Topic: Warehouse

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Material Handling & Logistics Conference: Day 1.

September 10, 2018 · The future of work, robotics and artificial intelligence were on the first morning's agenda

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Universal Robots marks milestone with 25,000th collaborative robot

September 10, 2018 · Gold edition robot presented to customer Kay Manufacturing at IMTS in Chicago.

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Office supplies logistics at Dimerc Office

September 10, 2018 · Chile’s largest B2B distributor of office supplies added a three-level pick module and a high-speed shipping sorter to its distribution center. The result was a 30% increase in productivity.

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A scientific approach to warehouse automation

September 7, 2018 · Before making a large investment in automation, companies need to conduct a detailed data-driven, fact-based assessment across people, process and technology to identify the right fit.

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GreyOrange closes $140 million Series C

September 6, 2018 · Marks the biggest fundraising in industrial automation systems

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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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Driverless Trucks Could Potentially Replace Many of the Nation’s Best Long-Distance Trucking Jobs

September 5, 2018 · A new study by Dr. Steve Viscelli, a sociologist and trucking expert at the University of Pennsylvania, concludes that eroding job quality should be as serious a concern as job loss – and identifies public policies to ensure a future of good jobs in the industry.

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GreyOrange expands its global footprint, opens U.S. headquarters in Atlanta

August 28, 2018 · In its first client site in the U.S., GreyOrange will deploy 740 robots in Atlanta and create several thousand jobs across this and other initial client sites.

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Honeywell and Carnegie Mellon University to collaborate on robotics and AI for connected DCs

August 28, 2018 · The collaboration will focus on next-generation machine learning and robotic controls to help distribution centers address rising e-commerce demands and resource challenges.

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IAM Robotics names Joel Reed the new CEO

August 24, 2018 · IAM Robotics announces that founder, Tom Galluzzo, will become the company’s Chief Technology Officer and names current Vice President, Joel Reed, as the new Chief Executive Officer.

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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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As Amazon Ponders Airborne Fulfillment Centers Demand for Vertical Warehousing Grows

August 21, 2018 · With the first U.S. multistory warehouses preparing to open and amazon contemplating futuristic airborne fulfillment centers, demand is growing for the vertical construction of urban warehouses with smaller real estate footprints.

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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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Deploy Mobile Solutions Faster Across Your Enterprise

August 17, 2018 · Honeywell’s customer research revealed that our customers need a better, easier way to deploy and manage their mobile solutions.

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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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GreyOrange sorts fast fashion with new high-speed linear sorter

August 8, 2018 · This sorter located at a new distribution center in Maharashtra, India, will be used as an order consolidation item sorter for store retail distribution.

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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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