, little used and not especially well developed. More in the future than the present. Something you wouldn’t be interested in unless you’re an early adopter of next-generation technologies. If that’s what you’re thinking, you need to reconsider. When it comes to lift truck operator training,…
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RightHand Robotics (Booth 9826) is exhibiting its RightPick2 autonomous robotic piece-picking platform, which handles the picking and placing of individual items as part of a range of warehouse workflows and processes. RightPick2 combines new skills based on RightPick.AI, the AI-enabled vision and motion control software with deep learning. The system can pick and place thousands of SKUs, fulfilling orders at…
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With automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) being used in most manufacturing and distribution facilities, many companies are looking for a more efficient way to accomplish precise fine positioning. In recent years, vision solutions have become the common solution to help complete these tasks, but many were not as precise as they could be. Now there’s a solution available to…
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Sigma Labs, a developer of quality assurance software for the commercial 3D printing industry, and Materialise NV, a provider of additive manufacturing software and of Materialise MCP Controller with Sigma Labs' PrintRite3D technology and have agreed to enter into a binding joint sales agreement to begin beta customer commercialization of the integrated PrintRite3D and Materialise Control Platform (MCP) product. The…
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Waltham, Mass.-based 6 River Systems (6RS), a provider of collaborative warehouse solutions and subsidiary of multi-channel commerce platform Shopify, said today that it has rolled out various enhancements to Chuck, its collaborative mobile robot. 6RS officials explained that the company’s solution is able to manage the entire fulfillment workflow, ranging from putaway to picking, sorting, and packing. And they added…
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Editor’s note: The following column by James Beale, operations manager at Invicta Pallet Racking, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column, a series featuring ideas, opinions and insights from end-users, analysts, systems integrators and OEMs. Click here to learn about submitting a column for consideration. Most businesses are always looking to be more efficient, but never more so than in…
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RightHand Robotics (RHR), a leader in providing autonomous robotic picking solutions, is pleased to announce the company’s global expansion in Europe with the establishment of a sales and business development office in Frankfurt, Germany. With multiple customers and partners based in Europe, RHR’s German operation will strengthen the company’s business and enable them to further expand their presence as the…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
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Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
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