The rapid growth of e-commerce and its need for an always-on supply chain means that manufacturers are having to rethink the way they move materials to and from stock and around the factory floor.

In autonomous robotics, the area of materials handling is often overshadowed by the pizzazz of self-driving cars. But a rapid shift toward automation in e-commerce distribution centers and ...

Comau has extended its family of small robots for quick applications in restricted spaces, including handling, assembly, and pick-and-place, by introducing two new robots: Racer5-0.63 and Racer5-0.80.

Designed for use in light industrial and medical facilities, the UniMover O 600 from Oceaneering Mobile Robotics relies on Beckhoff automation technologies for compactness, ease of programming and ...

THOUGHT LEADERS I think … therefore I might be a material handling robot: interview with Ted Stinson The days when robots were limited to a set of preprogrammed responses are over. Today’s AI-enabled ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vecna Robotics, the autonomous mobile robot (AMR) and workflow orchestration company, today announced a partnership with Alta Material Handling (Alta MH). The ...

No longer content to release videos of humanoid robots doing backflips, Boston Dynamics this week unveiled something logistically incredible: a prototype of its new box-moving machine. Retailer A.S.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Several robotics companies have grown their autonomous mobile robot fleet in 2019 and are poised to scale exponentially over the next five years. Retail is an industry tied to ...

Mobile robots are carving out an increasingly important role in material handling, especially in the era of e-commerce and the coronavirus pandemic. In this conversation with SupplyChainBrain ...

The latest generation of robots offers performance advances, growing integration of vision and an enlarging capability to transform manufacturing. The time: 1961. General Motors' implementation of ...

Piab Vacuum Products has introduced a compact, compressed air-driven vacuum unit for working with robots handling metal sheets. The P3010 AVM has two, builtin vacuum ...

Construction is on the cusp of transformation. Rising labor shortages, safety challenges, and cost pressures are propelling the integration of robotics into the field. As automation evolves, robots ...