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It’s November, which means the holiday season is right around the corner. For most retailers, gearing up for peak is a matter of getting the right inventory in the right locations and hiring enough people to get the projected orders out the door. Those tasks are daunting enough. But, how do you recover when a facility you were counting on…
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Of all the costs associated with operating a cold storage facility, lift trucks are among the slipperiest to pin down. A cold warehouse’s capacity, throughput and cooling expenses can be quantified, but that environment’s impact on lift trucks, batteries and productivity are more nebulous. To help identify some of the opportunities and dodge the pitfalls of cold storage applications, Modern…
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Challenge of Scalability in the Ecommerce Warehouse Perhaps no warehouse has to deal with a greater level of volatility and unpredictability as an ecommerce or omnichannel fulfillment center. When you look at a line chart of ecommerce growth over the last five years, it has been remarkably consistent. According to Statista, in the U.S. alone, retail ecommerce growth rose from…
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Integrating Autonomous Robots The opportunities to integrate autonomous robots exist at every stage of the supply chain, where improved efficiencies, lower costs, safer work environments, and higher productivity levels are just a few of the returns that organizations are seeing from their robotics investments. For companies that aren’t already using autonomous robots, launching a strategy can be intimidating. It sounds…
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Fetch Robotics has announced that Tim Kimmet, former vice president of cloud computing platform at Walmart, has joined the company as vice president of engineering. Kimmet will lead Fetch’s growing hardware, software, and quality engineering teams, and scale Fetch’s Cloud Robotics Platform to support the complex warehouse and logistics environments in which Fetch’s Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) operate. “I was…
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Creform Corporation has donated two AGVs to the Alabama Industrial Development Training Center (AIDT), which will use them in its training facility’s lab to simulate manufacturing processes. The AGV system consists of a loop that’s approximately 150 ft. end to end. AGVs carry a cart of blocks representing the product to a robot, which picks block from the top of…
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Universal Robots’ UR5e rang the closing bell on October 17, 2018, at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) robot arm. The bell ringer, a collaborative robot (cobot) with a two-fingered gripper from Robotiq, is able to work alongside people with no safety guarding. According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), cobots are now the fastest growing segment of industrial…
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The new World Robotics Report shows a new record high of 381,000 units were shipped globally in 2017 – an increase of 30% compared to the previous year. According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), this means the annual sales volume of industrial robots increased by 114% over the last five years (2013-2017). The sales value increased by 21%…
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With the goal of developing an increasingly productive, efficient, and fully flexible automated warehousing environment, global logistics provider DB Schenker is collaborating with IAM Robotics to blend leading-edge logistics technology into its operations. This new collaboration is intended to serve as a foundational platform for the use of automation and robotics technologies to help shippers work smarter, better, and faster.…
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On Wednesday, I wrapped up my attendance at this year’s annual MHI conference. I have to say, it was one of the most energetic MHI conferences I’ve attended in recent years. A lot of that had to do, I think, with the genuine interest in how technology is changing in our space, and how it may impact the industry going…
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The Chicago Tribune’s Freedom Center prints, inserts and distributes more than 40 different publications. It contains five floors of activity, from inbound-outbound docks for trucks and rail, raw materials and finished goods warehousing, printing, inserting and packaging, and distribution within very restricted spaces. The narrow aisles and busy floor-level operations present challenges for forklift operators who must wind their way…
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Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Management & Logistics In the last decade, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come roaring out of high-tech labs to become something that people use every day without even realizing it. In addition to powering numerous apps and other digital products, AI stands to benefit all industries, including supply chain and logistics. In fact, lots of companies…
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Automotive & Transportation Technologies Technology is changing the automotive and transportation industry faster than anyone could have predicted. The driver shortage, capacity crisis, price of fuel, and many other factors are putting pressure on companies to innovate and begin commercializing futuristic technologies. Some of these technological trends are already disrupting the automotive and transportation industry. Here are five ways technology…
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…
