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Bastian Solutions SmartPick: The Only Turnkey Goods to Robot Solution
Accurate 24/7 order fulfillment with AI-powered piece picking robots.

IFR: Industrial robots and cobots installs hit “all time high” globally last year
517,385 new industrial robots were installed globally in 2021, up 31% from 2020, according to a new report from the International Federation of Robotics, with new installations in the U.S. market up by 14%.

Mobile Industrial Robots and AutoGuide Mobile Robots merge
Under the Mobile Industrial Robot (MiR) name and led by Walter Vahey, the two Teradyne companies become a single supplier of autonomous mobile robots

Lattice Semiconductor and MassRobotics partner to accelerate next-gen robotics
Collaboration aims at advancing next-generation robotics application development in the innovation, startup and global robotics ecosystems.

Deploy robotic solutions with RaaS to enable worry-free and flexible supply chain deployment
With Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS), businesses can adopt and deploy robotic solutions in a worry-free and flexible manner.

Robots edge into packaging
Long used for end-of-line packaging of single SKUs, robots are now branching out into packing e-commerce orders, placing items into shipping cartons, or inducting items into autobaggers. While still early days, it’s being done and promises a way to take on volume and variability without adding labor.

Use Cases for AMR and Robotic G2P in Warehouse Picking and Order Fulfillment
Numina Group, an experienced independent systems integrator, and robotics provider Geek+ will walk you through the design and process improvement analysis needed to ensure the right technologies are selected for a successful warehouse solution that will yield the highest ROI.

ABB survey finds risk from global “education gap” in automation
Only one in four education establishments use robots in teaching programs despite planned investment in robotics and automation by 70% of US and European businesses over the next three years.

International Robot Safety Conference returns in-person
Agenda available for conference and trade show running Sept. 27-29 in Columbus, OH. Critical topics relevant amid highest quarter for robot sales in North America

A new Texas facility fills a gap in Gap Inc.‘s e-commerce strategy
The Customer Experience Center will serve customers in the Southwest and and provide another node for a new distribution offering.

Addverb Technologies expands U.S. presence with R&D center in Silicon Valley
Warehouse robotics company also announces the opening of corporate headquarters in Irvine, California

Survey finds strong “generation gap” factor in warehouse labor shortages
Berkshire Grey's research found nearly three-quarters of chief supply chain officers see robotics automation in warehouses as a solution for the growing gap in younger job applicants

NFI to deploy Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robot in a $10 million deal
Stretch will begin unloading trucks and containers as a pilot program at NFI’s Savannah, GA facility in 2023, with plans to outfit additional warehouse locations across North America over the next few years.

Columbia/Okura celebrates 1000th palletizing system
The 1,000th system will be sent to a customer in North Carolina, Cherry Farms Seed Co., with a unique crest on the arm to denote it as the 1,000th robot.

Robot sales hit record high in North America for third-straight quarter
Association for Advancing Automation latest stats show the most industrial robots sold in any quarter; automotive industry returns to historic norms, while food & consumer goods sectors show interest in automation to handle e-commerce logistics boom


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Materials Handling Robotics: The new world of heterogeneous robotic integration
In this Special Digital Edition, the editorial staff of Modern curates the best robotics coverage over the past year to help track the evolution of this piping hot market.
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