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Smart building automation and the future of property development in cities

March 22, 2020 by Polly

As cities continue to grow and evolve, with more people than ever wanting to live and work from within them, so to do the tactics used to house and control this city growth, without being detrimental to the quality of life or the environment.

Here are some of the ways that buildings are modernising and evolving in 2020 and beyond into the new decade, followed by some general information on the property companies involved in these sorts of developments, and then a deeper dive on home automation from a consumer level.

  • Smarter build techniques – Perhaps one of the immediately noticeable differences in modern property developments is that they have new materials, strategies and techniques, allowing them to be as efficient, sleek and affordable as possible, with technology interweaved for the future.
  • Automation in the “smart building” – The smart building is one that, again, is interweaved with overall technology from the beginning, that can be remotely controlled and accessed, perhaps even in tandem with multiple different apartment clusters or even buildings of the same type.

This is incredible for energy efficiency, like heating, lighting, and more can all be controlled by a remote operator, as and when required. [Read more…] about Smart building automation and the future of property development in cities

Filed Under: Features, Promoted Tagged With: amazon, automation, building, buildings, cities, city, consumer, controlled, future, internet, interweaved, level, modern, property, remotely, required, smart, techniques, technology

BP to migrate all its data to Amazon Web Services

January 27, 2020 by David Edwards

Energy major BP is to to go “all-in” on Amazon Web Services and migrate its data to the online retail and cloud computing giant.

BP is closing its European mega data centers and migrating all data and 900 key applications currently hosted there to AWS, as part of a company-wide program to accelerate the digitization of its infrastructure and operations.

The two European mega data centers, the largest that BP operates globally, host data from across all BP’s businesses. [Read more…] about BP to migrate all its data to Amazon Web Services

Filed Under: Computing, News Tagged With: amazon, aws, bp, centers, cloud, data, energy, services

Amazon Robotics building $40 million research and development center in Massachusetts

January 21, 2020 by David Edwards

Amazon is building a new Amazon Robotics innovation hub in Westborough, Massachusetts, creating 200 tech and advanced manufacturing jobs in the process.

Opening in 2021, the company plans to invest more than $40 million in the new site to allow Amazon Robotics to continue to grow its engineering, manufacturing, support and test teams in the state.

The new 350,000 square feet facility, developed by Atlantic Management of Framingham, Massachusetts, will feature corporate offices, research and development labs, and manufacturing space and will be in addition to Amazon Robotics’ current site in North Reading – together serving as the company’s “epicenter of robotics innovation”. [Read more…] about Amazon Robotics building $40 million research and development center in Massachusetts

Filed Under: Design, Features Tagged With: amazon, company, continue, development, facility, grow, innovation, investment, jobs, manufacturing, massachusetts, regional, robotics, site, state, teams, westborough

Amazon now has 200,000 robots working in its warehouses

January 21, 2020 by David Edwards

Online retail giant Amazon now has 200,000 robots in operation within its warehouses in the US, according to a report published by Associated Press.

The article, written by Matt O’Brien, doesn’t say where it got the figure, but it could be inferred from the rest of the article that it was provided by Amazon itself.

Amazon first became interested in warehouse robots in a big way when it bought Kiva Systems for $775 million, in 2012. [Read more…] about Amazon now has 200,000 robots working in its warehouses

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: amazon, billion, business, kiva, logistics, online, robotics, robots, systems, warehouse, working

Amazon signs up Balyo to provide robotic solutions

January 20, 2020 by Sam Francis

French robotics software startup Balyo has signed a seven-year commercial agreement with Amazon on robotic solutions.

Balyo says the deal is a “decisive step” in its development, and supports the added value of its robotic solutions and will potentially boost their deployment.

Under the agreement, Amazon would obtain the right to subscribe up to 29 per cent of Balyo’s capital depending on the level of potential future orders by Amazon up to €300 million. [Read more…] about Amazon signs up Balyo to provide robotic solutions

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: agreement, amazon, balyo, balyo-enabled, capital, cent, development, orders, products, robotic, share, signed, solutions, stock, supports, warrants

From old mail order catalogues to same-day delivery: Warehouse robots are the quintessential sign of changing times

July 29, 2019 by Mai Tao

Ever since Amazon acquired Kiva Systems in 2012 for $775 million and took the startup company’s robots off the market, warehouse managers have been looking for alternative suppliers. 

At that time, there simply no significantly well-known alternatives or proven solutions, but now, seven years on, there is a relatively large number of companies which build and supply warehouse robots.

It’s highly unlikely to be a coincidence that, in the intervening years, Amazon has grown extremely fast to become not only the world’s largest online retailer but also one of the largest logistics companies – not just in its native US, but worldwide. [Read more…] about From old mail order catalogues to same-day delivery: Warehouse robots are the quintessential sign of changing times

Filed Under: Logistics Tagged With: amazon, companies, company, delivery, geek+, goods, human, order, robotic, robotics, robots, time, type, warehouse, warehouses

Amazon testing automated custom packaging machine

May 14, 2019 by David Edwards

One of the things many people have noticed about receiving goods they ordered online is the amount of empty space inside the box. Sometimes, more than 90 percent of the box is empty.

This is obviously inefficient and can result in much additional and unnecessary cost, from the amount of box material wasted, through the amount of wasted space within vehicles in transit, to name just two aspects.

While these inefficiencies have continued, for a long time, machines that automate the process of putting items inside boxes have been available. Not only can these machines box things up, they can also custom-build the box to fit the item on the fly.

[Read more…] about Amazon testing automated custom packaging machine

Filed Under: Features, Logistics Tagged With: amazon, amount, box, clark, companies, efficiency, empty, fill, inside, item, jobs, machines, online, people, place, process, space, testing, things, time, wasted

Top 20 autonomous delivery robots: Ready to take over the streets

January 25, 2019 by Sam Francis

Despite some occasional antipathy towards them, autonomous delivery robots are gaining ground in urban landscapes. 

While some local authorities are unsure about allowing machines to roam free on city streets, most people probably accept that it’s only a matter of time before regulations accommodate the new technology.

Universities, meanwhile, as well as other organizations such as hotels, airports and large companies with extensive grounds of their own, have the opportunity to allow relatively large numbers of these autonomous mobile robots to deliver such things as snacks and maybe books, documents, and other items to students, guests and staff.  [Read more…] about Top 20 autonomous delivery robots: Ready to take over the streets

Filed Under: Features, Logistics Tagged With: aethon, amazon, anybotics, boxbot, cainiao, cleveron, delivery robots, dispatch, effidence, eliport, kiwi, marble robot, nuro, postmates, robby technologies, robomart, savioke, segway, starship technologies, teleretail, udelv

Toilet-cleaning robot goes on sale at Amazon for $500

January 24, 2019 by David Edwards

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Amazon is selling a portable toilet-cleaning robot for $500.

The robot, called “Giddel”, was developed by service robotics company Altan Robotech.

Altan says Giddel scrubs hard to reach places, and that its efficacy has been tested by SGS, an industrial product testing organization.  [Read more…] about Toilet-cleaning robot goes on sale at Amazon for $500

Filed Under: Industry, News Tagged With: altan robotech, amazon, toilet-cleaning robot

Amazon ‘field testing’ delivery robot as part of premium service

January 23, 2019 by Sam Francis

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Amazon is “field testing” a small delivery robot as part of its premium service, Amazon Prime. (See video below.) 

The robot, called Amazon Scout, is a “fully-electric delivery system” designed to safely get packages to customers using autonomous delivery devices, says the company in its blog.

These devices were created by Amazon, are the size of a small cooler, and roll along sidewalks at a walking pace.  [Read more…] about Amazon ‘field testing’ delivery robot as part of premium service

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: amazon, delivery robot

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