Sally Miller, DHL Supply Chain’s chief information officer for North America, spoke to The Robot Report about the types of robots the company uses.
Supply Chain
Warehouse automation: mapping your maturity and next steps
Learn how warehouse automation will benefit your organization and how to take your automation journey to the next level.
AMRs, voice picking help e-commerce supplier double output
Vector AMRs, equipped with Kingpin top modules, pick up high-capacity custom carts for workers to use in the picking process.
Seegrid introduces Palion Pallet Truck Series 8
The Palion Pallet Truck Series 8 can be used for staging/sortation, putaway, end-of-line, trash removal, replenishment, long haul and other materials handling applications.
How supply chains can enhance worker safety and efficiency with robotics
5 AMRs boost intralogistics at pharmaceutical plant in china
Five MiR500 autonomous mobile robots are saving the pharmaceutical giant 35-plus manhours per week on materials handling tasks.
AutoGuide Mobile Robots expands to Europe with Munich office
AutoGuide Mobile Robots opened an office in Munich. The German office will handle sales, support, deployment and training throughout Europe. This is the company’s first office outside of the U.S.
Port Logistics deploying 150-plus AMRs from Locus Robotics
The AMRs are being installed at a Chino, Calif.-based warehouse to improve productivity, order pick accuracy, and workplace safety.
ForwardX launches six Max mobile robots for warehousing and manufacturing
ForwardX Robotics said its six new autonomous mobile robot models are intended to help manufacturers and warehouse operators automate more scenarios.
Autonomous Counterbalanced Fork Truck first in Silverback series from Vecna Robotics
Vecna Robotics has expanded its high-capacity autonomous mobile robot product line with the first Silverback-series autonomous counterbalanced fork truck, addressing warehousing needs for end-to-end automation.
Active Ants deploys GreyOrange Smart Zone Transfer in Dutch warehouse
Dutch e-commerce order-fulfillment provider Active Ants is using GreyOrange’s GreyMatter software and Ranger MoveSmart robots in its new warehouse.
Gold Bond and GreyOrange partner to optimize e-commerce fulfillment center
Automation provider GreyOrange has partnered with logistics firm Gold Bond to enable an Israeli distribution center to fulfill approximately 18,000 to 20,000 e-commerce orders per day.
3 ways machine learning can help companies react quickly to disruption
Sameer Wasson, manager of Texas Instruments’ processor business unit, explains how machine learning is benefiting human-robot collaboration.
Nord Modules adds QM180 top module for AMRs
With a single top module, the QM180 can handle a number of materials, including gates, half pallets, plastic boxes, carton boxes, carts and cobot solutions.
Kindred partners with VARGO on SORT piece-picking robots
San Francisco-based Kindred has partnered with VARGO to incorporate its SORT piece-picking robots with VARGO’s warehouse execution system.
Vargo to integrate Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine with Fetch mobile robots
A new solution will combine Fetch’s autonomous mobile robots with VARGO’s warehouse execution software system to enable optimized picking.
Virtual booth launched by Geek+ to help customers remotely learn about mobile robots
Geek+’s new virtual booth is part of its efforts to inform customers and provide access to technologies to help them make decisions in a time of current global change and remote work.
Vecna Robotics appoints automation industry veteran Jeff Huerta SVP of sales
Vecna Robotics said the logistics solutions sales leader will support growing demand for its autonomous mobile robots and workflow orchestration software.
Gatik’s Apeksha Kumavat to explain how autonomous vehicles can deliver value now
In this RoboBusiness Direct session, Apeksha Kumavat, co-founder and chief engineer of Gatik, will explain how constraining the operational design domain can help autonomous vehicles bring value more quickly.
Router software released by Norway’s AutoStore to increase order fulfillment productivity
Norway-based AutoStore said its new Router software can improve efficiency in its automated storage and retrieval system for e-commerce order fulfillment.
