Fetch Robotics adds Cloud Expert to Executive Team
Fetch Robotics has announced that Tim Kimmet, former Vice President of Cloud Computing Platform at Walmart, has joined the company as Vice President of Engineering. Tim will lead Fetch’s growing hardware, software, and quality engineering teams, and scale Fetch’s Cloud Robotics Platform to support the complex warehouse and logistics environments in which Fetch’s Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) operate. “I...
Missing persons: Behind the shift to DC Automation
By now, we know that e-commerce is driving change in distribution centers. Our previous blogs on Order Streaming looked at this trend from a fulfillment standpoint. But the emergence of omnichannel commerce has affected warehouses from a labor perspective as well. We’re going to discuss the strong, enduring trends that are affecting the workforce and pushing companies to increasingly lean on robotics and automation. A...
Honeywell Partners with Fetch Robotics to deliver Autonomous Mobile Robots to distribution centers
Honeywell has announced a strategic collaboration with Fetch Robotics to provide distribution centers with autonomous mobile robots to help them more effectively fulfill growing volumes of e-commerce orders.The initiative enables Honeywell Intelligrated’s customers to increase productivity and boost labor efficiency by deploying Fetch Robotics’ autonomous mobile robotics, which operate safely alongside...
MIT reshapes itself to shape the future including AI education, research and development
MIT has announced a new $1 billion commitment to address the global opportunities and challenges presented by the prevalence of computing and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). The initiative marks the single largest investment in computing and AI by an American academic institution, and will help position the United States to lead the world in preparing for the rapid evolution of computing and AI. At the heart of this endeavor...
Department of Energy provides a $2 million grant in robotic partnership
Plug Power in partnership with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Center for Automation Technologies & Systems (CATS) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is innovating in the space of robotics and automation, specifically with a first-of-its-kind robotic hydrogen fueling technology for motive power applications. The immediate goal of the...
Unleash the power of computer vision and AI with ONETRACK.AI
Onetrack.AI makes humans more efficient than robots. This computer vision platform connects the physical to the digital world. It collects and process incredibly rich visual data in real-time using zero external infrastructure. It tracks, predicts, and interprets the actions of workers to provide all stakeholders in the warehousing process with direct feedback on how to maximize safety, increase throughput, and eliminate human error. ...
OnRobot launches Quick Changer, the Industry’s Lightest, most compact Robotics Tool Changer
OnRobot, a global leader in robotic End-of-Arm Tooling, is ready with a unique new patented tool changer for collaborative applications developed by Purple Robotics, recently acquired by OnRobot. Weighing only 200 g (7 oz.), the Quick Changer has a low impact on robot payload. Its compact size also adds minimal distance from the tool center point (TCP) to the robot, which minimizes stress on robot joints. The Quick Changer...
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