Articles Tagged with ''automation''

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Walmart to deploy automated assistants

The company announced plans to become more automated and robotic.
April 10, 2019
Walmart, Bentonville, Ark., has been pioneering new technologies to minimize the time an associate spends on repetitive tasks like cleaning floors or checking inventory on a shelf.
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Report: How today’s supply chains elevate through digitalization

This study provides insights into trends and technologies dramatically impacting supply chains and the people who run them.
April 10, 2019
Investment in supply chain innovation is at a critical inflection point, with a trend of declining investment from 2015 to 2018 being more than countered by a 95% increase in projected spending for 2019, according to a report released by MHI, the Charlotte, N.C.-based producer of the ProMat tradeshow that’s currently taking place.
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McDonald’s, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research announce $4M animal welfare technology research initiative

This initiative aims to identify technology solutions to provide objective and comprehensive information about broiler welfare across the supply chain.
April 9, 2019
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), Washington, D.C., partnered with McDonald’s Corp., Chicago, to launch SMART Broiler, a research initiative offering $4 million for research supporting the development and commercialization of automated monitoring tools that quantitatively assess key animal welfare indicators in broiler chickens.
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RightHand Robotics, Capacity, LLC partner to further automate fulfillment operations

The company's initial use of robotic piece-picking automation builds upon Capacity's strategy of deploying engineered systems that improve speed, accuracy and flexibility to meet omni-channel fulfillment needs.
April 4, 2019
RightHand Robotics, Somerville, Mass., partnered with Capacity, LLC, North Brunswick, N.J., to integrate the RightHand Robotics’ RightPick automation system into Capacity's fulfillment solution offering.
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Daimler Trucks to acquire majority stake in Torc Robotics to create technology powerhouse for automated trucks

The Torc team will work closely with Daimler Trucks’ team to develop its Asimov self-driving software and testing.
April 1, 2019
Daimler Trucks, a Portland, Ore.-based division of the Daimler Group, announced a majority stake in Torc Robotics, Blacksburg, Va., to develop what is said to be a one-of-a-kind combination to commercialize highly automated trucks (SAE Level 4) on U.S. roads.
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Tetra Pak introduces factory of the future

In this factory, machines will be able to communicate with each other as well as with the digital systems of the entire operation, automatically taking on tasks such as diagnosing problems, ordering and delivering parts and looking for an engineer most suitable for the service needed.
March 29, 2019
Tetra Pak, Vernon Hills, Ill., announced plans to unveil a “factory of the future,” where digital technology revolutionizes the way food manufacturing plants operate.
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Study: 50,000 warehouses to use robots by 2025

The rapid rate of adoption will be driven by the need for flexible, efficient and automated e-commerce fulfillment.
March 27, 2019
By 2025, over 4 million commercial robots will be installed in over 50,000 warehouses, up from just under 4,000 robotic warehouses in 2018, according to “Robotics in E-commerce Fulfillment,” a study produced by ABI Research, New York.
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Study: 48% of robots shipped in 2018 were for food, beverage industry

The study shows 35,880 units were shipped in 2018, a 7% increase over 2017.
February 28, 2019
Robots shipped to North American companies in record numbers last year, according to a study released by Robotic Industries Association (RIA), Ann Arbor, Mich., in part with the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), Ann Arbor, Mich.
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JBS S.A.’s Friboi division upgrades analysis laboratories

This increase follows a 2-year $5 million investment in refurbishment, personnel training, construction and equipment at the company’s laboratories.
February 26, 2019
Friboi, the Brazil-based division of JBS S.A., Brazil, increased the average number of monthly laboratory analysis by 19.7% in 2018 to 63.3 thousand to drive ongoing development of its internal food quality and safety standards.
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Festo to expand Mason, OH service center

These upgrades will allow Festo to increase storage by 20% and pick rates by 30% to approximately 520 packages per hour.
February 22, 2019
Festo US, Islandia, N.Y., announced plans to expand its Mason, Ohio, regional service center.
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