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Locus Robotics this week announced that its LocusBots picked over 230 million units during the peak holiday shopping period. The picks were completed between Sept. 1 to Dec. 1, according to Locus. Last year, the robots completed 110 million picks during the same period. “It is now clear that scalable, cost-efficient robotics automation is an operational must-have as volumes continue…
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The types of jobs that robots can do are rapidly changing, as new technologies and companies emerge to serve industry needs. In Spain, mobile robots are quickly becoming one of the most important offerings for local automation suppliers, according to a report released today. Over the past 10 years, the number of new businesses specialized in automating logistics applications has…
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Wandelbots GmbH, a provider of software and tools to make robots easier to program and use, said it plans to launch the first version of its Wandelbots Teaching product integrated with FANUC systems in 2023. “Wandelbots’ goal is that all robots, regardless of manufacturer or model, can be controlled with our technology,” said Bernd Heinrichs, co-CEO of Wandelbots. “With the…
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MOV.AI today announced the beta release of Flow, a visual integrated development environment, or IDE, designed specifically for software based on the Robot Operating System, or ROS. It is intended to allow roboticists to start using ROS quickly and easily, said the Tel Aviv, Israel-based company. The open IDE provides a visual representation of ROS projects for simple and intuitive…
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Electric vehicle solutions company Electromin announced earlier this month that it has purchased a self-driving shuttle from Navya, an autonomous mobility robotics company. The company said it will use the shuttle for pilot projects for its clients in Saudi Arabia. Electromin is a subsidiary of Petromin Corp, which makes lubricants, automotive technology, and multimodal mobility and sustainable transportation systems. Saudi…
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LeddarTech, a provider of advanced driver assist and autonomous driving systems, announced yesterday that it will showcase new products as part of its LVF series designed for SAE Level 2 and Level 2+ ADAS at CES 2023. The company will showcase LVF-E, which is “a front-view fusion and perception stack for entry-level ADAS L2/L2+ highway assist and 5-star NCAP 2025/GSR2022”…
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Raven Industries Inc. debuted its Driverless Tillage Solution and Driver Assist Harvest Solution at CNH Industrial N.V.'s Tech Day last week in Phoenix. The systems are designed to support multiple stages of the cash-crop production cycle and make autonomy more accessible to farmers across seasons. “As our customers continue to face rising costs, labor constraints, decreasing land availability, and short…
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Listen to this episode wherever you get your podcasts. Sure, it takes a great robot to create a materials handling solution. But, as more robots are deployed in warehouses and distribution centers, operators are coming to realize that the software is as important – maybe even more important – than the hardware to get the most value from robotics. On…
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Picking, consolidating, and packing e-commerce orders have traditionally required workers and dedicated material handling at each step. RENATUS ROBOTICS Inc. yesterday launched an autonomous warehouse system that enables a single worker to perform those fulfillment operations in one stop. “This system revolutionizes inventory management and order fulfillment in all segments of logistics including e-commerce,” said the company. RENATUS ROBOTICS, which…
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You need to take into consideration two views on lift truck maintenance. One is macro and the other is micro. At the macro level, it’s all about managing the life expectancy of your lift trucks as a fleet. Yes, the entire fleet. Even across five or 10 locations for a single company. This is a big, broad concept used at…
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Ouster Inc. a provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensors for the automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure industries, announced it will attend CES next month in Las Vegas. Ouster will showcase its latest technology and solutions, including its OS and Digital Flash (DF) series sensors and a new product release, along with select customer and partner applications in the Las…
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The proverbial fork in the road comes fast when an operation starts looking at all the power choices available for lift truck fleets. The options include lead-acid batteries, which remain the bulk of the market for electric trucks used indoors; newer advanced twists on lead-acid such as thin-plate pure lead (TPPL) designed for opportunity charging; and lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in…
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Collaborative robot arms are typically smaller and slower than their industrial cousins. ABB today said it has launched the SWIFTI CRB 1300 “industrial collaborative robot” to bridge the gap between cobots and industrial robots. The SWIFTI CRB 1300 is suitable for a wide variety of production and product-handling applications, ranging from machine tending and palletizing to pick-and-place operations, it said.…
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The most essential part of lift truck safety is a rigorous safety check process by operators at the start of shift, while technologies such as telematics, fleet software and sensor-based operator assist alerts offer other ways of making fleets safer. But what about the risks tied to the facility—more specifically—activity at docks? Docks can be a dangerous area for lift…
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By next September, all drone operators must meet the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's requirements for unmanned aircraft to transmit identification and location information. Hidden Level claimed that its Airspace Monitoring Service technology can track, monitor, and validate drones, regardless of whether they comply with the new FAA rules. The regulations are in response to the explosive growth of unmanned aircraft…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
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