Robotics

Perpetual pilot purgatory

Friday, October 19, 2018 · Bob Trebilcock To move emerging technologies forward, the materials handling community needs to move beyond pilots and share results

Material Handling & Logistics Conference: Day 2.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 · Bob Trebilcock Can we talk about robots?

Material Handling & Logistics Conference: Day 1.

Monday, September 10, 2018 · Bob Trebilcock The future of work, robotics and artificial intelligence were on the first morning's agenda

A scientific approach to warehouse automation

Friday, September 7, 2018 · Venkat Madduri, Mark Newberry and Andrew Crane Before making a large investment in automation, companies need to conduct a detailed data-driven, fact-based assessment across people, process and technology to identify the right fit.

Plus One Robotics announces integrated 3D vision solution for generating robot picks

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 · SCMR Staff Developer of robot perception solutions sets to release commercial product

NextGen Supply Chain: Robotics at a Tipping Point

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 · Bob Trebilcock 3PL GEODIS is the latest example of how our industry is adopting robotics

NextGen Supply Chain: NextGen Technologies Are Already Here

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 · Gary Forger, Special Projects Editor It's easy to think of technologies such as virtual reality, data analytics and autonomous mobile robots in the future tense. But that would be a mistake in 2018. Here's where those and other NextGen technologies are already at work in the warehouse or knocking on the…

NextGen Supply Chain: The Robots are Here

Thursday, January 25, 2018 · John Santagate Long a fixture on the factory floor, a new generation of robots are ready for a broader range of applications. The only thing standing in their way is end-user adoption.

NextGen Supply Chain: The robots are coming

Wednesday, January 17, 2018 · Gary Forger, Special Projects Editor, Supply Chain Management Review A complete new breed of robots with more smarts and mobility will extend their influence on the supply chain.

NextGen Supply Chain: The Interview with Pieter Abbeel, Researcher at the OpenAI Lab

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 · Gary Forger, Special Projects Editor, Supply Chain Management Review What do you get when you combine artificial intelligence, virtual reality and robotics? Potentially, a new way of looking at robots in the supply chain. Exclusive interview with Pieter Abbeel, OpenAI

IAM Robotics awarded first patent for warehouse picking robots

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 · SCMR Staff Robotics industry moves further into robotics for warehousing and distribution applications

NextGen Supply Chain: The new look of supply chain automation

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 · Gary Forger It's time to think of automation in the supply chain differently. Quite simply, the purpose of automation is expanding as new forms of automation evolve and transform how work gets done.

NextGen Supply Chain: If you weren’t so good, this would be a problem

Friday, September 1, 2017 · Gary Forger Innovation is a funny thing. Just when people write it off because they've been waiting too long, it smacks them up the side of the head.

The Robots are Ready for Work

Friday, September 1, 2017 · Bob Trebilcock It's still early stages, but Rochester Drug Cooperative is proving that mobile robotic piece picking can get the job done in the right application.

Welcome to the NextGen Supply Chain. Are you ready?

Thursday, August 31, 2017 · Gary Forger Emerging technologies like Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics are reshaping the way we manage our supply chains. Our newsletter will cover them all.