Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.82
…have driven vendor innovation, resulting in a host of put walls with new features that address companies’ current and future needs. A type of warehouse racking system, a put wall can batch work in large fulfillment centers. They consist of long, narrow walls made with individualized compartments—each of which holds a single order. Put walls can cut down on the time it takes for an employee to walk back and forth between the packing area and the picking location. And because they provide dedicated spaces for each order, put walls can reduce errors in item placement. Put walls are configurable…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.20
…in integrated robotic piece-picking solutions, has announced its first put wall integration with Capacity LLC, a leading provider of technology-driven order fulfillment and e-commerce solutions. RightHand’s newest RightPick product platform will be integrated with existing warehouse material handling systems from Lightning Pick, a provider of light-directed and advanced order fulfillment systems. RightPick is an autonomous robotic piece-picking platform that handles the core task of picking and placing individual items as part of a wide range of workflows and processes in warehouse fulfillment operations. Initially released to support AS/RS tending and sorter induction, RightPick’s put wall offering is capable of barcode…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.06
…Inc. yesterday announced the launch of its Robotic Shuttle Put Wall, or RSPW, system for e-commerce order fulfillment. The RSPW is an automated put wall that uses artificial intelligence and can increases capacity and throughput, said the Bedford, Mass.-based company. This is more important than ever because of currently heightened customer expectations for fast and efficient fulfillment, as well as labor scarcity. “Businesses will continue to see e-commerce orders rise as global e-commerce sales expect to approach $5 trillion by the end of 2021,” stated Kevin Prouty, an analyst at IDC. “This growth in volume, combined with labor scarcity, is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.10
…said the deployment of the Berkshire Grey Robotic Shuttle Put Wall (BG RSPW) follows its vision of using technology “to integrate logistics and offer flexible and resilient end-to-end solutions to its customers.” It said the project is intended to do the following: Maximize SKU coverage across a variety of Maersk customers and use cases Increase resilience and flexibility to the supply chain Continue to build on Maersk’s commitment to sustainability Fast deployment and minimal interruption to the existing warehouse infrastructure Berkshire Grey said its Robotic Shuttle Put Wall (BG RSPW) easily integrates into existing fulfillment processes to sort orders three…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.05
…as cobot setups for order fulfillment and a vertical put wall. Automated handling of difficult-to-segment boxes, bagged items The new FANUC M-710iD/50M robot arm - combined with two iRVision 3DV/1600 vision sensors - will use FANUC’s iPC box-detection software to locate boxes within stock carts. The robot will depalletize boxes from one cart, then palletize them on an opposite cart. FANUC said its AI-driven iPC enables picking in challenging lighting conditions and for boxes with patterns that are difficult to segment and determine edge locations. The M-710iD/50M’s curved arm can reach into tall stock carts. Additionally, a FANUC LR-10iA/10 robot…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.94
…industry's most efficient, accurate and high-speed order fulfillment solution. Put-to-light - Similar to pick-to-light, put-to-light solutions direct pickers to the correct bin or slot to place an item. Best suited for batch-picking applications, put-to-light brings comparable improvements to accuracy and productivity when compared to traditional manual sorting. Voice picking - This solution provides voice commands via a wireless network, leaving the picker's hands free while increasing picking speed and accuracy rates. Voice commands can also be programmed in multiple languages, significantly decreasing training requirements for non-English speakers. Voice picking can be used as a cost-effective, stand-alone system or as a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.46
…a robot learns to push the object against a wall or other vertical surface, rotate it and grasp its side. Taking advantage of extrinsic dexterity To grasp the ungraspable, Zhou turned to extrinsic dexterity — manipulating an object in a hand using resources other than the hand itself. She first used reinforcement learning to train a neural network, which in turn taught the robot to use extrinsic dexterity to grasp objects in its surrounding environment. In this case, the robot manipulates the object in its gripper with the help of the wall or other vertical surface. Previous research on extrinsic…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.88
…innovation at Gap Inc. and features multiple piece-picking robotic put walls; nine aisles of mini-load and shuttle technology for automatic case storage and handling; a warehouse execution system (WES) for balancing the workload through the facility; a split-tray sortation system; and automatic bagging and trailer-loading technologies. Inbound cartons are conveyorized (top) in the trailer or container and automatically delivered to storage. It’s a case study in risk management and resilience and an innovative approach to automation. “In the past, distribution was viewed as a cost center and now, because of innovation, it’s a competitive advantage for us,” says Kuntz. “If…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.55
…which e-commerce vendors delivered goods this past holiday season put smiles on millions of consumers' faces. But for vendors, there’s often a steep price—returns. Close to 30% of all e-commerce orders are typically returned by consumers. Projections indicated that by the end of January, consumers would return about $120 billion of goods following the holiday season. Keeping consumers happy while preventing returns from eating into profitability is the daily challenge of reverse logistics, an intensive, particularly labor-bound process that basically reverses the fulfillment process. In addition, there are more quirks and exceptions, like non-uniform packaging of items returned by consumers…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.24
…by 6 River Systems’ booth to learn about their wall to wall solution. Essentially, the autonomous mobile robotic solution had evolved over the last few years from the comparatively simple task of dispatching a robot from Point A to Point B to something that was much more akin to dynamic slotting on a picking cart, as well as tight integration with put walls. When I noted the changes I was seeing in the industry to Natali Taglic, a marketing events coordinator at 6 River, she said it was all because of the software. She then pointed out that 6 River…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.20
…cybersecurity capabilities. Berkshire Grey’s robotic systems include robotic shuttle put walls, sortation systems, and pick cells, which can automate repetitive, manual processes like item sortation for returns or store replenishment and picking. Honeywell said when coupled with its robotics integration knowledge, these systems offer customers improved throughput capacity, labor efficiency and order accuracy. “Order fulfillment, along with stocking shelves, can be some of the most expensive and labor-intensive processes for retailers,” said Keith Fisher, President of Honeywell Intelligrated. Berkshire Grey's automated solutions combined with Honeywell's intelligent software and integration experience enable businesses to accomplish these tasks in a fraction of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.09
…calibration hub. The two-story office area will have glass walls and windows with a view of the nearly 11,000-sq.-ft. Hexagon showroom and demonstration area from both levels. Expanding Hexagon's presence in the Midwest, the Center of Excellence will aim to support advanced manufacturing in the region. Hexagon will consolidate all of its Manufacturing Intelligence businesses in the greater Detroit area into a central location, which includes MSC Software, Production Software (formerly Vero Software), Q-DAS and its metrology solutions portfolio. Employees from the AutonomouStuff and Safety Critical brands of Hexagon’s Positioning Intelligence division will also work from the new site. The…