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PICK-PLACE open webinar: Agenda and registration

April 14, 2021

On April 23, Friday, members of the PICK-PLACE consortium will offer a free of charge, open Webinar under the title Robot-based order preparation in logistics: Technological overview. The content of the Webinar is oriented to both industrial and scientific or academic publics. The first part will cover current order preparation – needs and challenges -, as well as the presentation of the two scenarios developed within the project. The second …Read More

30 women in robotics you need to know about – 2020

March 2, 2021

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

INDUSTRIAL GUEST POST: TOFAŞ scenario and the future of pick-and-place

February 24, 2021

Every day thousands of spare parts of different sizes, shapes, and weights are delivered to dealers from logistic warehouses. Every dealer can choose and order parts in any combination. The possibility of automatization in a warehouse is reduced because of this non-standard situation. Therefore, manual handling is used widely in shipment preparation operations. Unfortunately, manual operations are unefficient and prone to shipment mistakes. At TOFAŞ, we aim at reducing these …Read More

Automation Technology in the Workplace: Key Considerations

January 12, 2021

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 Or will it be outdated in two years?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

November 12, 2020

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

PROJECT MILESTONE: Setup of pilot scenarios (ULMA and TOFAS)

November 4, 2020

Once the working constraints due to the first COVID-19 wage were over (included the lockdown), PICKPLACE team returned to the ‘normal’ activity. The main task has been the setup of the two pilot scenarios in the project: ULMA and TOFAS. ULMA Pilot Scenario has been designed to implement the two types of activities that are present in a logistic center, i.e., order preparation and order return management, being the first …Read More

6 tips for improving automated order picking

October 20, 2020

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

INDUSTRIAL GUEST POST: UHS scenario and the future of pick-and-place

October 13, 2020

Market situation: Logistics 4.0 The logistic market is changing rapidly and a transformation is taking place from B2B and B2C to C2B, where the customer is the driving force behind the activity. A radical change is occurring in value-added processes. It is the era of Logistics 4.0. In this context, ULMA has shown its capabilities during last years to develop fully automated solutions in the retailing sector. But there is …Read More

The Next Generation of Warehouse Labor

September 1, 2020

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