Topic: Logistics

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AutoGuide Mobile Robots opens testing center in Massachusetts

June 23, 2020 · With virtual demonstrations offered now, the test facility enables customers to see the flexible, safe and easy-to-deploy AMRs in action.

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ForwardX Robotics Introduces Collaborative Mobile Robots as a Service

June 23, 2020 · ForwardX Robotics, a Beijing-based provider of autonomous mobile robots, said its robotics-as-a-service offering is intended to make technology widely accessible.

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Top Five Warehouse Management Problems and How to Fix Them

June 17, 2020 · Warehouse management is commonly associated with six basic tenets: accuracy, cost control, efficiency, cleanliness, safety and security, but the underlying processes are complex and dynamic, presenting major problems for warehouse managers across industries.

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Study from Blue Yonder and WMG takes a long look at impact of COVID-19 on retail supply chains

June 12, 2020 · It is fair to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a jarring impact on retail supply chains in myriad ways, in terms of how retailers had to respond and react to a new way of handling their supply chain operations. That was made clear in the findings of a recent study published by Blue Yonder (formerly JDA), a provider of AI-driven and end-to-end supply chain management services, and WMG, an academic department at the University of Warwick, England that provides research, education and knowledge transfer in engineering, manufacturing and technology.

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Are exoskeletons the X factor for industrial workers?

June 10, 2020 · You might know the exoskeleton from Iron Man, but this emerging technology may offer relief to persistent, and costly, injuries.

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Robotic software takes control of the warehouse

June 8, 2020 · Just like WES, robot operating systems are undergoing a transformation that may change the way we manage distribution centers.

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Robotics and other digitized technologies may remake 3PL industry in post-pandemic world

June 2, 2020 · For many industry thought leaders, analysts and educators, the impact made by the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to realign the current third-party logistics marketplace. But when it does, shippers may expect far greater reliance on innovative technologies requiring substantial capital investment.

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Conveyco and Geek+ announce strategic partnership for North America

May 19, 2020 · Partnership will provide flexibility and reduced costs associated for warehouse and logistics operations in various industries, especially for fast-growing e-commerce and online retail.

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Warehouse/DC: When Virtual Reality Is More Than Real

May 5, 2020 · Lift truck operator training is getting a boost from VR. In addition to shortening training time, the technology offers managers and drivers more information earlier about people’s abilities to safely operate trucks of all types.

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Safety Laser Scanner Enhances Use of Small Mobile Robots

May 5, 2020 · Safety laser scanner for mobile applications: space problems banished, performance increased.

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Other Voices: In times of social distancing, essential businesses turn to autonomous robots

May 5, 2020 · Warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing companies look to autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to operate efficiently while maintaining the social distancing guidelines.

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Keeping Automated Vehicles on Track with 2D LiDAR Localization

May 4, 2020 · LiDAR Localization software uses measurement data from safety laser scanners as a supplement to magnetic and optical tracking guidance technologies.

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How the Pandemic Could Remake Supply Chain’s Digital Future

April 28, 2020 · The need to embrace the digital transformation (DT) of supply chains remains critically important for companies, but as is the case in most areas of business, it is being shaped by the COVID-19 crisis.

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UPS Flight Forward and CVS to Launch Residential Drone Delivery Service in Florida

April 27, 2020 · UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward will use drones to deliver prescription medicines from a CVS pharmacy to The Villages, Florida for the largest U.S. retirement community home, to more than 135,000 residents.

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Robotics Gain Ground Inside the Warehouse

April 24, 2020 · While the labor crunch and the ability of AMRs to offload manual travel are central to their success, there are other benefits to robotics in addition to reducing labor requirements.

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UPS rolls out new WES offering

April 24, 2020 · Company officials said that this new WES, which was developed by UPS and Softeon, a provider of supply chain technology services, is geared towards enabling faster intake and fulfillment for customers, notably those with fluctuating order patterns, are able to get products on time.

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Transforming Material Handling Equipment into Fully-Autonomous Self-Driving Vehicles

April 23, 2020 · In this Q&A, Amanda Baier, Vecna Robotics’ Director of Marketing Communications, discusses the role of autonomous mobile robots in the logistics space.

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Self-Driving Vehicles for Bulk Materials Handling

April 21, 2020 · Vecna Robotics’ Pivotal™ technology safely transforms OEM material handling equipment into fully-autonomous self-driving vehicles, orchestrates tasks across resources for optimized workflow efficiency, and employs the power of AI to create a machine learning feedback loop for system-wide continuous improvement.

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New Warehouse Management & Execution System Offers Breakthrough Capabilities

April 21, 2020 · In this Q&A, Dan Gilmore, Softeon’s chief marketing officer, discusses the state of the supply chain automation market and shows how the company is responding to new market trends.

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Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) adds 5 certified system integrators to network

April 17, 2020 · MiR's global network of CSIs ensure proper installation and service of MIR's fleet of user-friendly, powerful and robust AMRs for heavy and light internal transport.

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