logistics

OnRobot has launched OnRobot Palletizer, a collaborative palletizing solution designed to take the physical and financial pain out of palletizing processes. OnRobot Palletizer extends OnRobot’s application-first approach to collaborative automation by letting users choose a palletizing system that works for their specific application needs thanks to its space saving footprint, and ability to handle many different types of boxes, packages, patterns, pallets and stacking heights.

Hai Robotics, provider of Autonomous Case-handling Robot (ACR) systems for warehouse logistics, will exhibit its automation technology at LogiMAT 2022, Europe’s biggest annual intralogistics tradeshow, from May 31 to June 2 in Stuttgart, Germany.

Robot sales in North America reached a record $2B in 2021 driven by urgent manufacturing challenges such as labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and more. The U.S. robotics industry has proven exceptional at meeting demand, according to a report from HowToRobot.com, Gain & Co. and The Association for Advancing Automation (A3).

Konoike Transport Co and OSARO worked on a new project at the Konoike Institute of Technology Innovation Center (known as KITIC). It will showcase Japan’s first prototype of automated warehouse operations where autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) will work together with picking robots optimized for warehouse and e-commerce applications that involve large SKU inventories.

Universal Robots’ UR5e cobot will power the RightPick 3 robot system, that offers system integrators and warehouse operators an item-handling solution for use with AutoStore, ASRS systems, and other standard material handling automation. Both the hardware platform and the RightPick AI software stack have been re-architected for performance exceeding 1,200 units per hour in controlled tests, process reliability better than 99.5%, safety and compliance.

Walmart Canada is investing more than $118 million to build a new high-tech sortable fulfillment centre. For the first time Walmart Canada will use robotic technology from GreyOrange. This platform will speed up order fulfillment by using an advanced operating system that will help associates store, pick and sort items by using smart and flexible storage abilities to manage a large and wide variety of inventory.

Silent Arrow announced that the company’s GD-2000 UAS platform was selected for a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Warfighter Lab Incentive Fund (WLIF) contract with a 12-month period of performance beginning in Q1 2022.

Compass Technology Group (CTG) has won the Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award (DMTAA) at the recent Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC). Atlanta-based CTG, an Aerobotix partner and provider of radio frequency (RF) materials measurement equipment, engaged Aerobotix in building its award-winning project – an adaptive radome diagnostic system, which is also the first use of a collaborative mobile robot in Air Force maintenance depots.

Hai Robotics is demonstrating its intelligent warehousing solution HAIPICK for the first time in Europe by its global partner and system integrator Savoye. The HAIPICK system that pioneered totes-to-person material handling is showcased at Log!Ville, a demonstration center that promotes innovative logistics solutions in Belgium.

Seegrid Corporation, provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling, announced that it will be showcasing its newest autonomous lift truck, Seegrid Palion Lift, for the first time at MODEX, the world’s largest manufacturing and supply chain trade event.