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30 women in robotics you need to know about – 2020
Source: Robohub / by Women in Robotics It’s Ada Lovelace Day and once again we’re delighted to introduce you to “30 women in robotics you need to know about”! From 13 year old Avye Couloute to Bala Krishnamurthy who worked alongside the ‘Father of Robotics’ Joseph Engelberger in the 1970s & 1980s, these women showcase a wide range of roles in robotics. We hope these short bios will provide a world of …Read More
Automation Technology in the Workplace: Key Considerations
Source: MÜL Technologies / by Carrie Konopacki Many organizations question budgets for emerging and future technologies. The unknown future business climate holds back decision making. Will a new technology be around — and still working — in five years? What about ten, 15 or more? Or will it be outdated in two years? Now the decision has been made to invest in new technology, but does your existing facility’s structure …Read More
INNOTECH and OSARO Collaborate to Open the “Innotech AI Picking Lab” to Develop and Test Innovative Robotics Automation Solutions
Source: Business Wire SAN FRANCISCO & YOKOHAMA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OSARO Inc., a rising leader in machine learning software for industrial automation, and INNOTECH Corp. (HQ: Kohoku Ward, Yokohama City, Representative: Toshihiko Ono) have announced a collaboration to establish the “Innotech AI Picking Lab” in Yokohama City to support Japanese customers in various industries through improved warehouse and distribution operations. Through this new collaboration, INNOTECH will develop and popularize general purpose and …Read More
6 tips for improving automated order picking
Source: Robotics Business Review / by Kayla Matthews To optimize order picking, robot designers, integrators, and users should consider the pieces, processes, and training required for industrial automation, cobots, or AMRs. A challenging labor market and accelerating customer demand, both exacerbated by the current virus crisis, have put increasing stress on supply chains. As a result, many factories, warehouses, and distribution centers are turning to automated order-picking systems, which can …Read More
The Next Generation of Warehouse Labor
Source: Inbound Logistics / by Karen Kroll Working side by side, robots and humans reinvent warehouse work. At the Wurth Adams warehouse outside Minneapolis, Minnesota, a shuttle system brings products to employees, who then pick the items they need to complete their orders. “It’s a goods-to-human system,” says Ken Misch, managing director of operations for the west region. Wurth Adams is part of Wurth Industry North America, a global distributor of …Read More
Dexterous AI-Powered Robot Stanford Spinout Company RIOS Raises $5 Million
Source: Pulse 2.0 / by Dan Anderson RIOS — a developer of dexterous AI-powered robots for automating assembly lines — announced it raised $5 million in venture funding. RIOS — a developer of dexterous AI-powered robots for automating assembly lines — announced that it came out of stealth mode and raised $5 million in venture funding. This funding round was led by Valley Capital Partners (VCP) and Morpheus Ventures with …Read More
Robot-Based Bin Picking Set to Transform Manufacturing Sector
Source: Vision Spectra / by Grant Zahorsky, CANON USA Breakthroughs in path planning, collision detection, and detailed 3D point maps have made it easier for robots to more accurately find parts in bins, paving the way for advancements in bin picking. As the Fourth Industrial Revolution nears, companies all over the world will need to prepare for the immense changes coming their way. Machine vision, used in combination with artificial intelligence and deep …Read More
Pick, Path, Place
Source: Design Engineering / by Mike McLeod Universal Robot’s ActiNav kit puts autonomous bin picking and CNC machine tending within reach of SMEs. While commercial cooperative robots (cobots) have been available since the early 2000s, their popularity didn’t exploded until the past three to four years. In 2018 alone, global cobot market revenues grew to approximately US$567 million, a 56.6% increase over 2017. Similarly, cobots shipments that year totaled roughly 19,000, a year-on-year …Read More
Automation’s Effect on Warehouse Workers
Source: MH&L News “Many companies are moving workers from jobs that automation can handle more efficiently and save workers from physical stress,” said Keven Beasley, CIO at VAI. Trying to figure out the effect of automation on workers is a complicated matter. “In the warehouse, automation has moved from simple tasks such as wrapping machines to the ability of software programs to process data from a number of devices in …Read More