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After announcing their partnership just last week, Hy-Tek Intralogistics and Hai Robotics are already taking the wraps of their first joint project. This companies have developed an automated storage and retrieval system, or ASRS, for a manufacturing and engineering company in Ohio for a GTP buffer system application. The facility had previously used a carousel to manage much of the…
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ResGreen Group International Inc. yesterday said it has signed a new contract with a top automotive supplier to manufacture, integrate, and install its BigBuddy automated guided vehicles, or AGVs, and BotWay traffic management software. BigBuddy will deliver full pods on a customized load-handling frame from an assembly-line station to the staging area. The AGV will then return an empty pod…
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PickNik Inc. yesterday announced that it has successfully secured two Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, contracts with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The company said the contracts validate its expertise in developing technologies for autonomous robotic manipulation, utilization, and maintenance, as well as integrated mission planning and execution for space operations. “We are pushing the boundaries of autonomous…
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Editor’s note: The following column by Melissa Fent, lift truck operator training manager for Crown Equipment Corporation, 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. ————- As our industry celebrates National Forklift Safety Day, it is important…
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DETROIT—Automate 2023 could very well have been the Association for Advancing Automation's most-packed trade show yet. There were several interesting developments, including product launches, new collaborations, and insights into where robotics is heading in the next few years. More than 30,000 people registered for this year's event, with 757 exhibitors on the show floor, according to the Association for Advancing…
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ABB today officially opened its new Robotics Packaging and Logistics Headquarters, located north of Atlanta in Alpharetta, Georgia. The new facility will serve as ABB‘s dedicated center for robotic automation solutions in the logistics and packaging industries. “We are delighted to open our new Robotics Packaging and Logistics Headquarters in Greater Atlanta, home to some of the world’s largest packaging…
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Sebert Landscape today announced that it is one of the first landscaping companies in the U.S. to add RC Mowers' Autonomous Mowing Robots to its fleet of lawncare equipment. The full-service commercial landscape contractor serves Chicagoland and Southeastern Wisconsin. “I’m so proud to be one of the first companies to deploy this new technology,” said Jeff Sebert, founder and CEO…
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OPLOG today announced that it has opened its first U.S. warehouse in Chicago. The new fulfillment center boasts 10,000 sq. m (107,639 sq. ft.) of floor space and uses the company's automation and warehouse management technologies. “The United States remains an immensely vital market for the e-commerce industry, and its significance continues to grow,” said Halit Develioğlu, CEO of OPLOG,…
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The promise of artificial intelligence (AI) and vision technology is starting to make robotic automation of depalletizing and palletizing more flexible, and in the process, opening it up to a broader set of users. For years, articulating robotic arms and other types of industrial robots have been used for end-of-line palletizing of single SKUs, but now vision and AI are…
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ABB today officially opened its Robotics Packaging and Logistics Headquarters in Alpharetta, Ga., north of Atlanta. The new facility will develop next-generation artificial intelligence and robotics to help U.S. customers remain competitive, said the company. “We are delighted to open our new Robotics Packaging and Logistics Headquarters in Greater Atlanta, home to some of the world’s largest packaging and logistics…
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Automate, the largest robotics and automation trade show in North America, celebrated its most successful event to date with record numbers. More than 30,000 people from around the world registered to visit the sold-out show floor featuring 757 exhibitors during Automate’s four-day run May 22-25, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan, according to show sponsor the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). Due…
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Boston Dynamics today announced that it has added improved inspection workflows, a new audiovisual system, and behavioral enhancements to its Spot robot. The company has also entered a strategic partnership with Levatas, a leading provider of artificial intelligence, software, and systems for automating industrial inspections. “Spot is at the forefront of the emerging mobile robotics market,” Boston Dynamics wrote in…
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New research by Interact Analysis shows the market for robotic picking is in the early stages of growth but presents huge potential. The market was worth $236 million in 2022, but by 2030 this will increase to $6.8 billion. Rising labor costs and supply chain constraints are likely to be key drivers for the market, as companies turn to automation…
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Robotics startups, investors, integrators, and end users are grappling with vendor consolidation, heightened demand and public expectations, and a tightening of available funding. How can they navigate such challenges? Harpinder (Harpi) Singh is a partner at Innovation Endeavors and an entrepreneur with nearly two decades of experience building products for emerging industries at the intersection of mobile, data, and deep…
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Last week in London, Viroteq won a virtual stacking challenge at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, or ICRA. The Abcoude, Netherlands-based company said its artificial intelligence-driven system optimizes stacking and packing processes with unknown, mixed-size packages. “We are very proud to have won this international challenge, which is a great reward for all the hard work of our…
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