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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.


GreyOrange closes $140 million Series C
Marks the biggest fundraising in industrial automation systems

OnRobot gets funding from Summit Partners, acquires Purple Robotics
The acquisition takes place two months after the OnRobot merger of three robotics companies from the United States, Hungary and Denmark that created one global player with a focus on the market for industrial robot accessories.

GreyOrange expands its global footprint, opens U.S. headquarters in Atlanta
In its first client site in the U.S., GreyOrange will deploy 740 robots in Atlanta and create several thousand jobs across this and other initial client sites.

IAM Robotics names Joel Reed the new CEO
IAM Robotics announces that founder, Tom Galluzzo, will become the company’s Chief Technology Officer and names current Vice President, Joel Reed, as the new Chief Executive Officer.

Collaborative robot works overnight for manufacturer
CNC machine shop and manufacturer employs cobot to automate repetitive jobs.

inVia Robotics raises $20 million Series B funding for warehouse automation robots
The funds will be used to boost the commercial deployment of inVia's Picker robots and cloud-based Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) management system.

Capacity partners with RightHand Robotics
The collaboration will integrate the Massachusetts-based company's RightPick automation system into Capacity's fulfillment solution offering.

QDS Systems announces leasing and rental program for collaborative robots
Baton Rouge-based engineering firm and systems integrator’s new financing model responds to growing customer demand and changing workforce

How robotics can fit your operation
There is a lot to like about robotics as a means of automating DCs. The tricky questions around robotics are not will they catch on, because they are, but what types of robotics will best suit an operation, and how will they interact with traditional automation and human labor?

Omron and Taiwanese collaborative robot company Techman Robot form strategic alliance
Collaborative robots integrated with Omron's other factory automation products will 'realize a manufacturing environment where humans and machines work in harmony.'

Three end-of-arm robotic companies become OnRobot
Perception Robotics (US), OptoForce (Hungary) and On Robot (Denmark) merge to create fully integrated products with combined user interfaces.

North American machine vision market sets new records
Market grows 19% in first quarter of 2018.

Co-founder and CTO of Universal Robots wins Engelberger Award – the ‘Nobel Prize of Robotics’
Esben Østergaard, co-founder and chief technology officer of Universal Robots, a market leader of collaborative robots, has been awarded the automation industry’s most prestigious honor.

Future Perspectives: Planning for the Warehouse of the Future
Learn trends that are putting pressure on the warehouse

Future Perspectives: Planning for the Warehouse of the Future
Learn trends that are putting pressure on the warehouse

Modex Software Wrap-up: Vendors Reposition on Software to Drive Improvement for Automated DCs
The evolution of software continues to blur the lines between familiar acronyms and emerging capabilities.

Keynote: MHI study highlights technologies driving NextGen supply chains
The keynote panel was moderated by Scott Sopher, principal with Deloitte Consulting’s Supply Chain practice, and George W. Prest, CEO of MHI. MHI Annual Industry Report discussion

Fetch Robotics introduces two mobile robot solutions
Fetch Robotics (Booth B4835) announced it has expanded its VirtualConveyor family of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) with the addition of CartConnect and RollerTop robots.

Robotic piece-picking gets smarter with new AI software at RightHand Robotics
Just one year after its debut, the stationary piece-picking robots from RightHand Robotics (Booth B4087) for warehousing and fulfillment centers continue to evolve to address the individual unit handling needs of e-commerce and omni-channel retailers.

Tompkins Robotics, a division of Tompkins International, partners with RightHand Robotics
Tompkins Robotics (Booth B727), a division of Tompkins International, and RightHand Robotics (Booth B4087), a leader in robotic piece-picking solutions, announced today a collaboration that will combine the world’s first portable, automated sortation system, t-Sort, with RightPick, robotic piece-picking systems, providing unmatched flexibility and throughput for e-commerce and omni-channel fulfillment.


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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