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News, trends, products and productivity solutions that showcase the latest in robotics equipment, systems and process for warehouses and distributions centers.


Geek+ and Bosch Rexroth announce extended partnership
The companies have jointly released a Geek+ MP1000R mobile robot integrating Bosch Rexroth’s laser localization software capability, ROKIT Locator

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Material Handling Product News and MaterialHandling247.com are pleased to announce the recipients of a 2021 MHPN Products of the Year Readers' Choice Award.

A Top-Notch Application of Robots
Top Notch Distributors employs autonomous mobile robots to create safer and more efficient distribution centers. They use AMRs from 6 River Systems in facilities in Nevada and Missouri with plans to introduce them in a Massachusetts facility in 2022.

Inside Top Notch Distribution: Bringing robotics to hardware distribution
Top Notch Distributors has charged up its distribution activities with autonomous mobile robots.

Tracking the robotics revolution
This month in Modern, two features take the temperature of where we are in the application of robotics in warehouse/DC operations. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock takes us inside Top Notch Distributors, a leading supplier of architectural door hardware

Robotics’ Second Wave
As robotics become more widely deployed and some operations begin to use fleets from multiple vendors, more of the talk is about software-related issues like integration and less on the workings of the robot hardware itself.

Autonomous Mobile Robots & Logistics Conference tops attendance record
Digital Hub announced from Association for Advancing Automation to extend educational highlights and showcase conference exhibitors

Danfoss Power Solutions implements AMRs
The AMRs have enabled the manufacturer’s workers to focus on high-value production tasks.

Collaborative mobile robots help Crocs meet unprecedented demand
The footwear company increased throughput by 182% during Q4 2020.

Locus Robotics acquires Waypoint Robotics
Locus Robotics, a leading provider of smaller mobile robots that assist warehouse associates with each picking efficiencies, sees Waypoint's bots for larger loads as complementary to its multi-bot picking robots, opening up more use cases

SB Logistics moves toward lights-out warehouse
In Ichikawa City, Chiba, Japan, SB Logistics has implemented robotic systems for piece-picking and packing, along with automated storage and retrieval, conveyance and sortation. These are big steps toward a fully autonomous warehouse.

Locus Robotics reaches half-a-billion units picked milestone
Warehouse mobile robotics provider achieves milestone in just 94 days since passing 400 million pick mark

According to Analyst study, revenues from warehouse robotics to top $51 billion by 2030
ABI Research finds that evolving ecommerce fulfillment operations and improvements in robotics tech and AI are rapidly growing the commercial robotics market

60 Seconds with Jordan Julius, GE Appliances
Modern sat down with Jordan Julius, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, New Product Introduction at GE Appliances.

Optimize Workflows With Mobile Robotics
Optimize Workflows With Mobile Robotics, compiles some of the most practical and effective real-world scenarios that are already leveraging the full potential of AMRs today.

RightHand Robotics introduces RightPick 3 item-handling robot system
RightHand Robotics is debuting the newest generation of its award-winning RightPick system, RightPick 3, for the first time at ProMatDX.

SICK introduces sensor solutions for mobile and stationary robotic applications
At ProMatDX, SICK is highlighting a number of applications for stationary and mobile robots to improve supply chain operations and logistics processes.

Mobile Industrial Robots presents expanded AMR fleet
At ProMatDX this week, Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) is exhibiting its expanding fleet of collaborative autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).

Geek+ presents the RoboShuttle C200M
The RoboShuttle C200M, developed by Geek+, will be showcased throughout ProMatDX

AI-enhanced Pick-it-Easy order picking robots from Knapp
New at ProMatDX, KNAPP and Covariant are delivering their latest industrial grade order picking Pick-it-Easy Robot.


May 2024 Modern Materials Handling

A complete modernization of the sortation and conveyance at Boscov’s DC, along with updated software and a new order processing area, have transformed the ability of the department store chain’s DC to move more cartons in less time, while permitting more frequent replenishment shipment for stores.
 


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