Automatic Guided Vehicles

By updating the vertical lift modules in its aftermarket parts distribution area, Mazak increased productivity by 80%, reduced labor requirements by 44% and increased part numbers by 70%

Direct marketer Valpak’s new $220 million production and distribution facility in St. Petersburg is a hub of technology and automated materials handling.

Chair of the AGVS group at MHIA talks to Modern about the industry.

Robotics company celebrated ribbon-cutting at new 160,000-square-foot facility in North Reading, Mass.

he Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVS) Industry Group of Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) has released it's Spring 2011 Quarterly Report titled AGVs Improve Workplace Ergonomics.

Mobile robots, an AS/RS and supply chain software transformed this manufacturer’s processes.

At Otis Technology, the laser-guided vehicles shaved over an hour of walk time per employee.

Honda equips distribution center with automatic guided vehicles to improve transport and handling of spare parts.

Kiva reported that upgrades to the company’s software-based materials handling mobile-robotic solutions have resulted in as much as 15% higher throughput for some end users.

In Booth 3821 at ProMat, RMT Robotics is featuring its newest generation of case and layer picking robotic gantry systems, engineered to meet the food and beverage industries’ need for high SKU mixed product distribution.

I have seen the future of the materials handling industry and it looks a lot like …. a lift truck …. or an AGV ….

Egemin Automation (Booth 2347) and Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America (MCFA) introduced the first hybrid automatic guided vehicle

Daifuku Co., Ltd., announced that it has formed Daifuku Webb Holding Company to oversee all of its U.S. subsidiaries, including Jervis B. Webb Company and Daifuku America Corporation.

iGPS and Egemin Automation announced a partnership of their technologies.