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Robotics Top Stories

Taking Stock of Today’s Robotics Market and What the Future Holds
Humanoid robots are the future, but there is still work to do to develop them. In the meantime, companies should not wait to invest in today's robotics solutions.
Walmart Unleashes Autonomous Lift Trucks at Four High-Tech DCs
Walmart announced that it will deploy 19 autonomous lift trucks at four DCs, enhancing efficiency and transforming the way employees work.
Wendy’s To Test Drone Delivery in First U.S. Location
A Wendy's franchise in Virginia is testing food delivery via drone, with more locations possibly joining later this year.
Keys to Keeping Talent in the Warehouse
How companies are exploring trends like automation and upskilling to shape the future of warehouse employment.

Robotics Resources

Combat Labor Scarcity with Reliable Robotic Solutions in Your Warehouse
Dealing with labor scarcity and overwhelming productivity demands? Robots may be your ideal solution. Warehouse Robotics White Paper,...
5 Key Factors to Consider to Successfully Deploy Robotic Piece-Picking
This white paper presents five key factors to consider as part of a program to deploy robotic piece-picking....


Robotics News

Improving Warehouse Processes & Efficiency with Autonomous Mobile Robots
Warehouse professionals know the feeling – the pressure is high,with more products, faster delivery times, and less staff, supply chains must operate more efficiently than ever before, they must be flexible and scalable but also cost-efficient - so, how can you tackle this seemingly impossible task?

Making Robotics a Reality: Körber’s 3-Step AMR Roll Out
In this paper, we describe a 3-step approach to rolling out autonomous mobile robots: simple deployment, modular applications, intelligent moving, and cost-effectiveness.

The Business Case for Robotics in Distribution Centers
Industry growth outpaces that of the labor pool by a rate of six to one, making the DC a prime environment for robotics.

Optimize Workflows with Mobile Robotics
Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are among the most significant robotics advances available to the logistics and manufacturing industry today.

AMRs: The New Wave of Flexible Automation
In this ebook we look at some of the barriers to entry for automation, the various use cases of agile and flexible autonomous mobile robots, AMRs, and some of the latest technology available today.

Talking Supply Chain Podcast: The Rise Of The Robot
On this episode, Jeff Burnstein discusses the growth of the industrial robotics market, and why now is the time to investigate robots for your operation. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

The Rebound Podcast: So, You Want to Use a Robot?
Listen in as NFI Industries’ Barbara Gress discusses what it takes to innovate and put robotics to work in your operations.

Using Autonomous Robots to Drive Supply Chain Innovation
This paper details how new technologies are presenting promising opportunities for improvement across the supply chain and how autonomous robots and drones are poised to change the game.

Labor Management Systems Solutions Increasingly Important Even With the Move to More Automation
Labor management system solutions are different today than those a decade ago, they integrate with more systems, have mobile user interfaces, and use advanced analytics, they are increasingly important with the move to more automation.

Drone Technology: Clarity from Above
Around the world, drones equipped with cameras and sensors are providing companies with clearer, more comprehensive views of their businesses, and the opportunities and threats that surround them.

Peerless Media Announces Robotics 24/7
The site focuses on the industries, technologies, applications, and business development aspects of the robotics ecosystem.

Supply Chain Leaders Learn From Today’s Ecommerce Challenges to Provide Future Innovation and Growth
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated ecommerce demands to levels that weren’t expected until 2025, so how can supply chain leaders get up to speed, and fast?

On Air with SICK USA: What is the Difference Between an AMR, AGV, and AGC?
In this episode of SICK, Inc.’s podcast, On Air with SICK USA, host Rolf Agner interviews Stefan Nusser, Chief Product Officer at Fetch Robotics.

Micro-Fulfillment Centers Bring the Supply Chain to the Consumer
Over the last few years, as e-commerce sales have increased and customer expectations have shifted, there has been a steady race to move fulfillment closer to the customer.

Business Leaders Voice the Economic Impact of COVID-19
While the impacts of COVID-19 varied between advanced and developing economies, business leaders across the board identified some common features that helped countries remain resilient.

Seven Qualities to Ensure a Successful WMS Implementation and Long-Term Success
Implementing new software is a challenge even with the best of software partners assisting, you will be launching a very complex project and you will never be able to assemble the perfect team for the task, so what defines a software partner?

Reducing Costs of Returns in the Omnichannel Supply Chain
The simple fact of the matter is that any customer-facing organization must support the ideology of processing returns; whether or not that process can be efficient and productive comes down to how returns are handled.

Robots in the Warehouse
Download this paper and get an in-depth look at how robots are transforming warehouses and distribution centers worldwide into highly-efficient, automated spaces that fully leverage the power of digitalization.

Key Considerations When Automating Your Warehouse
Now more than ever, robots are transforming e-commerce fulfillment operations by bringing consistency, efficiency, and flexibility to material handling in the warehouse.

Opportunity Charging and Autonomous Charging for Robot Batteries
You’ve dipped your toes into robotic automation, hammering out the details of the problems your robots will solve and how to deploy them, but what about keeping them moving?


Featured Companies

RightHand Robotics
RightHand Robotics is a leader in providing end-to-end solutions that reduce the cost of e-commerce order-fulfillment of electronics, apparel, grocery, pharmaceuticals, and countless other industries. Unlike traditional factory robots that can be complex to set up and are singly purposed,…
Vecna Robotics
Vecna Robotics is the autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company that helps distribution, warehousing, and manufacturing organizations streamline their materials handling and logistics operations. The company’s high-capacity AMRs are equipped with the most advanced navigation system in the industry -…
AutoStore
Revolutionary cube-based warehouse automation. Our system reduces your storage footprint by up to 75% while making your operations faster and incredibly reliable. Our robots run in the dark and use close to zero energy.
Plus.ai
Plus.ai is a world leader in self-driving truck technology. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with R&D offices in China, it was founded in 2016 by a group of serial entrepreneurs and industry veterans with over 20 years of experience in…
Jabil
Jabil is a global product solutions company providing comprehensive services to electronics and technology companies in a broad range of industries. Jabil helps customers turn ideas into products with its wide breadth of design, manufacturing and product management capabilities; allowing…
Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale is the global leader in embedded processing solutions, advancing the automotive, consumer, industrial and networking markets. From microprocessors and microcontrollers to sensors, analog ICs and connectivity – our technologies are the foundation to the innovations that make our world greener,…
Otto
We are Otto, the company rethinking the future of transportation - starting with self-driving trucks. We’re a team of forward-thinking technologists and innovators, dedicated to revolutionizing the way we approach transportation in America. We’ve come together from the…
Ware
We work at the intersection of drones and cutting edge artificial intelligence, until recently, drones were only suited for flying outdoors at high altitudes, today, they’re smarter than ever before, combine these flying robots with our proprietary AI and…
Korber Supply Chain
Körber Supply Chain uniquely provides a broad range of proven, end-to-end supply chain solutions fitting any business size, strategy, or appetite for growth. Capable of delivering not just software, but automation, voice, robotics, and materials handling – plus the expertise…
OnRobot
OnRobot produces tools and software to help manufacturers take full advantage of the ease of use, cost-effectiveness, and safety of collaborative robot arms. They include electric, vacuum, and magnetic grippers; the award-winning Gecko gripping technology; and a 2.5D vision system.…
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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report 2024
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