Cobalt Robotics secures $35M in series B funding led by Coatue. Cobalt will use the money to expand within the US market.
Humatics
Humatics microlocation technology enables AMRs to accurately find their location within a facility.
Aethon T4G is a new Hospitality Robot
Aethon is releasing a new autonomous mobile robot for hotel and hospitality delivery operations. in this article we take a look at the new announcement.
Regulatory Issues Affecting Autonomous Mobile Robots
New standards are finally emerging in response to regulatory issues with Autonomous Mobile Robots. Learn more about R15.08 here.
MiR Announces MiR Financing
MiR announced today the availability of new leasing options for their AMRs
Locus Robotics partners with Manhattan Associates
Locus Robotics builds its strategic channel with a new partner. May 21, 2019 – Locus Robotics has announced a new strategic integration partnership with Manhattan Associates which makes Manhattan a licensed reseller of Locus solutions. Manhattan Associates are a leading supply chain and omnichannel solutions provider, and the addition of Locus Robotics solutions to their…
Amazon’s newest robots mean new jobs
Video Overview: This video shows Amazon robots in operation at an Amazon warehouse. Links: Amazon Robotics
2019 ProMAT Show Recap
Read our summary of the 2019 ProMAT and Automate shows.
Locus Robotics Raises $26 Million in C Series Funding
Locus Robotics secures a round C investment of $26M
Amazon Robotics to Acquire Canvas Technology
April 11, 2019 Amazon Robotics adds autonomous mobile robot startup Canvas Technology to its portfolio. TechCrunch reported yesterday that autonomous mobile robot supplier Canvas Technology was being acquired by Amazon Robotics. Amazon confirmed the acquisition with TechCrunch. Colorado based Canvas Technology is a warehouse robotics company with an autonomous person-to-goods cart solution. Canvas raised at…
Locus Robotics announces New Software Features
April 8, 2019 – Chicago, IL Locus Robotics announces the launch of its Spring 2019 software and hardware suite. The release features significant new functionality, as well as enhancements to the Company’s multi-bot software, hardware, and user experience (UX). As a whole, the release is designed to further improve productivity, operational flexibility and performance, and…
inVia Robotics Expands Rakuten Super Logistics Deployment to Multiple New Locations
inVia deploys additional robot fleets at Rakuten Super Logistics warehouses inVia Robotics announced today the expanded deployment of its Picker autonomous mobile robots (AMR) in additional Rakuten Super Logistics (RSL) warehouses across the United States. The first warehouse of the expansion is already in operation, having gone live in Las Vegas, Nevada earlier this year.…
MiR Announces new MiR1000 Robot
April 8, 2019 – Chicago, IL Introducing the MiR1000 Today, from their booth at the Automate 2019 tradeshow, Mobile Industrial Robotics (MiR) announced the release of a new autonomous mobile robot (AMR): the MiR1000. With a payload capacity of 1000 kg (2,679 lbs or 1 ton), the MiR1000 is the largest capacity, autonomous mobile robot…
Waypoint Robotics Launches MAV3K Autonomous Mobile Robot
April 8, 2019 – Chicago, IL Waypoint Robotics announces the release of the MAV3K autonomous mobile robot (AMR). The MAV3K can carry a payload up to 3000 lbs (1,119.7 kg) throughout your manufacturing facility or warehouse. The MAV3K features a holonomic (omnidirection) drivetrain with mecanum style wheels. This drivetrain configuration enables MAV3K to be…
AutoGuide Announces General Availability of the new MAX N10 Pallet Stacker
April 8, 2019 – Chicago, IL AutoGuide Mobile Robots announces the general availability of their new MAX N10 Pallet Stacker. The MAX N10 Pallet Stacker is an attachment to the patent pending modular MAX N10 AMR. The MAX N10 Pallet Stacker is an automated counterbalanced lift truck that can automatically pick and place pallets or…
ROEQ launches the largest autonomous conveyor solution on the U.S. Market
April 7, 2019, Chicago, IL ROEQ launches the TR500 Top Roller at the Automate 2019 tradeshow this week. The TR500 is a conveyor solution designed for the Mobile Industrial Robotics (MiR) MiR500 autonomous mobile robot (AMR). The TR500 is an active payload and it enables a MiR500 robot to automatically onboard/offboard cargo in the form…
6 River Systems unveils new mobile sortation solution at ProMAT 2019
April 7, 2019 – Chicago, IL 6 River Systems announces the general availability of Mobile Sort, a new solution that enables warehouse operators to intelligently generate and fulfill batched orders together with 6 River Systems’ autonomous mobile robots (AMR). Mobile Sort provides an order queuing station that can be positioned anywhere in the warehouse to…
SnapFulfil Announces Autonomous Fulfillment Cart
SnapFulfil Announces Autonomous Fulfillment Cart, SnapCart New offering represents SnapFulfil’s commitment to practical innovation DENVER (April 4, 2019) – SnapFulfil, a Tier-1, cloud-based warehouse management system (WMS) provider, today announced the creation of its new, innovative fulfillment cart, SnapCart. SnapCart is an extension of SnapFulfil’s cloud-based WMS and is designed to help small parts picking…
ProMat and Automate Mobile Robot Preview
ProMat / Automate Mobile Robot Show Guide Are you going to ProMat / Automate next week? We’ve done all of the homework for you and built the definitive list of mobile robot vendors to visit while you’re at the show AND we’ll be live blogging from the show all week with the latest news. NOTE:…
Boston Dynamics Handle Robot
Video Overview: Handle is a mobile manipulation robot designed for logistics. Handle autonomously performs mixed SKU pallet building and depalletizing after initialization and localizing against the pallets. The on-board vision system on Handle tracks the marked pallets for navigation and finds individual boxes for grasping and placing. When Handle places a boxes onto a pallet,…
Boston Dynamics to demo new logistics robot at ProMat 2019
March 28, 2019 Boston Dynamics demonstrated their new robot “Handle” in a youtube video released today. is a mobile manipulation robot designed for logistics. Handle autonomously performs mixed SKU pallet building and depalletizing after initialization and localizing against the pallets. Using on-board vision, Handle tracks the marked pallets for navigation and finds individual boxes for…
Automate 2019: Guidance Automation to Showcase Autonomous Mobile Robot Technologies
Key Guidance, Navigation and Control technologies that drive mobile robots are on display in Automate Booth N6074. LEICESTER, UK (March 28, 2019) — The latest industry-proven traffic management, vehicle control and localization technologies that guide and drive Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) will be displayed by Guidance Automation (guidanceautomation.com), a part of Matthews International’s Applied Technologies…
GreyOrange to Showcase New Modular Sortation System at ProMat 2019
ATLANTA – March 14, 2019 – Robotics and warehouse automation company GreyOrange will showcase its new FlexoTM modular sortation system and demonstrate upgraded versions of its Butler and PickPal on April 8-11, at ProMat 2019, the leading trade show for supply chain and logistics. Today’s modern supply chains face immense pressure to improve productivity as…
GreyOrange
GreyOrange Headquarters: SingaporePublic: NOWebsite:https://www.greyorange.com Products: Butler Butler Pick Pal Flexo Applications: Goods-to-Person Dynamic AS/RS Sortation Background The GreyOrange Butler is an advanced autonomous mobile robot that uses robotic goods-to-person technology for automated put-away, inventory storage, replenishment and order picking in fulfillment and distribution centers.This goods-to-man automation system with robots in warehouse, adapts seamlessly to changing…
NextShift Awarded Patent for Vertical Lift in Ecommerce Warehouse
March 21, 2019 NextShift Robotics has been awarded a patent, filed in 2014, for a warehouse mobile robot solution which can pull boxes or totes off of a shelf in a warehouse and transports them to the human packer elsewhere in the warehouse. The patent, US10214354B2, “Method and System for Automated Transport of Items” covers…