Topic: Robotics

Cobot solutions used in order picking and placing, palletizing and depalletizing, and kitting and bagging alongside human operators.

Bell and Howell to service autonomous pallet trucks and tow tractors for Seegrid customers across North America.

Alliance aims to enhance robot expertise within OSHA and NIOSH, improve awareness of workplace hazards of traditional industrial robots and emerging collaborative systems, and identify needed research.

It’s still early stages, but Rochester Drug Cooperative is proving that mobile robotic piece picking can get the job done in the right application.

An early adopter, Rochester Drug Cooperative is using robotic piece-picking technology to complement picking of slow-moving items. System report for Rochester Drug Cooperative, Robotic picking and inventory management, Innovative distribution center robotics solutions , IAM Robotics case study

A selection of innovative new business models illustrates how the warehousing, distribution and supply chain industries are finding creative ways to ensure success.

Modern Materials Handling staff sat down with John Santagate, Research director for service robotics at Manufacturing Insights to talk about the current state of the industry.

Find out the latest news on innovation in the Materials Handling industry for the month of October 2017.

Events to be scheduled throughout the month, so the remaining 249,185 manufacturing firms in the United States have time.

International Society of Automation Automation Federation draw attention to the growing need for skilled manufacturing workers

Robotics industry moves further into robotics for warehousing and distribution applications

Manufacturer moves parts through facility with robots and moves humans to value-added tasks.

13% have collaborative systems already, and another 15% expect to have collaborative robots at work within the next 12 months.

Association for Advancing Automation reports the first half of 2017 saw growth of 33% in units and 26% in dollars over 2016.

In the slightly modified category "Integrated Warehouse Solution," the focus is not on the vehicles but on planning and implementation expertise.

Small manufacturer decreases reliance on suppliers by using affordable automation to bring parts production in-house.

Contestants were awarded $270,000 in prizes to support continued innovation within the robotics and automation community.

Having graduated from concept to compelling, robotic piece-picking solutions are hungry for career advancement.

Conferences will provide in-depth training in robot safety, motion control, vision systems and collaborative robots to spur manufacturing growth and the creation of entirely new categories of jobs.

With yet another record automotive sales year expected in 2017, the popularity of materials handling automation and technology is increasing at a steady pace.