Topic: Technology

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Fetch Robotics names former Walmart executive as new VP of engineering

October 29, 2018 · Cloud expert also worked on scalable cloud-based platforms for eBay, PayPal.

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Creform donates AGVs to Alabama Industrial Training Center

October 29, 2018 · Supporting robotic piece picking applications, AGV system uses wireless opportunity charging, RFID readers, touchscreen HMI and wireless radio.

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IFR: Global industrial robot sales doubled over the past five years

October 19, 2018 · Global sales value up 21% year over year. United States robot installations increased to 33,192 units in 2017, 6% more than in 2016.

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5 Ways Technology Will Forever Change the Automotive and Transportation Industries

October 11, 2018 · Transportation technology is in the midst of a revolution, and new technologies are improving the efficiency of existing transportation methods, these new developments are poised to completely reshape the way we move things.

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Digitization and Autonomous Driving to Halve Logistics Costs by 2030, finds PwC Study

October 8, 2018 · The Global Truck Study 2018 study by PwC's Strategy& indicates that By 2030, trucking and logistics will be an ecosystem of autonomous vehicles directed by a digitized supply chain, combining driverless, cabless trucks and delivery hubs staffed by robots.

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XPO Logistics to Deploy 5,000 Collaborative Warehouse Robots in North America and Europe

October 7, 2018 · XPO Logistics will buy 5,000 warehouse robots from a Singapore startup backed by billionaire Peter Thiel as part of a deal that makes XPO the only logistics provider to use the technology in North America, the U.K., and eight other European countries.

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7 Reasons for Using Autonomous Robots in Your Warehouse

October 4, 2018 · Here are the main reasons why your company needs to start integrating autonomous robots into its supply chain in 2018.

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9 Attributes Redefining the Warehouse of the Future

October 1, 2018 · The continued growth of e-commerce, last mile delivery, and warehousing as a whole are driving significant demand for industrial properties and spurring innovation in how the assets are built and utilized.

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Material Handling & Logistics Conference: Day 2.

September 13, 2018 · Can we talk about robots? And, not just robots. Let’s add Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to the conversation, all of which have been on the menu at this year’s conference.

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U.S. Department of Energy provides $2 million grant for robotics

September 11, 2018 · A research and development team will use the grant to develop a commercially viable autonomous hydrogen fueling station.

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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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OnRobot gets funding from Summit Partners, acquires Purple Robotics

September 4, 2018 · The acquisition takes place two months after the OnRobot merger of three robotics companies from the United States, Hungary and Denmark that created one global player with a focus on the market for industrial robot accessories.

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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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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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Collaborative robot works overnight for manufacturer

August 6, 2018 · CNC machine shop and manufacturer employs cobot to automate repetitive jobs.

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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 robotics can fit your operation

August 1, 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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