Topic: Software

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Warehouse Drones Ready for Digital Inventory Management

September 6, 2018 · Bolstered by the growth in industrial IoT, drones are proving their benefits for aerial inventory within warehouse facilities.

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FAA Completes Four Pilots in Its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program

September 6, 2018 · The four pilots cover a wide range of applications for commercial drones, including healthcare materials delivery in North Carolina, consumer delivery in Virginia, providing bait to capture feral hogs in Oklahoma, and a beyond line of visual sight flights aimed at agricultural applications in Kansas.

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MRO Academic Insights: Getting up to speed in Alabama

August 21, 2018 · In northern Alabama, the Alabama Robotics Technology Park is training nearly 1,000 automation operators and technicians each year for local manufacturers. It's one of the reasons Alabama is attracting so much manufacturing and distribution activity.

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Vision Picking Can Be Transformed Through Smart Engineers and Processes

August 20, 2018 · Augmented reality, smart glasses and other technologies are not enough in themselves to unlock value.

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Four Truths About DC Robots, Jobs, And Warehouse Execution

August 13, 2018 · Many articles about robots in the distribution center include predictions of large scale job losses. “Robots Replace People” is a good, attention-grabbing headline, but the truth is more complicated.

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While Uber Exits Self-Driving Trucks Kodiak Robotics Starts Up

August 8, 2018 · As the autonomous self-driving truck market heats up Otto/Google veteran Don Burnette and venture capitalist Paz Eshel and their start-up company Kodiak Robotics raise $40M to tackle the long-haul trucking business.

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inVia Robotics raises $20 million Series B funding for warehouse automation robots

August 2, 2018 · The funds will be used to boost the commercial deployment of inVia's Picker robots and cloud-based Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) management system.

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Materials handling market to be worth more than $190 billion by 2024

August 2, 2018 · Material Handling Equipment Market size is set to exceed USD 190 billion by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc.

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How Do Autonomous Robots Drive Supply Chain Innovation?

August 1, 2018 · This article identifies seven qualities that set autonomous drones and robots apart from their human-controlled counterparts.

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Capacity partners with RightHand Robotics

July 31, 2018 · The collaboration will integrate the Massachusetts-based company's RightPick automation system into Capacity's fulfillment solution offering.

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Can Warehouse Robots Help You Manage Your Inventory Better?

July 14, 2018 · In every warehouse or retail store, there is an opportunity to add value, and the good news is that robotics and drones provide payback within three to six months, versus five to 10 years for AS/RS systems.

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The Emerging Role for Warehouse Drones in the Supply Chain

July 13, 2018 · Matt Yearling, CEO of PINC, a yard management and inventory robotics provider, discusses the immediate applicability of aerial robots or drones for expediting inventory checks in warehouses, tracking trailers in a yard, and counting inventory of new automobiles in a storage location.

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How robotics can fit your operation

July 9, 2018 · There is a lot to like about robotics as a means of automating DCs. The tricky questions around robotics are not will they catch on, because they are, but what types of robotics will best suit an operation, and how will they interact with traditional automation and human labor?

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ABI Research outlines eight technologies that will transform manufacturing

June 20, 2018 · Research identifies vendor challenges and solutions for 'new-future' technologies including robotics, blockchain, AI and edge analytics.

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Big Picture: A Peek at the Future

June 8, 2018 · Five views on how materials handling and other activities within the four walls are changing right in front of us.

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5 Answers to 5 Big Transportation and Logistics Questions

May 21, 2018 · How are logistics technology startup transportation disruptors, electronic logging devices, self-driving vehicles, supply chain visibility, and blockchain technologies going to impact and shape the future of logistics management and the supply chain?

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Modex Software Wrap-up: Vendors Reposition on Software to Drive Improvement for Automated DCs

April 12, 2018 · The evolution of software continues to blur the lines between familiar acronyms and emerging capabilities.

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Fetch Robotics introduces two mobile robot solutions

April 10, 2018 · Fetch Robotics (Booth B4835) announced it has expanded its VirtualConveyor family of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) with the addition of CartConnect and RollerTop robots.

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Robotic piece-picking gets smarter with new AI software at RightHand Robotics

April 10, 2018 · Just one year after its debut, the stationary piece-picking robots from RightHand Robotics (Booth B4087) for warehousing and fulfillment centers continue to evolve to address the individual unit handling needs of e-commerce and omni-channel retailers.

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Augmented Reality Maintenance for Distribution Centers

April 10, 2018 · Real-time audio-visual connection to off-site support helps customers decrease unplanned downtime and reduce service costs.

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