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Noodle AI has produced an infographic to show how artificial intelligence is changing commerce
Artificial intelligence is everywhere. In fact, you may have interacted with it today and you didn’t even know it.
AI can streamline a lot of our daily business operations, freeing us up to tackle more difficult tasks.
Within the world of e-commerce, AI may be the key to streamlining the supply chain. [Read more…] about Infographic: How AI is streamlining the supply chain
Sensors supplier Sick showcased a new “smart logistics” system at the recent ProMAT Show, one of the world’s largest material handling exhibitions.
Sick says its system demonstrates how to obtain greater efficiency throughout supply chain operations.
Sick presented its new innovations under the banner of “Logistics Gets Smart”, and says they are designed to provide “highly efficient solutions for intralogistics applications”. [Read more…] about Sick demonstrates ‘smart logistics’ system for warehouse automation
NextShift Robotics, a provider of autonomous mobile robot solutions for automated order fulfilment and warehouse materials management, has been granted a second patent, US10214354B2, “Method and System for Automated Transport of Items”.
The patent pertains to operating a robotic picking system in which the containers to be picked are positioned on the shelves and within picking stations.
The patent covers the ability of the robot to raise itself vertically to access shelving of different heights in order to pick the appropriate container from a range of shelf heights and storage system configurations.
Mining vehicles giant Komatsu has created what it describes as a “center of excellence” for its massive autonomous haulage trucks.
The company says the new facility brings together product, technology and service experts from across the company.
The official name of the facility Center of Excellence for Autonomous Haulage Systems, its driverless trucks. [Read more…] about Komatsu establishes ‘center of excellence’ for its autonomous haulage trucks
Montratec has unveiled what it describes as “revolutionary and sensational automation technology” at this year’s Automate Show.
At the automation technology trade fair, the US-positioned German company demonstrated several new product developments of their future-oriented automation and transport system “montrac”.
In particular, the innovative features of the new transport shuttle-generation “MSH5” are setting the next milestone in the field of intra-logistics and process automation. [Read more…] about Montratec unveils ‘revolutionary and sensational’ automation technology at ProMAT
Geek Plus Robotics says it is receiving high levels of interest from heavy industry for its supply chain automation technologies, which are currently being showcased at ProMAT, in Chicago.
A spokesperson for the company says the specific products generating the interest are its autonomous forklift truck as well as its M1000, which, as the name suggests, is a warehouse mobile robot with a payload of 1,000 kg. The driverless forklift’s payload is 1.6 tons.
“We are getting a lot of inquiries about all our products, but the forklift and M1000 are of particular interest because there are not many companies that can supply these kinds of machines,” says the spokesperson. [Read more…] about Geek Plus Robotics looks set to expand into the multibillion-dollar forklift truck market
Starship says its autonomous delivery robots have now travelled over 200,000 miles – the equivalent of driving around the world more than eight times
Starship Technologies, the world’s leading provider of autonomous delivery services, today announced that it has passed the major milestone of 50,000 commercial deliveries.
The company’s robots have travelled in over 100 cities around the world, operating commercially every day in local neighbourhoods and university and corporate campuses across five different time zones.
Today, Starship celebrates its one year anniversary of operation in Milton Keynes, in the UK, having seen the number of houses served in the town grow by 450 percent in the last year. [Read more…] about Starship Technologies celebrates 50,000 autonomous deliveries with its robots
RightHand Robotics, a provider of autonomous robotic piece-picking solutions, has released its RightPick2 solution, the company’s next-generation, integrated software and hardware product platform.
The launch was made at the ongoing ProMat Show in Chicago, a major showcase for material handling automation for supply chain, distribution and manufacturing.
RightPick2 is an autonomous piece-picking platform that handles the core task of picking and placing individual items as part of a wide range of warehouse workflows and processes. [Read more…] about RightHand Robotics system surpasses 10 million picks with RightPick platform
inVia Robotics, a provider of warehouse automation solutions for e-commerce, has expanded the application of its Picker robots in additional Rakuten Super Logistics warehouses across the United States.
Following the success of an initial installation in 2018, RSL will roll out inVia’s automation technology for picking across its fulfillment network.
Rakuten Super Logistics is a national leader in e-commerce order fulfillment as a third-party logistics provider. [Read more…] about inVia Robotics expands partnership with Rakuten to multiple new warehouses across the US
Otto Motors, a division of Clearpath Robotics, has launched “Otto 750”, which it claims to be “the first self-driving vehicle for material handling with a payload of 750 kg”.
Otto 750 is a mid-range self-driving vehicle designed to move pallet-scale loads which would otherwise be manually moved by a pump truck or tugger.
Otto says the 750-kg payload is important because of how factories typically transport materials. [Read more…] about Otto Motors launches new self-driving vehicle for material handling
