Order Picking Methods: Finding the Right Strategy for You
Order picking is widely reported to account for 50% to 55% of total warehouse operational costs. Identifying the right picking strategy can have a significant impact on the bottom line.
igus Introduces Iggy Rob: An Affordable Humanoid Robot for Industrial and Service Applications
The robot, offered at a market-disruptive price of approximately $54,500, presents a cost-effective entry point into humanoid robotics for companies seeking automation solutions.
RightHand Robotics Announces Strategic Investment from Rockwell Automation
Combining RightHand Robotics' innovative robotic piece-picking technology with Rockwell Automation's industry-leading expertise, the collaboration aims to offer smarter, more efficient, and fully integrated automation solutions for supply chains worldwide.
How robots touch on the future of agriculture
One thing robot researchers are trying to mechanize is the human sense of touch. Sheeraz Athar, one of She's PhD students, is changing the game by re-thinking how touch works.
Pik'r Range Picking Robot Enhances U.S. Open Experience at Pinehurst
As golfers perfect their drives on the newly converted Cradle 9-hole course, the Pik'r robot is enhancing the efficiency and safety of golf ball retrieval.
DAC Robotics Selects OSARO Mixed-Case Robotic Depal for New Integrated Warehouse Replenishment System
OSARO fulfills a crucial front-end role for DAC Robotics' fully automated inventory replenishment system, which completely automates the handling of dangerous depalletization, box opening, and decanting
Chemical Manufacturing Leader Polysciences Partners With Formic to Introduce Automation To Their Production Process
With a unique capability of offering concept-to-commercialization services to their clients, making continuous production improvements for commercialization is a key focus.
Tompkins Industries Reaches New Heights with its Vertical Lift Automation System
The automated vertical lift project kicked off in January 2022 and relied heavily on technical assistance from the team at PathGuide to incorporate the automated vertical lift into Latitude.
How to Successfully Implement Automated Warehouse-Picking Robots
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A thorough efficiency analysis might reveal the retailer's item picking process is a severe bottleneck. With that knowledge in mind, it can safely hypothesize how automated order-picking robots could make a big difference.
Robots on Their Own - Fully Automatic Picking of Unknown Products From Bulk Material
The goal: fully automated small parts picking. The main driver here is the labor shortage, the big challenge not a technical component like the robot or the gripper, but the design of an overall economic process.
Tips for choosing a 3D vision system - The future of vision systems in manufacturing
Manufacturers have long relied on human vision for complex picking and assembly processes, but 3D vision systems are beginning to replicate the capability of human vision in robotics.
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