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To optimize order picking, robot designers, integrators, and users should consider the pieces, processes, and training required for industrial automation, cobots, or AMRs. The post 6 tips for improving automated order picking appeared first on Robotics Business Review.

GE Research testing its worm-like robot at its lab in Niskayuna, N.Y. | Credit: GE General Electric apparently has a thing for crawling, nature-inspired robots. It has already field-tested Sarcos Robotics’ snake-like Guardian S robot for maintenance applications. Now...

Simulators analysis. Source: CMU Although simulation can be a more affordable, safer, and reliable alternative to field testing of robots, it is not as widely used as it could be, found researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science. After...

MIT researchers built a soft robotic gripper that uses embedded cameras and deep learning to enable high-resolution tactile sensing and “proprioception” (awareness of positions and movements of the body). | Credit: MIT CSAIL One of the hottest topics in robotics is...

Across multiple industries, robotics has been proven to improve productivity and quality while lowering labor costs and labor dependency. Beyond these benefits, the use of robotics also substantially improves safety, and can eliminate risk of injury from the equation...

Hidden landmines are among the tragic legacies of armed conflicts around the world, continuing to kill and maim people years after the cessation of hostilities. Aerial drones can collect data to be analyzed with machine learning to detect the dangerous “butterfly”...

Data annotation is a labor-intensive part of autonomous vehicle development. Source: Shutterstock, Mindy Support For robots, drones, or vehicles to achieve higher levels of autonomy, they need artificial intelligence based on reliable data. Companies working on...

MassRobotics and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (THL) announced a partnership to bring together their extensive market knowledge, expertise, and networks to advance the scaling of automation-related businesses across robotics and artificial intelligence startups. Based...

LogisticsIQ expects the overall revenues from the Warehouse Automation Market to increase from US $13 billion in 2018 to reach US $27 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 11.7% (2019 to 2025). The post Warehouse Automation Companies – The Top 50 for 2020 According to...

A new study co-authored by an MIT economist Daron Acemoglu shows firms that move quickly to use robots tend to add workers to their payroll, while industry job losses are more concentrated in firms that make this change more slowly. The post Robots Help Some Firms,...

Until recently, AGVs (automated guided vehicles) were the only option for automating internal transport tasks. Today, a more sophisticated technology is competing with them: AMRs (autonomous mobile robots). Although both AGVs and AMRs allow materials to be moved from...

The Robotic Induction Station is intended to add efficiency and capacity. Source: Berkshire Grey As demand for fast, accurate, and affordable order fulfillment rises, robotics can play a key role in retail and logistics. Berkshire Grey Inc. today announced the general...